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GB-110/JES/GD/28
Title
George Don, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, Oxford Street, London
Letter date
25 Mar 1810
Author(s)
George Don 1764-1814
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/GD/28 from George Don, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, Oxford Street, London (25 March 1810)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/GD/28 from George Don, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, Oxford Street, London (25 March 1810) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Don, George
Sent from:
Forfar, Forfarshire
To:
Goodenough, Samuel
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Just received Goodenough's letter about 'Avena alpina' and 'Arundo neglecta'; response. Would like to buy Schrader's "Flora Germanica". Observations on Goodenough's remarks on 'Hieracium' and 'Galium', confident he has all the nondescript and new ones described in "Flora Britannica". Thanks for seeds. Goodenough mistaken about 'Chironia' and 'Exacum'; observations. Has grown 'Pinguicula vulgaris', observations. Found 'Chironia centaurium', observed that it takes two seasons to vegetate.
Observations on enclosed specimens: 1-6. specimens of a 'Lichen' in every state of growth possible; further discussion of cryptogams.
Letter date:
25 Mar 1810
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
Letter 27
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Furley, D, "George Don (1764-1814): Collection of Correspondence 1802-1813", Linnean Society |
| Related Material | Schrader , H A, (1806). "Flora Germanica." Gottinga: Dieterich. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. |
