Thomas Hardwicke, Calcutta, [India], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/22/84
Title Thomas Hardwicke, Calcutta, [India], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 8 Feb 1811
Author(s) Thomas Hardwicke 1755-1835
Number of Pages 6

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GB-110/JES/COR/22/84 from Thomas Hardwicke, Calcutta, [India], to James Edward Smith (8 February 1811)

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Item Type: Document
From: Hardwicke, Thomas
Sent from: Calcutta, India
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Received Smith's letter of 24 April [1810]. Suffering from severe headaches, for which he has just returned from a retreat in the upper provinces; was unable to pursue any natural history inclinations and has become a "much worse botanist" than when he left England; preparing to visit the Cape [of Good Hope] or St Helena for the headaches, and will also visit England if they persist. Whilst at Cawnpore found 'Rhododendrun boorans' for Calcutta Botanic Garden and Marquis of Blandford [George Spencer-Churchill]; [William] Roxburgh sending drawing taken from dried specimen. Also found: 'Berberris ilicifolia', 'Rubus' with yellow fruit, a 'Quercus', 'Pinus longifolia', and a 'Betula'. Transplanted a tree from Cawnpore to Calcutta Botanic Garden, Roxburgh thinks it a 'Humea'; observations.
Has a specimen of 'Breccia' or pudding stone, a mineral, for Sir Joseph Banks. Pleased to hear of Banks' desire to establish a Botanic Garden at Ceylon. Concerned to hear of [Robert] Brown's desertion of the Linnaean School.

Letter date: 8 Feb 1811
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 22.147
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Related MaterialFor description of the transplanted tree, see Hardwicke's letter of 3 December 1812, JES/COR/22/88.