John Stewart, 2 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, to Sir James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/25/89
Title John Stewart, 2 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 10 Nov 1819
Author(s) John Stewart -1820
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/25/89 from John Stewart, 2 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, to Sir James Edward Smith (10 November 1819)

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Item Type: Document
From: Stewart, John
Sent from: Edinburgh
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Found 'Buxbaumia aphylla' in Peebleshire this autumn, within two miles of the place he gathered it last year; observations. Found a sufficient number of specimens to include it in his "Hortus Cryptogamicus Edinensis", which is just about to be published. The other species, 'Buxbaumia foliosa', is not rare in this area. Encloses specimen of the 'Buxbaumia aphylla'.

Letter date: 10 Nov 1819
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 25.183
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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.