Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/11/13
Title Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London]
Letter date [1790]
Author(s) Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/11/13 from Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London] (1790)

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Item Type: Document
From: Goodenough, Samuel
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Corrections and comments on Smith's usage of Latin in a manuscript sent for review [possibly Smith's translation of "Flora Lapponica"]. Asks Smith to confirm what he wrote of 'Lichen gypsaeus' and briefly discusses Linnaeus' terminology. In reference to 'Lichen tiliaceus' quotes a Latin remark about [Georg Franz] Hoffmann. Terminology applied in description of 'Lichen cucullatus'. Long discussion of usage and eytymology of "scutella"; "scutellum" incorrectly used by Linnaeus in "Philosophia Botanica", whereas the younger Linnaeus used "scutella"; wishes the elder Linnaeus had been more of a scholar.
Met [Jonas Carl] Dryander on way to Kew where two species of 'Aponogeton' are in flower, the 'Fudisia' [?] with "red superb flowers". Note on reverse of letter asks Smith to send the specimen of 'Cistus guttatus'.

Letter date: [1790]
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 11.25
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Note typeNote
Related MaterialLinnaeus, C, and Smith, J E, (1792). "Flora Lapponica" London: B. White & Son. Linnaeus, C, (1751). "Philosophia botanica in qua explicantur fundamenta botanica cum definitionibus partium, exemplis terminorum, observationibus rariorum, adjectis figuris aeneis." Stockholmiae: Apud Godofr. Kiesewetter. Linnaeus, C, (1781). "Supplementum plantarum systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, generum plantarum editionis sextae, et specierum plantarum editionis secundae, editum a Carolo a Linne [the Younger]." Brunsvigae: Impensis Orphanotrophel.
Finding AidsDawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society.