Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent from:
Bungay, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Edinburgh
Summary:
Discusses his figure of 'Lycoperdon coliforme'; would like a specimen of Smith's 'L. fragile'. Describes [James] Dickson's method for preserving fungi. Found 'Hydnum infricatum'; observations, sent specimen of that and 'Agaricus' species to Dickson. Unfavourable season for fungi. Added 'Leonurus cardiaca' and 'Alopecurus ventricosus' to the Norfolk flora. Has a specimen of 'Lysimachia thrysiflora' but would be glad to see the true 'Elymus arenarius'; previously saw [James] Crowe's and [William] Curtis' specimens.
Asks after the mineral specimens Smith offered to procure for him. Has acquired copies of [Sébastien] Vaillant's [(1669-1722)] "Botanicon parisiense" and Phillip Miller’s copy of [Pietro Antonio] Micheli's [(1679-1737)] "Nova genera plantarum".
Letter date:
14 Sep 1782
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18.7
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | For Smith's reply of 28 September 1782, see JES/COR/18/5.
Vaillant, S, (1727). "Botanicon Parisiense ou denombrement par ordre alphabetique des plantes, qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris ... [Edited with a and life of Vaillant by Hermann Boerhaave]." Leide & Amsterdam: Verbeck & Lakeman.
Micheli, P A, (1729). "Novo plantarum genera juxta Tournefortii methodum disposita ... Adnotationibus, atque observationibus, praecipue fungorum, muscorum affiniumque plantarum sationem, ortum, & incrementum spectantibus, interdum adjectis ..." Florentiae: Typis Bernardi Paperinii. |
| Additional | Smith replied 28 [Sep 1782] |
