From:
Susan E Corrie
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
4 Feb 1821
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/73, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Thanks for book ["A grammar of botany" (1821)]; likes it the more because of its dedication to her mother [Susan Corrie]. Account of flowers showing in their garden: snow drops, Christmas roses, Dutch tulips, Scotch crocus, and double crimson hepaticas. Believes her tiger moth chrysalis is dead. Sends drawings of moths [extant].
Four drawings of moths and an insect, pencil on card: '[Phalaena] batis', '[Phalaena] dives', '[Phalaena] lichenaria', 'Tenthredo lutea' [dated 22 February].
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London