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GB-110/JES/COR/21/29
Title
John Brickell, Savannah, Georgia, to James Edward Smith, Soho Square, London
Letter date
25 Oct 1800
Author(s)
John Brickell 1749-1809
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/29 from John Brickell, Savannah, Georgia, to James Edward Smith, Soho Square, London (25 October 1800)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/29 from John Brickell, Savannah, Georgia, to James Edward Smith, Soho Square, London (25 October 1800) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Brickell, John
Sent from:
Savannah, Georgia
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
As Smith takes pleasure in "promoting botanical researches" requests his assistance in obtaining best possible edition of Linnaeus' "Species Plantarum" from London. Sends specimens of 'Syena' in fruit, seeds of red-flowered 'Digitalis', and seeds of 'Bigonia crucigera'. He has found 50 new genera near the city, he has named and sends seeds of: 'Conapetalum elliptifolium', 'Stellandria integrifolia', and 'Jeffersonia semparviens'; observations on each. His best "Genera plantarum" is Schreber's of 1791 but is "too minute & particular"; asks if a better edition is available. Asks that he be kept informed of botanical discoveries. Tea plants from China thriving here, they are the true hyson tea.
Letter date:
25 Oct 1800
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.54
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Linnaeus, C, (1753). "Species plantarum ..." Holmiae: Impensis Laurentii Salvii, 2 vols. Linnaeus, C, and Schreber, J C D V (ed.), (1791). "Genera plantarum eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium. Editio octava post Reichardianam secunda ... curante D. Jo. Christiano Dan. Schreber ..." Francofurti ad Moenum: Sumtu Varrentrappii et Wenneri, 8th ed. |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, 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. |
