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GB-110/JES/COR/24/63
Title
John Pitchford, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, London
Letter date
6 Feb 1788
Author(s)
John Pitchford 1737-1803
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/24/63 from John Pitchford, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, London (6 February 1788)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/24/63 from John Pitchford, Norwich, [Norfolk], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, London (6 February 1788) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Pitchford, John
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for plants, the unnamed one is 'Ophrys loselii'; asks if it is the same as 'O. paludosa' in "Flora Danica". [William] Hudson doubts if 'Aquilegia alpina' is different from 'A. vulgaris'. Declines Smith and [Samuel] Goodenough's invitation to join Linnean Society on basis that he has nothing to write about; he has no botanical pretensions, other than to know the British plants and specifically those intended by [John] Ray. Has the real 'Malva parviflora' of Linnaeus, found by Hudson in Devon. Remarks on prolific accenting errors in [William Withering's] "Botanical arrangement".
Letter date:
6 Feb 1788
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
24.108
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Withering, W, and Stokes, J, (1787-1792). "A botanical arrangement of British plants... The second edition... including a new set of references to figures by Jonathan Stokes." Birmingham: Robinson. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 20 Sep [1788] |
