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GB-110/JES/JS/2
Title
James Edward Smith, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Asylum, [London]
Letter date
17 Aug 1793
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/JS/2 from James Edward Smith, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Asylum, [London] (17 August 1793)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Ipswich, Suffolk
To:
Sowerby, James
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Sends seaside plants to be drawn for "English botany", including: 'Santolina maritima', 'Euphorbia paralias', 'Nordeum maritimum', and 'Atriplex laciniata'. Also sending specimen of 'Pyrola maculata', a very rare American plant, for "Spicilegium [botanicum]", a new 'Campanula', garden specimen of 'Galeopsis villosa' for "English botany", and 'Mentha exigua'.
Sending parcel of 50 'Santolina' specimens to be forwarded to [James] Dickson for his "Hortus Siccus Brittanicus". Asks Sowerby to send two copies of ; requests him to send by coach two copies of "A specimen of the botany of New Holland" for [William Beeston] Coyte and Mrs [Elizabeth] Cobbold.
Letter date:
17 Aug 1793
Languages:
English
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. Smith, J E, (1791-1792). "Spicilegium botanicum, Fasc. I & II." London: [privately]. Smith, J E, (1793). "A specimen of the botany of New Holland. The figures by James Sowerby." London: J. Sowerby. |
