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From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
James Dickson
Date:
1 Jul 1781
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/112, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sending what he can of Dickson's desiderata, observations on numbered specimens, including: 'Lycoperdon forincatum', 'L. stellatum', new 'Byssus', a 'Boletus', an 'Agaricus', 'Clavaria ophioglossoides', 'Botelus luteus', 'Carex inflata', 'Saxifraga autumnalis', may send 'Polycarpon tetraphyllum'. Lately found new specimen he supposes 'Drosera anglica'. Will send 'Salsola fruticosa' and 'Erysimum cheisanthoides' by [James] Crowe.

Requests complete list of Dickson's desiderata. Appends his own list of desiderata [extant, 3pp], and list of plants for Dickson to acquire from Curtis. Also sending [John] Pitchford's 'Polycarpon tetraphyllum', possibly 'Drosera anglica'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James Dickson
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
18 Jul 1781
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/113, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for specimens; some observations. The three specimens from [John] Pitchford are 'Byssus furcata', 'Byssus fubra', and 'Polypodium thelypteris'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
James Dickson
Date:
11 Sep 1781
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/114, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for plants, especially 'Lobelia urens' and 'Subularia aquatica'. He is going to Edinburgh in a month to study Physic, hopes there he will be of more botanical assistance to his friends. Doubts over 'Elymus arenarius', will look for 'Bryum rigidum', asks if 'Elatine alsinastrum' is a lost plant. Amazed to hear that an 'Arbutus andrachne' sold at Dr Fothergill's for 51 guineas.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James Dickson
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
2 Oct 1781
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/48, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for 'Bryum rigidum'. No author on Fungi is "to be depended upon", criticises [William] H[udson (c 1730-1793), botanist] and [John] Lightfoot's works. Studying fungi, received some from [James] Crowe. Smith wrong about 'Elymus arenarius'. An 'Elymus philadelphicus' at Sir Joseph Banks'. Has a specimen of 'Elatine alsinastrum'. An 'Arbutus andrachne' sold at [John] Fothergill's [(1712-1780) physician and plant collector] for 51 guineas was not half as large as one at Chelsea.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James Dickson
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
18 Mar 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/ADD/17, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Asks Smith whether he should be silent and look over the mistakes he finds in other authors, or publish them; points out several errors in [William] Withering's last publication ["An arrangement of British plants" (1796)], including 'Sphagnum alpinum' and 'Phascum repens'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James Dickson
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
15 Jul 1801
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/49, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Lists habitats of species of 'Salix' he found in Scotland: 'Salix retusa', 'Salix reticulata', 'Salix lapponicum', 'Salix lanata', and 'Salix depressa'. Still has some unidentified willows.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James Dickson
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
17 Nov 1801
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/ADD/18, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Apologises for letter they sent Smith being given to Mr Smith Nurseryman in Covent Garden by mistake. Corrects mistake with 'Jungermannia connivens' in his ["Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum Britanniae" (1785-1801)].

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James Dickson
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
19 Jul 1802
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/50, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Has sent as many of Smith's desiderata as he could find. The 'Splachnum' Smith sent may be 'Splachnum purpum'. Would like to compare his lichens and mosses with the ones Smith received from his foreign friends as it is "the best way of being sure of plants".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James Dickson
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
14 Jul 1804
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/115, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

The grass Smith sent is in his herbarium as 'Festuca glauca', Curtis also had it under same name, but cannot find any description of it; it is like 'F. pumila'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James Dickson
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
16 Oct 1804
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/51, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Encloses a list of desiderata. Smith has ticked those that he sent: 'Grimmia schisti', 'Grimmia crispula', 'Grimmia donniana', 'Dicranum suscescens', 'Dicranum polycarpum', 'Hypnum swartzii', and 'Hypnum stokesii'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James Dickson
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
4 Mar 1806
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/52, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Encloses list of desiderata of lichen and mosses from "Flora Britannica" and "English Botany" in order to determine his own collection. Smith has ticked the following, probably specimens he sent: 'Gymnostomum aeruginosum', 'Grimmia schisti', 'Dicranum suscescens', 'Hypnum polyanthus', 'Hypnum swartzii', 'Hypnum imploxum', 'Lichen contiguus', 'Lichen conspurcatus'. Has just received some new mosses and lichens from the East Indies.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
Text Online
From:
James Dickson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 February 1864
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/142
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
James Dickson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
20 February 1864
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/142
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
James Dickson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Dec 1872
Source of text:
DAR 162: 179
Summary:

Sends CD the case of a man he knew who could reject food voluntarily, in substantiation of the passage in Expression [p. 259] in which CD says "the suspicion arises that our progenitors must formerly have had [this] power".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project