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From:
James Sowerby
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
c 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/ADD/96, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Encloses drawings; has no female florets on his 'Eriocaulon sexangulare' , requests Smith's assistance. Sir Joseph Banks and [James] Dickson think the 'Ribes petraeum' in "English botany" is only a variety of 'R. rubrum'; argues against this, small ink sketch. Smith should expect Dickson's "Fasciculus [plantarum cryptogamicarum Britanniae]" soon as he is working on the plates. Encloses a new 'Lichen'. Asks after the 'Ulva' he previously sent

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir Thomas Gage
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[1800-1813]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/ADD/36, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Postpones dinner with Smith and [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert.

[Notes on recto of folio in Smith's hand:] transcript of description of 'Eriogonum' from Michaux "Flora Boreali-Americana" vol 1 246, and list of plants headed "Hort Gramina Austriaca".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Thomas Jenkinson Woodward
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
14 Jan 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/18/117, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Health of himself and Mrs Manning [Woodward's mother-in-law]; her symptoms. Thanks for two numbers of [James Sowerby's] "Fungi". Will contribute to funds for Smith's "benevolent" design to memory of [Charles] Bryant [(d 1799)]. Unsure of how [William] Withering's specimens are to be disposed of following his death. [John] Stackhouse intends to visit him, Smith, and [Dawson] Turner in Norfolk. Thanks for two 'Carex' specimens.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
George Annesley
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
23 Jan 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/20/16, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Requests 'Protea' seeds in addition to the 'Erica' ones he already requested from the Cape . He has been looking over [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert's Cape specimens; starting to consider 'Protea' superior to 'Erica'; more and more astonished at botanical riches of the Cape; expects more from Sir George Young [(1732-1810), naval officer]. Asks if the Botany Bay plant Lee calls 'Hibiscus' is properly named yet; gave plant to local nursery man but missed it in flower. Last autumn busy gathering hardy herbaceous plants. Enquires after "Flora Graeca", anxious to see it.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir Thomas Frankland
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
30 Jan 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/15/9, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

His sister Mrs Nicholas has died, "a sad instance of the inefficacy of Foxglove taken early & steadily". Reviews "English Botany" for November and December: wishes 'Saxifraga umbrosa' leaves were figured larger; observed 'Veronica hybrida' and believes it is the same as the 'Veronica spicata' growing near Giant's Hole on St Vincent's Rocks [near Bristol], [William] Curtis also doubted it was 'spicata'.

Has perfect specimens from [William] Hudson of 'Corrigiola'. Hudson did not introduce 'Saxifraga umbrosa' in his "Flora [Anglica]" as it was on a list of plants which Dr [Richard] Richardson [(1663-1741), physician and botanist] of Birely, [Yorkshire], had commissioned to be planted in retired places so that he could afterwards discover them.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Hugh Davies
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
31 Jan 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/14, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Adiantum nigrum pinnulis cicutarviae divisurâ' as rare as 'Polypodium arvonicum', describes having once found it with [William] Hudson on Snowdon, Wales, and described in "Hist. Ok. III", sending specimen for Smith's opinion. Also sending specimens of 'Filix montana' and Bolton's 'rhaeticam' via [James] Sowerby. Remembers seeing 'Filix pumila-saxatilis-altora' 30 years ago on a tour of Snowdon with [William] Sheffield [(c 1732-1795) Keeper of Ashmolean Museum, Oxford] where ['Polypodium] oreopteris' was pointed out as 'Thelypteris', refers Smith to [Johann Jacob] Dillenius' description of it as an accurate description of '[Polypodium] oreopteris'; believes 'Filix pumila' to be the true 'Thelypteris' and should be '[Thelypteris] saxatilis' and that 'oreopteris' should be '[Polypodium] querna'. 'Polypodium ilvense' one of the numerous different appearances of 'Polypodium fragile'. 'Tremella vagans' did not resume its form after an undisclosed experiment but believes Sowerby could still make a drawing of it. Pleased that Smith has reversed [Samuel] Goodenough's classification of 'Carex fulva' as a variety only. Wishes Smith well with the "Flora Graeca". Believes habitat for [William] Withering 's 'Ulva lanceolata' should be Anglesea rather than Isle of Man. Queries Withering's 'Polytrichum hercynicum' referring to Hudson's, which is a 'Bryum'. Remdinder for Sowerby that 'Hydnum daviesii' is a pure white, [Smith has marked this with a tick].

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James Sowerby
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
31 Jan 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/25/62, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sending "English botany" as usual, and including 3 bills. Sending prints for "Linnean Transactions" vol 5 tomorrow. Encloses a "rude bit" of [Charles] Abbot's 'Chenopodium urbicum'. Hopes for the 6 drawings for ["English botany"] no.100 soon.

[Spec 20 written in pencil at head of verso of folio]

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
John Browne
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
2 Feb 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/21/40, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Requests letter of introduction to [Benjamin Thompson], Count Rumford [(1753-1814), physicist], for Mr Frost, "a very intelligent workman".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir Joseph Banks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
8 Feb 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/1/66, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Has given Mr Frost a letter of introduction to Count [Benjamin Thompson] Rumford. Compliments Mrs Smith on her turkeys. Has planted 'Eriocaulon decangulare'.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Samuel Goodenough
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
13 Feb 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/11/39, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Prevented by gout from reviewing Smith's papers; it was caused by his horse plunging into an unexpected hole whilst crossing a river at Old Windsor, Berkshire. Smith "deep in the willows": he thinks they should be described in the two states of fructification and leaf; agrees that 'Salix amygdalina' and 'S. triandra' are the same, having seen it in Bath and on Battersea fields with different leaves but the same bark; found 'Salix rubra fissa' Hoffmann in a holt on the north side of Ely, Cambridgeshire, and not on Prickwillow Bank; wanted to add the habitat of Walmer Castle and Deal, Kent, to 'S. arenaria' but not sure of Smith's plant; glad that Smith has thrown out 'S. hermaphroditica'. Does not follow Smith's 'Polypodium': thought they found 'P. thelypteris' near Bury but Smith has listed it as 'P. oreopteris'; asks how Smith has addressed 'P. aculeatum' and 'P. lobatum' on account of how different they appeared in [William] Sole's garden.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir Thomas Frankland
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
14 Feb 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/15/10, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

The 'Veronica' he gathered on the way to the Giant's Hole [St Vincents Rock, near Bristol] was in a very dangerous spot and considerably larger than that figured in "English Botany", will send this specimen if he cannot find another at home. Briefly saw Sir Joseph Banks yesterday.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Mary Watson- Wentworth
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
18 Feb 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/15/129, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for turkey and biscuits, which her ill-health prevented her from acknowledging sooner. Offers Smith a stuffed bird of paradise for his collection; she received it with a living parakeet from Bombay and its plumage is as though it died yesterday. Ashamed to put Smith's household to the expense and trouble of satisfying her demand for biscuits and ideally would like a box quarterly but her finances constrained "since Mr [William] Pitt [the Younger (1759-1806), prime minister] has been pleas'd to take £500 a year" from her income.

Comments that Smith's 'Agapanthus' which bore the winter and flourished in a border "must have been very pleasant", and wishes Smith could persuade Grieg, her gardener, to make similar experiments at Hillingdon. 'Amarylis radiata' in flower in her room which she thinks worthy of being drawn; [James] Sowerby does not recall her sending him a flower and leaf of it two years ago.

Curious to know whether Smith's sister is married to his young companion he brought to visit last year. Sending the bird in a box soon.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Alexander Macleay
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
25 Feb 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/AM/3, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Pleased Smith is satisfied with new volume of "Linnean Transactions", though he thinks some of the papers might have been omitted without reducing its value; convinced that they must give up the idea of publishing every year; explains his and [Jonas] Dryander's decisions in listing books donated to the Library.

Asks when Smith will be in London and when "Flora Britannica" will appear. There were no new papers at last general meeting of the Linnean Society, so they were forced to read an entomological paper by [Samuel] Goodenough previously read before; they now have enough for the next two or three meetings. Persoon's fungi paper has been found.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
George Annesley
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
28 Feb 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/20/17, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

No longer possible for him to visit Norwich, [Norfolk], as planned, due to an arbitration against him at Arley, [Worcestershire]. Requested biennial and perennial herbaceous seeds or plants from Cambridge, for his expanding botanic garden; high prices makes Lee the last resort. White [bookseller] has offered to supply first two volumes of Smith's "Flora Britannica", on account of his being so far from London. Surprised that Andrews is to draw and publish character of 'Pattersonia'. [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert's servants.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Joseph Franz von Jacquin
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
1 Mar 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/5/100, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Introduces Schreibers.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Jonas Dryander
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[3 Mar 1800]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/72, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Believes Smith is right to include an index of the genera for "Flora Britannica" but that the English index should be at the end and approves of the title. [John] Sibthorp's plants have now been laid out in the herbarium.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir Joseph Banks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[3 Mar 1800]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/1/67, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Count [Benjamin Thompson] Rumford received Mr Frost, on Banks recommendation. Approves of Smith's plan to publish the first two volumes of "Flora Britannica" now and to delay publication of the third "till paper is cheaper". Mr Mayer's presentation to George III. A large narwhal washed up on Lincolnshire coast, a chance to correct former errors regarding the description of the creature.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
William Bingley
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
4 Mar 1800 [1801]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/20/89, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

His popular natural history work ready for the press. Asks Smith's opinion on value of a "Synopsis of British Zoology" in manner of [William] Withering's botanical work. Asks generic name of the "ligneous ropes" growing on trees of tropical forests, called 'Nebees' in Stedman's "Account of Surinam" and 'Bejucos' in another. Asks Linnaean names of the hooded-serpent, cobra di Capello, and locust of the eastern countries. Asks for verification of [John] Latham's statement that cygnets are fed for Christmas table in Norwich and sold for a guinea each. Asks for verification tale of a New Holland insect still living after being pinned for duration of voyage. Requests Smith's assistance with his Royal Society of Edinburgh candidature. Intends to visit North Wales again soon.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir Thomas Frankland
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[5 Mar 1800]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/15/11, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Received new "Linnean Transactions", criticises [Robert] Teesdale's paper [ 'A Supplement to the Plantae Eboracenses'] for being too long; doubts propriety of giving whole floras. An attempted robbery at Hall Place whilst he was in Exmouth, [Devon]. Has anonymously published a six penny pamphlet "Cautions to young sportsmen" in attempt to prevent gun accidents, inspired by Lord Andover's accident [Charles Nevinson Howard, Viscount Andover (1775-1800), eldest son of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk, killed by accidental discharge of his fowling piece], and that there is no advice of this kind in print except single line in [Thomas] Page's "Art of Shooting"; two gunmakers have seen and find no fault with it.

There is an account of Lord Andover's death, written by Mr Coke's desire, in January's "Gentleman's Magazine".

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'.

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The Linnean Society of London