William Roxburgh, 36 Bernard Street, Russell Square, [London], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/25/17
Title William Roxburgh, 36 Bernard Street, Russell Square, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 4 Dec 1806
Author(s) William Roxburgh 1751-1815
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/25/17 from William Roxburgh, 36 Bernard Street, Russell Square, [London], to James Edward Smith (4 December 1806)

Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/25/17 from William Roxburgh, 36 Bernard Street, Russell Square, [London], to James Edward Smith (4 December 1806) Close

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Item Type: Document
From: Roxburgh, William
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Regrets the accidents and misfortunes that have so far prevented him from meeting Smith; the climate here does not suit his "Indian constitution", intends to return there this spring. Just received a few ripe seeds of 'Cycas circinalis' from Calcutta, and were opened at Sir Joseph Banks' the other day, has reserved one for Smith to dissect.
Banks is to select the drawings for second number of third volume of his "Plants of Coromandel" tomorrow; he had intended to publish four species of his genus 'Colebrookia', but as Smith discovered 'C. bulbifera' to be 'Globba marantina' Linnaeus as published in "Exotic botany" asks whether they are all to be made 'Globba' and [Henry Thomas] Colebrooke [(1765-1837), administrator in India and scholar] given another genus, or be introduced under his old name.

Letter date: 4 Dec 1806
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 25.62
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
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.
Related MaterialRoxburgh, W, (1795-1819). "Plants of the Coast of Coromandel, selected from drawings and descriptions presented to the ... Company, by William Roxburgh. Published ... under the direction of Sir Joseph Banks ..." London: Nicol. Smith, J E, (1804-1805). "Exotic botany" London: J. Sowerby.
AdditionalSmith replied 8 [Dec 1806]