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GB-110/JES/COR/15/102
Title
Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith, [Great] Marlbor[ough] Street, [London]
Letter date
9 Oct 1791
Author(s)
Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/102 from Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith, [Great] Marlbor[ough] Street, [London] (9 October 1791)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Wentworth, Mary Watson-
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Sending flower and account of another [unspecified] via Grieg, her gardener. They have discovered that 'Datura aborea' does not fully open till 11 o'clock at night and is asking [James] Sowerby to stay all night to draw it; expects Smith has seen it at [Richard] Salisbury's or at Kew but invites him, too. Smith's 'Dombeya' has "a little delicate sort of flower" and 'Murraya' about to flower. Pleased by the looks of all her plants, "they are crowded to death".
Surprised to find sprig of thyme in Smith's tin box sent via Harrison after expecting 'Hortensia'.
Letter date:
9 Oct 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.192
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. |
