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GB-110/JES/ADD/27
Title
Edward Forster, Hale End, [Middlesex], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
15 Dec 1823
Author(s)
Edward Forster 1765-1849
Number of Pages
7
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GB-110/JES/ADD/27 from Edward Forster, Hale End, [Middlesex], to Sir James Edward Smith (15 December 1823)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/ADD/27 from Edward Forster, Hale End, [Middlesex], to Sir James Edward Smith (15 December 1823) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Forster, Edward
Sent from:
Hale End, Middlesex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Recently sent Smith specimens of 'Salix glauca' and four roses, not knowing which he referred to as not a variety of '[Rosa] arvensis'. Does not know Smith's 'R. subglobosa'; thinks others of [Joseph] Woods' [(1776-1864)] varieties may rank as species; thinks he should have united two more of Smith's list, the 'R. woodsii' with 'R. dumetorum', and 'R. canna' with 'R. sarmentacea'. He has found and cultivated 'R. collina'; observations.
Discusses work of himself, [William] Borrer, and [James] Bicheno on 'Rubus', observations on 'Rubus cordifolius' and 'Rubus rhamnifolius'; will send specimens to Smith, named on authority of Merten and Weihe. Also sending plant of 'Campanuta punctata'.
Account of discussion with [Joseph] Sabine on roses.
Letter date:
15 Dec 1823
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
28
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Hutt, C M, "List of additional correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith" Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | For further on 'Rubus', see Forster's letter to Smith of 24 November 1823, JES/ADD/28; Borrer's letter to Smith of 8 December 1823, JES/ADD/8; and Bicheno's letter to Smith of 17 December 1823, JES/ADD/5. Weihe, K E A, and Esenbeck, C G D N v, (1822-1827). "Rubi Germanici, descripti et figuris illustrati cura A. Weihii et Ch. G. Nees ab Esenbeck." Elberfelda: Schoenianus. |
