Has found considerable quantities of 'Cistus marifolius' near Dalnacardoch.
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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).
Has found considerable quantities of 'Cistus marifolius' near Dalnacardoch.
Details of the Matlock, [Derbyshire], 'Achillea', acquired from person who communicated it to [James] Sowerby. Mrs Sherbrooke cautions against adopting new plants from Matlock neighbourhood as several years some gentlemen had scattered seeds of exotics in various places. Does not consider the 'Fumaria lutea' of "English botany" a native of Fountains Abbey, [Yorkshire]; thinks the 'Impatiens noli-tangere' on banks of river at Studley Park was purposely sown; doubts over 'Daphne cneorum' of Snowdon._x000D_
Writing a history of music and then to work on his popular natural history book. Asks if Linnean Society books can travel into the country. Requests exotic plants for Mrs Sherbrooke's almost completed greenhouse.
Sends his Inaugural Dissertation as requested when they saw each other in Norwich. Receives much satisfation from the specimens Smith gifted him. Sends specimen of 'Mentha gratissima' Ehrhart, believes it may be 'Mentha sylvestris' even though [Georg Franz] Hoffmann received it into his "Flora Germanicus". Publications: Smith's "Flora Britannica"; [Olof] Swartz' "Dispositio muscorum", notes that Swartz has adopted Hedwig's method "with some alterations"; and [Erik] Acharius' "Lichen descriptio".
Thanks for determinations; plants for Smith and Dawson Turner; sends diploma of Physical Society of Göttingen; lists of desiderata; thanks for portrait. On reverse of letter Smith has noted that he returned the specimens.
The Linnean Society; Broussonet; Delaunay.