James Edward Smith, London, to Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/18/53
Title James Edward Smith, London, to Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk]
Letter date 17 Feb 1792
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/18/53 from James Edward Smith, London, to Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk] (17 February 1792)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: London
To: Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent to location: Bungay, Suffolk
Summary:

Sends "Flora Lapponica" and final fasciculus of Dickson's "dried plants", "Icones pictae" delayed; Woodward's account. Sends specimens of 'Iberis amara' and 'Lycoperdon cancellatum' of Jacquin and Linnaeus "Supplementum" he found on pear leaves at Sir Abraham Hume's in Hertfordshire, which he almost certainly the work of insects. Thanks for turkey, on which he, [Samuel] Goodenough, and [Jonas] Dryander dined, and letters of 28 December [1791] and 5 January [1792]: intends to create the genera 'Woodwardia', 'Davallia', and 'Dicksonia' to go "hand in hand"; [William] Withering's election to Linnean Society "unanimous"; does not know [William] Sole except by name; thinks Woodward's disorder is gout. Only giving copies of "Flora Lapponica" to a few country friends and directing everyone else to purchase it from White's, as they print it at their "hazard & expense".
Arranging the Queen's [Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818)] herbarium, late [John] Lightfoot's, on introduction and advice of Lady Cremorne and [Samuel] Goodenough; refusing payment; the Queen’s character; is to give her and the Princesses a course of botany in the summer; expects a visit from the Queen. Studying Lightfoot’s herbarium will be useful for his "Flora Britannica" as the British specimens are good and annotated by [John] Pitchford and Bryant. His old servant, François [Borone], is to accompany [Adam] Afzelius on a botanical trip to Sierra Leone for 18 months to 2 years, sent by the [Sierra Leone] Company to find gums and other profitable items of trade.

Letter date: 17 Feb 1792
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 18.11
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Related MaterialFor Woodward's letter of 28 December 1791, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/18/52. For Woodward's reply of 19 February 1792, see JES/COR/18/54. Dickson, J, (1789-1792). "A Collection of Dried Plants, named on the authority of the Linnaean herbarium, and other original collections." London: Printed for the Author; not available in Linnean Society Library, available in Natural History Museum Library and British Library. Linnaeus, C, and Smith, J E, (1792). "Flora Lapponica" London: B. White & Son. Smith, J E, (1790-1793). "Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae auctore Jacobo Edvardo Smith. - Coloured figures of rare plants ..." London: [privately]. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis.