Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Lowestoft, Suffolk
To:
Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
Sent to location:
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Summary:
Has so much work at the moment that he is glad to write as few letters as possible. Received the parcel of Scottish plants sent via Cullum's son though its contents not very important. The 'Mentha' Cullum sent is a small variety of the 'Mentha sativa' figured in "English Botany", agrees with Cullum's opinion [of the inferior botanical merits of William Sole]. Cannot adopt Cullum's proposal to reference "English Botany" plants in "Flora Britannica" as it already printing, objects to anticipating references, and intends to publish a pocket "Epitome" on an original plan of his own. Thanks for [Henry John] Wollaston's habitats for 'Senecio paludosus'. Does not agree with Cullum about 'Bradypus ursinus'. Beginning "Flora Graeca" next year. [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert recovered slightly.
Letter date:
31 Oct 1799
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
13.25
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | For Cullum's letter of 25 October 1799, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/13/13.
Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London.
Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis.
Smith, J E, and Hoffmann, G F, (1800). "Compendium florae Britannicae." Londinum: [printer:] Davis.
Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor. |
