Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury [St Edmunds, Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/13/18
Title Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury [St Edmunds, Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 29 Jan 1807
Author(s) Sir Thomas Gery, 7th baronet Cullum 1741-1831
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/13/18 from Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bury [St Edmunds, Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (29 January 1807)

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Item Type: Document
From: Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
Sent from: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

[Aylmer Bourke] Lambert unexpectedly visited but was in a peculiar mood and evasive regarding a promised visit to Smith in Norwich. Sorry to hear of [James] Crowe's death, said to be from a carbuncle boil. Lambert writes that Sir Joseph Banks is bedridden with a large abcess in his leg. Expects a contrast when either [George] Shaw or [Charles] Konig succeeds [Edward Whitaker] Gray [(1748-1806), physician and curator] at the British Museum. Shortly leaving for London.
Asks if Smith saw his letter in the Bury Paper of 21 January discussing mistletoe on oak; the man who first saw it surrounded by sycamores and maples loaded with mistletoe could not find it again, Cullum had intended to place an oaken bough with mistletoe on either side of the President's chair at Linnean Society meeting. Lambert took young plants of 'Holosteum umbellatum' and 'Sisymbrium polyceratium' growing near his house.

Letter date: 29 Jan 1807
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 13.35
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Related MaterialFor Smith's reply of 4 February 1807, see JES/COR/13/19.
AdditionalSmith replied 4 Feb [1807]