From:
William John Burchell
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
24 Aug 1807
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/62, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Sending letter and "clever" drawings from Dr [Charles] Campbell, who is travelling to Sumatra; understands that knowledge of Sumatran botany would be extremely interesting to European botanists. Campbell was unable to provide description of 'Marsdenia'. If the East India Company establishes a Botanic Garden on St Helena hopes seeds from Sumatra will be naturalised here.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London