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GB-110/JES/COR/21/59
Title
William Brunton, Ripon, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
31 Aug 1801
Author(s)
William Brunton 1775-1806
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/59 from William Brunton, Ripon, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith (31 August 1801)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Brunton, William
Sent from:
Ripon, Yorkshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sent plants to [James] Sowerby, listed, with details of habitats, including: 'Mentha gentilis', 'Hieracium umbellatum', 'Impatiens noli-tangere', 'Mentha arvensis', 'Poa distans'. Has found but not sending specimens of 'Bromus secalinus', 'Bromus multiflorus', 'Hypericum lubium'; has specimens in herbarium of 'Potentilla aurea', resisted persuasion to call it 'P. verna'. Asks if the fern he encloses is the 'Cyathea incisa' of "English botany" [Smith has annotated "'fragilis'"].
Letter date:
31 Aug 1801
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.103
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 7 Oct [1801] |
| 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. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. |
