Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/15/83
Title Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 9 Oct 1789
Author(s) Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/15/83 from Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith (9 October 1789)

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Item Type: Document
From: Wentworth, Mary Watson-
Sent from: Hillingdon, Middlesex
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Sends flower of 'Martinia' . Asks Smith to visit to view the 'Aralia [capitata]' to decide on its status. Several of the plants received from [Richard] Salisbury's garden are dying; fears it was the wrong time of year for transplanting such tender plants.

Letter date: 9 Oct 1789
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 15.155
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Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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.