From:
Harvey Spragg
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
8 Aug [1795]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/25/70, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Sends leaves for identification from each of the plants he managed to grow from 5 of the 6 Sierra Leone seeds Smith sent last spring, and leaf of 'Stelitzia', the most thriving plant in his stove with habit quite different from Lady Rockingham's. new 'Ulva' found at Weymouth; elected FLS.
[Spec 23 written in pencil at head of verso of folio]
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London