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GB-110/JES/COR/25/18 from William Roxburgh, 36 Bernard Street, Russell Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (11 December 1806)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/25/18 from William Roxburgh, 36 Bernard Street, Russell Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (11 December 1806) Close
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Thanks for Smith's letter of 8 [December 1806] and Norfolk turkey. Sir Joseph [Banks] ill but will tell him what Smith said of 'Globba'; needs to find Smith's "Exotic botany" 177, suspects it is another of his proposed 'Colebrookia' species. Asks if the new genus Smith has selected for 'Colebrookia' is [Francis] Buchanan's 'Sussodia', as he has two species of that genus selected for his volume ["Plants of the Coast of Coromandel"]. Informs Smith he has already named a genus for Colonel [Thomas] Hardwicke in first number of his third volume ["Plants of the Coast of Coromandel"]; details. Efforts to name a genus after Buchanan in same volume.
Sending two seeds of 'Cycas circinalis', and one he dissected in order to provide figure, encloses sketch of the section [extant]. Has not yet compared Smith's 'Roxburghia' with his own, so uncertain how they came to be unalike, though may be due to sending Lady [Amelia] Hume the roots before it blossomed in Bengal.
Separate note with cross section of seed, in pencil, and pencil remarks explaining the drawing.
Note type | Note |
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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, (1804-1805). "Exotic botany" London: J. Sowerby. Roxburgh, 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. |
Additional | Smith replied 1 Jan 1807 |