George Don, Botanic Garden, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, Oxford Street, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/GD/37
Title George Don, Botanic Garden, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, Oxford Street, London
Letter date Jun 1811
Author(s) George Don 1764-1814
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/GD/37 from George Don, Botanic Garden, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, Oxford Street, London (June 1811)

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Item Type: Document
From: Don, George
Sent from: Forfar, Forfarshire
To: Goodenough, Samuel
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Numbered observations on enclosed specimens: 1. a 'Saxifraga'; 2. a 'Saxifraga' different from all palmated ones currently described; 3. previously unnoticed 'Saxifraga', close to 'S. elongella', proposes name 'S. fragella'; 4. 'Cerastium' like 'C. arvensis'.
Asks Goodenough to forward this letter to Dr [James Edward] Smith.

Letter date: Jun 1811
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: Letter 36
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsFurley, D, "George Don (1764-1814): Collection of Correspondence 1802-1813", Linnean Society