Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Winch, Nathaniel John
Sent from:
Newcastle, Northumberland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sent Smith parcels of plants via [James] Sowerby on 26 July and [Dawson] Turner; if lost can send more should Smith continue "English botany". Sends further plants for Smith's opinion, including a rose like 'Rosa collina', and 'Salix' specimens. Received 'Angelica archangelica' by [James] Backhouse from banks of the Skerne in Durham; thinks it indigenous. Asks to be remembered to Turner and [William Jackson] Hooker.
Requests specimen of 'Rosa micrantha'. Just received a vist from Smith's old correspondent, Mr [John] Harriman. 'Erica vulgaris' with very hoary leaf and double flowers grows on Bagshot Heath, in "Flora Britannica" without habitat. Finds it curious how long plants continue to grow in the same place; example of 'Eryngium campestre'.
Letter date:
6 Oct 1813
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
26.104
Additional Information:
| 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 | For Winch's letter to Smith of 8 July 1821, on which he has listed plants sent to Sowerby with this letter, see JES/NW/3.
Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London.
Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. |
