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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/17/122
Title
Sir James Edward Smith, Arley Hall, near Bewdley, [Worcestershire], to William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire]
Letter date
28 Jul 1820
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/17/122 from Sir James Edward Smith, Arley Hall, near Bewdley, [Worcestershire], to William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (28 July 1820)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/17/122 from Sir James Edward Smith, Arley Hall, near Bewdley, [Worcestershire], to William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (28 July 1820) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Bewdley, Worcestershire
To:
Roscoe, William
Sent to location:
Liverpool, Lancashire
Summary:
Visiting Lord Mountnorris [George Annesley], who is anxious to correspond with Roscoe and [John] Shepherd [(c 1764-1836, curator Liverpool Botanic Garden] and have them visit his botanic garden; Mountnorris has a large collection of hardy and other plants not at Liverpool, but lacks 'Scitamineae', so it could be a mutually beneficial correspondence, in addition he corresponds with [Nathaniel] Wallich and has excellent plants from Brazil, including 'Orchideae'. Mountnorris has sent, for Roscoe's examination and use, drawings made for him by Indian artists on banks of the Gogra in Lucknow, on the frontiers of Nepal, including 'Zingiber', 'Alpinia' and 'Matonia'. Wishes that a new 'Scitamineae' genus could be found to be named 'Anneslaea'.
Letter date:
28 Jul 1820
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
17.246
Additional Information:
Note type | Note |
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Related Material | For Roscoe's reply of 29 August 1820, see JES/COR/17/123. |
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. |