Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Turner, Dawson
Sent from:
Yarmouth, Norfolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Apologises for delay in sending Smith the information he requested in his last letter. Transcribes character of 'Ulva plantanginea' ('Tremella marina' of Dillenius) from [Albrecht Wilhelm] Roth's "Catalecta botanica", observations on description.
Has written to [Lewis Weston] Dillwyn [(1778-1855), naturalist] on subject of 'Ulva turneri' being published in "English botany", as Dillwyn had intended to publish it in "Linnean Transactions"; thinks it satisfactorily distinct from 'U. fistulosa', and thinks same of Miss Hutchin's 'U. ramulosa' and branched varities of 'U. compressa'; observations. Has never had 'Conferva fibrata' in fruit, and neither drawings nor specimens of 'C. radicans', having given all he had to Dillwyn when he published his "Synopsis".
Encloses a 'Conferva' just received from [William Jackson] Hooker. Pleased that Smith obtained [Heinrich Adolph] Schrader's "Flora [Germanica]" and has good opinion of it; hopes it and [Daniel Matthias Heinrich] Mohr's [(1780-1808), botanist] "cryptogamic flora" will be finished. Has requested [William] Borrer's first genera of 'Lichen' for comparison against Smith's, hopes Borrer will finish and publish without waiting for remaining genera.
Returns Linnaean 'Fucus' specimens.
Letter date:
29 Jan 1810
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
26.45
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | Roth, A W, (1797-1806). "Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. 3 fasc." Lipsiae: Mulleriano.
Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London.
Dillwyn, L W, (1802-1809). "British Confervae, or Coloured figures and descriptions of the British plants ..." London: [printer:] Phillips.
Schrader, H A, (1806). "Flora Germanica." Gottinga: Dieterich.
Weber, F, and Mohr, D M H, (1803-1805). "Grossbritanniens Conferven. Nach [Lewis Weston] Dillwyn ... bearbeitet ..." Gottingen: Dieterich. |
| 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. |
