Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Frankland, Sir Thomas
Sent from:
Bath, Somerset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
His sister Mrs Nicholas has died, "a sad instance of the inefficacy of Foxglove taken early & steadily". Reviews "English Botany" for November and December: wishes 'Saxifraga umbrosa' leaves were figured larger; observed 'Veronica hybrida' and believes it is the same as the 'Veronica spicata' growing near Giant's Hole on St Vincent's Rocks [near Bristol], [William] Curtis also doubted it was 'spicata'.
Has perfect specimens from [William] Hudson of 'Corrigiola'. Hudson did not introduce 'Saxifraga umbrosa' in his "Flora [Anglica]" as it was on a list of plants which Dr [Richard] Richardson [(1663-1741), physician and botanist] of Birely, [Yorkshire], had commissioned to be planted in retired places so that he could afterwards discover them.
Letter date:
30 Jan 1800
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.18
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 | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London.
Hudson, W, (1762). "Flora Anglica, exhibens plantas per regnum Angliae sponte crescentes..." Londinum: [privately]. |
