Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Hammersmith, Middlesex
To:
Davall, Edmund
Sent to location:
Orbe, Switzerland
Summary:
Responds to Davall's letter of 18 September 1796: thanks for seeds, sends numbers 42 to 66 of "English Botany". Enjoyed delightful tour of Wales by Bath, Bristol, Worcester and Oxford. Moving to Norwich for family comfort, leisure, and command of his time, but will still be in London three to four months every spring continuing his pursuits including lecturing at Guy's Hospital and Presidency of Linnean Society, which now has four vice-presidents. Sends fresh seed of true 'Vicia bithynica' from Weymouth; a new 'Vicia' there commonly taken for 'bithynica', will explain in "English Botany". A superb 'Renealmia' in flower at Grimwood's, the same as Rumphius' figure quoted in "Supp." for 'R. exaltata' and 'Globba nutans' Linnaeus; Smith calls it 'R. nutans'. Third volume of "Linnean Transactions" almost printed and he is working on a "Florula of New South Wales".
Letter date:
2 Nov 1796
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
14.212
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| 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 Davall's letter of 18 September 1796, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/14/81.
Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London. |
