From:
James Sowerby
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
1 Sep 1813
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/25/64, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Sends numbers as usual and encloses £15 note. Also sends a little bit of ulmin on elm bark, finds similar substance on oak, hornbeam, and horse chestnut and asks Smith's botanical friends to look out for it; has recommended it to the Society of Arts as excellent for finishing in water colours, in same way that Sir Joshua Reynolds [(1723-1792), painter] used 'Asphaltum' in oil.
Requests Smith to revise enclosed 4 numbers of "English botany" and number enclosed in last.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London