From:
John Stackhouse
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
29 Oct 1817
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/25/85, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Forwards book by [Jean Vincent Félix] Lamouroux [(1779-1825), botanist] Smith purchased off him. Requests Smith's opinion on enclosed 'Ulva' specimen [Smith annotation: "merely 'Fucus saccharinus' rather longe!"]. He has been in Shropshire this summer, studying the larch beetle , which "continues its ravages"; in correspondence with [William] Kirby on subject and will present paper to Linnean Society.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London