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From:
William Beeston Coyte
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
2 May 1794
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/79, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Alteration to the title of his "Hortus"; his printer "very dilatory, stupid, and troublesome"; agrees to alteration of genera in the cryptogamia, other queries, including whether to insert his plants from Botany Bay.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
William Beeston Coyte
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
14 Aug 1794
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/80, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Account of plants collected from his excursion in Glamorganshire and Cornwall, including: 'Asplenium marinum', 'Pinguicula villosa', 'Erica vagans', 'Anthericum ossifragum', 'Triglochin palustre', 'Littorella lacustris', 'Sison inundatum', 'Bartsia viscosa', 'Cuscuta europea', and an 'Anselea'/'Osmunda' never discovered in England before.

Has several young plants in his "H. gippor." coming to fructification and a correspondent in Penzance, [Cornwall], to send him specimens. Has other cryptogamia specimens for Smith if he calls at Ipswich on return to London, including 'Corrigiola littoralis' for [James] Sowerby. 'Capparis frondosa' flowered with him.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
William Beeston Coyte
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
12 Dec 1794
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/81, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for East India seeds. Asks Smith's opinion of the non-generic 'Glaucium', if there is a genus 'Codarium', if Smith ever met with 'Rumex vivparus' or 'Ornithogalum triquetrum'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London