Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent from:
Bungay, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's letter of 29 November [1790]. His health good this winter; surprised at the effect of quicksilver, knowing it can only act mechanically, yet it removes any obstruction. Gave up shooting as he believed the violent exercise in hot weather caused stomach spasms.
"Charmed" by first number of "English botany": the paper, print, and execution of the plates "so much superior" to [William] Curtis' "Magazine"; advises [James] Sowerby to avoid "Flora Londinensis" plants for as long as possible. Recommends Sowerby's figure of 'Lycoperdon coliforme' for "Spicilegium botanicum" or "English botany". Discusses his paper on 'Lycoperdon'; rough draft almost finished; nine-tenths will be a response to [Charles] Bryant's [(d 1799)] pamphlet; requests references from Smith, listed. Fear of gout.
Letter date:
25 Dec 1790
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18.93
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 10 Feb 1791 |
| Related Material | For Smith's letter of 29 November 1790, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/18/43.
Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London.
Curtis, W, (1777-1798). "Flora Londinensis: or plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London..." London: [privately].
Smith, J E, (1791-1792). "Spicilegium botanicum, Fasc. I & II." London: [privately].
Woodward, T J, 'An Essay towards an History of the British Stellated Lycoperdons: being an Account of such Species as have been found in the Neighbourhood of Bungay, in Suffolk', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1794 2(1), pp.32-62.
Bryant, C, [1782]. "An Historical Account of Two Species of Lycoperdon, etc. [With a plate.]", G. Wilkie, London; not available from Linnean Society Library, available in British Library. |
