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From:
George Spencer- Churchill
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[9 Aug] 1798
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/2/50, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Has been collecting rare English maritime plants at Lymington, Hampshire, and Brownsea Island, Dorset; 'Inula cruthmoides', 'Ruppia maritima', 'Chironia pulchella', 'Chironia centaurium', 'Anthemis maritima', 'Beta maritima', 'Santolina maritima', 'Cheiranthus sinautus', 'Salosa kali', 'Pinguicula lusitanica', and a possible 'Schoenus longus'. Expecting 29,300 plants sent from Jamaica. Has been growing 'Sedum villosum' for three years, a "perfect perennial". Asks Smith to obtain living plants of 'Pulmonaria maritima' and 'Convolvulus soldanella', which grow on the Norfolk coast.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London