From:
Walter Wade
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
25 Aug 1808
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/26/43, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Sorry to inform Smith that the reports that 'Acorus grammineus' has been found in Ireland are false; questioned the gardener who found it who confessed he had it from a garden several years ago; [John] Templeton [(1766-1825), father of Irish natural history], [James Townsend] Mackay [(1775-1862), curator of Botanic Garden, Trinity College, Dublin], and Dr [Whitley] Stokes [(1763-1845), physician and botanist] are scouring the mountains for it.
[Andrew] Caldwell has died.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London