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From:
William Baldwin
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
4 Mar 1817
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/2/8, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

List of 95 species; some marked by Smith.

List of 59 species, in Smith's hand, titled "sent also".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
William Baldwin
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
7 Mar 1817
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/2/9, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Introduces himself and sends a few specimens from Georgia at the request of John Fraser. Also sends the root of an unknown palm from East Florida with a sample of the starch procured from it, knowledge of which having come from the Seminole Indians. Has an extensive collection of Georgian specimens but is anxious to know which plants are also native to Europe. Refers to a desiderata and requests 'Convolvulus salopa', for reason of it generally being supposed to be Michaux's 'Ipomoea macrorhiza'. From experiments has deduced that 'I. macrorhiza' possesses no purgative qualities and may be eaten like 'C. batatas'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London