From:
Edmund Davall
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
22 May 1789
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/14/7, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Sending a hurriedly prepared package of plants including 'Cistus' and 'Carex tomenstosa'. An error in 'Spartium'. Sends box of cryptogamia for [James] Dickson from Ducros. Visiting convent at top of St Bernard in August, said to be the most elevated habitation known and higher than plain of Mount Cenis. Forgot to pack 'Valeriana montana' and 'Crocus vernus'.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London