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Royal Society
Date:
1 June 1789
Source of text:
MM/3/95, Royal Society
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Recalls journey with Smith from Lyons to Montpellier which created his interest in botany; project to found National History Museum.
Sends further dissertations; dissolution of Linnean Society of Paris; Gmelin.
Criticisms of Smith's plates. [Jean-Baptiste] Lamarck appointed Botanist to Louis XVI. Lamarck on 'Calceolaria plantaginea'. Sends 'Aquilegia viscosa'.
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Henry Matthey has written to his parents in Turin stating the cases of natural history drawings sent by Giorna have been detained by Customs due to his lack of money. Matthey's parents have asked Smith to anonymously pay the duties plus £2 for anything Matthey may need, Smith to be reimbursed from the proceeds of selling the drawings. Comments that Viller's "Entomologia Linnaeana" should have been called "Entomogia Europea Juxta Sistema Linneai" as only European insects are described. Complains that the authors of the "Collection des papillons de l'Europe" have abandoned it at the sixteenth installment.
Sending Smith specimens of 'Holosteum umbellatum'. Congratulates Smith on his publication ["Reliquiae rudbeckianae" (1789)] and praises the drawings. Saw that Smith intends to give up further investigation of English 'Carex caespitosa'; argues that the "great & little plants"are the same species and not varieties, caused by differences in soils and climates. Requests 'Alisma natans'. Mr Rigby, Mr Morgan, and two others are going to the glaciers; hints from Smith on what may be found would be appreciated. Encloses specimen for determination. Found 'Selinum palustre'.