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GB-110/JES/COR/15/101
Title
Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith
Letter date
28 Feb 1791
Author(s)
Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/101 from Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith (28 February 1791)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Wentworth, Mary Watson-
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Returns and apologises for keeping Smith's copy of [Hans] Sloane's "[Voyage to] Jamaica" for so long and sends specimen of "provoking grass" for identification; it was grown from Jamaican seeds last year and is now almost taller than her pine hothouse. Her great 'Portlandia' is flowering again and has been doing so ten months out of twelve. Mrs [Elizabeth] Weddell admires Smith's ["Icones pictae plantarum rariorum..."]; requests the smaller sized one. Affected very much by the "variable uncommon weather". Her 'Moraea northiana' about to flower.
Letter date:
28 Feb 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.19
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 2 Mar [1791] |
| 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 | Sloane, H, (1707-1725). "A Voyage to the Islands Madera [i.e. Madeira], Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, with the natural history of the Herbs and Trees, Four-footed Beasts, Fishes, Birds, Insects, Reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands, &c." London; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available in Natural History Museum Library. Smith, J E, (1790-1793). "Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae auctore Jacobo Edvardo Smith. - Coloured figures of rare plants ..." London: [privately]. |
