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LINNEAN3489

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
James Sowerby
Date:
[1800]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/JS/5, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

[Short note only, written on scrap of paper]

Requests Sowerby to draw 'Alsine media' to figure with 'Cerastium aquaticum'. Wishes Sowerby to acquire wild specimens of 'Lychnis viscaria' from [John] Mackay [(1772-1802), employed at Dickson nursery, Edinburgh] of Edinburgh, for which he is postponing 'Lychnis flos cuculi'.

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The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN256

From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Jonas Dryander
Date:
10 Jun 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/AM/4, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

News for Dryander to relate to the Linnean Society: consulted Sir Joseph Banks on propriety of the Society applying for a charter from the King [George III (1738-1820)], Banks thinks it would be favourably received; Bishop of Winchester [Brownlow North] pleased by his nomination as an Honorary Member; Marquis of Blandford [George Spencer-Churchill] requests that M. de Tremear's nomination certificate be withdrawn as he has returned to France for time being.

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