From:
Robert Walpole
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
8 Dec [1817]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/10/61, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Requests information on Greek melons from the collections of Smith or Sibthorp. Refers to a "melopepon", called by the French "sucrin", and Aristotle's remarks on melons.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London