From:
Charles Abbot
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
27 Aug [1801]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/20/6, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Relieved to hear of recovery in Smith's health. Encloses specimen of either Smith's 'Scirpus multicaulis' or 'S. viviparous', found Ampthill Bog. Previously sent it to [James] Sowerby with a Cyptogamous plant Sowerby named 'Blasia pusilla'.
["Spec. 3" annotated in pencil at top of verso of folio]
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London