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GB-110/JES/COR/18/25
Title
James Edward Smith, Chelsea, [London], to Thomas Jenkinson Woodward
Letter date
30 Mar 1786
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/18/25 from James Edward Smith, Chelsea, [London], to Thomas Jenkinson Woodward (30 March 1786)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/18/25 from James Edward Smith, Chelsea, [London], to Thomas Jenkinson Woodward (30 March 1786) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
London
To:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Summary:
Encloses a pamphlet he has just printed [possibly "A dissertation on the sexes of plants" (1786)], requests Woodward's opinion. Requests accurate observations for Woodward's theory that 'Orobance [ramosa]' and 'Cuscuta' render barren the plants they parasitically attach to. Observations, from Linnaean herbarium, on 'Agrostis australis' and 'Milium lendigerum' being the same. Notes on 'Bromus erectus', 'Bromus racemosus', and 'Sisymbria murale' in Linnaeus' herbarium. Has learnt how to decipher most of Linnaeus' herbarium marks and has gone through the whole with Sir Joseph Banks.
[Botanical notes on address label on 'Cerastium latifolium', 'Sedum villosum', and 'Spergula pentandra', in Smith's hand]
Letter date:
30 Mar 1786
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18.49
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Woodward's letter of 26 December 1785, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/18/24. Linnaeus, C, and Smith, J E (tr.), (1786). "A dissertation on the sexes of plants. Translated from the Latin of Linnaeus." London: George Nicol for the Author. |
