Requests a specially bound copy of Smith's "Insects of Georgia" for the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Asks for recent specimens of Lichens used in medicine or in the arts, and whether any foreign author has recently written on the anatomy of plants.
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The Linnean Society of London Collection
The scientific and personal correspondence of James Edward Smith (1759-1828), purchaser of the collections of Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) and founder of the Linnean Society of London in 1788, was presented to the Linnean Society between 1857 and 1872 by his widow Pleasance Smith (1773-1877). Since then, it has been complemented by additional series. The collection was catalogued, conserved, and digitised from 2010 to 2013, thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Letters can be searched through Ɛpsilon, with links to images and summaries available on the Linnean Society’s Online Collections (http://linnean-online.org/smith_correspondence.html).
Requests a specially bound copy of Smith's "Insects of Georgia" for the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Asks for recent specimens of Lichens used in medicine or in the arts, and whether any foreign author has recently written on the anatomy of plants.
Received the two volumes of Smith's "Insects of Georgia". Thanks for Lichen specimens.
Visit of Mrs Kett [of Seething Hall, Norfolk] to Oxford Botanic Garden, "it is singular on any occasion to meet a lady who is really conversant with plants". Informed that Smith is "destroying" a new 'Verbascum', hopes that Smith will soon examine this genera but believes Smith better employed working on 'Gramina' and mints ['Mentha']. Informed of Smith giving the name 'Campanula alpina' to his plant 'Campanula rhomboidea', which resembles 'Campanula pulla' in habit and foliage. Accepts Smith's offer to send specimens of each species and variety of mint ['Mentha']. After seeing Smith's new genera in last issue of "Linnean Transactions" suggests that the name 'Danbeia' be given to a new genus in honour of Henry Danvers [Earl of Danby (1573-1644)], founder of Oxford Botanic Garden.
Has sent Smith the requested specimens of 'Clara' from Bolart's herbarium, which is rapidly decaying. Eager to see [William] Sole's mints ['Mentha'], at present cannot follow his descriptions and would be pleased to see some of his plants reduced "to a more subordinate rank than that of species". Discussion of 'Campanula': considers a variety of 'Campanula rotundifolia' in Oxford Botanic Garden to be 'Campanula rhomboidea' on account of leaves; asks Smith's familiarity with 'Campanula mollis', named by [John] Sibthorp 'C. rupestris'. Received roots of 'Eriocaulon' from northern England, unsure what trivial name to give the species. [James] Sowerby's 'Polygonum bistortum'. Grateful to Smith for gathering the 'Statice' of the Norfolk coast. Requests seeds of 'Melampyrum cristatum' and others, and specimens of new 'Orobanche' except 'Orobanche elatior'.
[John] Sibthorp's "Flora Graeca" materials are ready for Smith to collect from Oxford.