Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Davall, Edmund
Sent from:
Orbe, Switzerland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sending parcel of one hundred and thirty plants for Smith via Mr Gooch, some of which are from Smith's desiderata, and with this letter includes systematic list of them [extant]. Explains key to his list: plants marked with a red cross urgently need an answer from Smith; plants marked "S" are gathered in Switzerland and "G" from his garden. Smith has further annotated Davall's systematic list of specimens, marking "Fl" on those incorporated into his herbarium and a series of ticks denoting when he wrote his remarks on the specimens.
Also sends six drawings of his work for [James] Sowerby with the original specimens, and two samples of beadwork from a convent for Smith's sister. 'Smithia sensitivia' and 'Diapensia lapponica' framed and glazed in his study. Requests another copy of "Hortus Kewensis" as the "Flemish affairs" prevent communications between Switzerland and England.
Letter date:
27 Feb 1790
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
14.29
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 25 Apr [1790] |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | For Smith's reply of 25 April 1790, including observations on plants, see JES/COR/14/18, and further observations by Smith on plants sent see letters of 14 July 1790, JES/COR/14/22; 4 January 1791, JES/COR/14/28. For further observations by Davall see letters of 23 March 1790, JES/COR/14/16; 27 April 1790, JES/COR/14/19; 31 May 1790, JES/COR/14/20; 29 June 1790, JES/COR/14/21; 14 September 1790, JES/COR/14/23; 11 February 1791, JES/COR/14/29..
Aiton, W, (1789). "Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew..." London: Printed for George Nicol. |
