Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
Sent from:
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Wishes he could be in London to dine with friends at the Free Masons and Thatched House Tavern. Received visit from eldest son of [Thomas Andrew] Knight and on remarking on the valuable property [Richard] Payne Knight [(1750-1824), classicist] left to the British Museum received reply that his father and family had been left enough to satisfy all. Hopes the "alarming bankruptcies" are not affecting any of their friends, particularly the Forsters, though concerned the failure of Sir Peter Pole's [2nd baronet (1770-1850)] banking house has affected [Edward] Rudge as their families recently intermarried. Dawson Turner is being consulted regarding auction of [Sir Thomas] Gage's library and collection of plants and drawings, including boxes of plants from India never examined; wishes Smith could examine some of Gage's cryptogamia drawings. Dr [John] Sims intends to decline superintendence of the "Botanical Magazine". Observed 'Primula chinensis' in a lady's parlour, it seems to be 'Primula praenitens' of "Botanical Register" vol 7 plate 539.
Letter date:
15 Feb 1826
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
13.174
Additional Information:
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| Related Material | Edwards, S T, et al, (1815-1847). "The botanical register, consisting of coloured figures of exotic plants cultivated in British gardens, with their history and mode of treatment. The designs by Sydenham [Teast] Edwards (and others); The botanical register ... London: Ridgway, 33 vols. |
