From:
Thomas Velley
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
25 Jan 1795
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/10/45, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Thanks Smith for opinion on his manuscript [Velley's 'Remarks on the Nature and Propagation of marine Plants' for "Linnean Transactions"]. Discusses origin and use of the word "seeds" and his initial reluctance to apply it to marine plants, references [Carl Friedrich von] Gaertner [(1772-1850)] and discusses his own observations of 'Fucus' and 'Confervae'. Wishes to forward to Smith parts of a collection of exotic duplicates he has lately received.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London