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GB-110/JES/COR/14/39
Title
Edmund Davall, Basle, [Switzerland], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
6 Aug 1791
Author(s)
Edmund Davall 1763-1798
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/14/39 from Edmund Davall, Basle, [Switzerland], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (6 August 1791)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/14/39 from Edmund Davall, Basle, [Switzerland], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (6 August 1791) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Davall, Edmund
Sent from:
Basel, Switzerland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Staying with [Werner de] Lachenal [(1736-1800)]. Dispatched a parcel of plants to Smith via Flaction; requests seeds and plants of [Robert] Teesdale and [James] Lee. Requests plates for his intended work from [James] Sowerby. Surprised to find his herbarium richer than Lachenal's in alpines: gave him Haller's "little 'Gentiana' (tenella Rottboel of ED)" and he immediately went to [Nikolaus von] Jacquin's "Miscellanea [Austriaca]" for 'Swertia carinthiaca', they are very alike except for flower. Lachenal has 'Morina persica', not at Kew. Criticises Lachenal's botanical culture and gardening skills. Delighted to see 'Cypripedium bulbosum'.
Letter date:
6 Aug 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
14.96
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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 | Jacquin, N J F v, (1778-1781). "Miscellanea Austriaca ad botanicam, chemiam, et historiam naturalem spectantia ..." Vindobonae: Ex Officina Krausiana. |
