Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Received visit from [Thomas] Marsham who says the 'Mentha' he sent Smith is 'Mentha sativa'; asks how figure in "English Botany" 448 resembles no.21 in [William] Sole's book ["Menthae Britannicae"]. Does not think Sole is a very skilled botanist, pointing out that Sole considers Dr [John] Hill [(c 1716-1775)] one of the first botanists. Hopes Smith received the parcel of Scottish plants sent by his son from Mr Bruce.
Hears "Flora Britannica" progresses well, recommends providing a reference for plants also appearing in "English Botany". Revd [Henry John] Wollaston has seen 'Senecio paludosus' growing abundantly in ditches near Brayford Water near Lincoln and at Nocton Fen on banks of River Witham leading to Boston, [Lincolnshire], proposes him as a FLS. Lately received letter from [Samuel] Goodenough. Dr [George] Shaw's 'Bradypus ursinus' was exhibited during the Bury Fair; agrees with [Thomas] Bewick's "Quadrupeds" that it is of the genus 'Ursus' and the animal in Bury is male whereas that shown in [Holborn] was a female, makes brief observations, in Latin.
Letter date:
25 Oct 1799
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
13.27
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 31 [Oct 1799] |
| Related Material | For Smith's reply of 31 October 1799, see JES/COR/13/14.
Sole, W, (1798). "Menthae Britannicae: being a new botanical arrangement of all the British mints..." Bath: [printer:] Cruttwell.
Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis.
Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London.
Bewick, T, (1885). "A general history of quadrupeds ..." London: Quaritch; [first published 1790]. |
