From:
George Don
To:
Samuel Goodenough
Date:
21 Oct 1809
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/GD/27, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Numbered observations on enclosed specimens: 1. nondescript 'Poa', different from most other species including 'P. compressa'; 2. 'Asplenium alternifolium' from America; 3. an 'Agaricus' growing on 'Trichosotum lanuginosum'; 4-5. 'Biameages' [?]; 6. possible 'Lichen abietinus' of "English botany"; 7. 'Conferva' growing on decayed 'Agaricus'; 8. 'Conferva'; 9. [indecipherable, same as 4 and 5]; 10. 'Dicranum strumiferum'; 11. minute 'Grimmia'.
Long desiderata for his garden, to be sent by franks or ship from London to Dundee.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London