William Bingley to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/20/86
Title William Bingley to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date [Feb 1799]
Author(s) William Bingley 1774-1823
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/20/86 from William Bingley to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (February 1799)

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Item Type: Document
From: Bingley, William
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Account of his 3 month botanical trip in north Wales, from which he returned in October [1798]: travelled on foot; unable to meet [John Wynne] Griffith [(1763-1834)]; accompanied on his mountain excursions by a non-botanical clergyman with good local knowledge. Plants include: 'Cardamine petraea' notes and observations; specimens for Smith of the three rarer 'Arenaria', 'Polypodium lonchitis', 'Isoetes lacustris', and 'Subularia aquatica'; seed of 'Saxifraga palmata', 'Cerastium latifolium', 'Subularia aquatica', 'Cerastium alpinum', and 'Anthericum serotinum'; 'Formentilla ceptans' with flowers of the 'Formentilla' and 'Potentilla', [William] Withering thinks the two genera should be united. Apologises for not sending rare Welsh plants to [James] Sowerby as intended.

Letter date: [Feb 1799]
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 20.137
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 13 Feb 1799
Finding AidsDawson, 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.