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Item Type:
Document
From:
Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Leaving for London tomorrow and will attend Horticultural Society anniversary meeting and Linnean Society monthly meeting. Satisfied with Smith's explanation that [Arabella] Rowland's 'Brusenia' should have been Schreber's 'Brasenia'. Determined that the herb "scathery" is the winter or summer savory, in English called "saverye or saveraye", and in Dutch "saturey", and said by Gerard to be good eaten with "Beanes and Peason and other windie pulses" Ger.Em.p.577; this confirms Professor [Thomas] Martyn's observation in [Philip] Miller's "[Gardener's and botanist's] Dictionary" that winter and summer savory and other pot herbs must have been cultivated a long time before spices from the East Indies were in common use.
Glad none of Smith's relations were involved in the "dreadful catastrophe" of the exploding steam engine on the boat. Sorry for his friend Mr Davies' credit that he has not done anything generous for friends or relations in his will. Looking forward to seeing Smith in London.
Letter date:
27 Apr 1817
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
13.106
Additional Information:
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| Related Material | For Smith and Cullum's previous letters on 'Brusenia' and "scathery" see JES/COR/13/55-56.
Miller, P, and Martyn, T, (1807). "The gardener's and botanist's dictionary... to which are... added A complete enumeration and description of all plants hitherto known... with the addition of all... improvements in landscape gardening... by Thomas Martyn..." London: Rivington. |
