From:
Aylmer Bourke Lambert
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
4 Jun 1815
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/6/85, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Received a letter from [José Antonio] Pavon, the collections Lambert is purchasing from him, including herbarium and insects, have been sent. A new plant received from Longleat [home of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837)]. Has five species of 'Oxybaphus' growing. Has 'Fragaria chiloensis' from Guernsey in flower different from the one Smith describes in "Encycl[opedia]" [Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia"].
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London