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From:
Karl Heinrich Mertens
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
24 Feb 1816
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/7/70, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for hospitality at Norwich; is now the guest of [Dawson] Turner. Would like to see Smith and his willows again before leaving England.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Karl Heinrich Mertens
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
20 Feb 1819
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/7/71, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

His father [Franz Karl Mertens] suffering from a "tedious & painfull" indisposition of his eyes, so on his father's behalf thanks Smith for present of willow cuttings, but as only nine of the eighteen specimens have grown requests fresh replacements and asks that they to be sent via his brother-in-law Theodore Zimmermann. Lists those willows that grew at end of letter: 'Salix malifolia', 'Salix russelliana', 'Salix acuminata', 'Salix lanceolata', 'Salix hirta', 'Salix rubra', 'Salix purpurea', 'Salix decipiens', and 'Salix phylicifolia'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London