Susan E Corrie, [Woodville, near Birmingham, Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

Thanks for book ["A grammar of botany" (1821)]; likes it the more because of its dedication to her mother [Susan Corrie]. Account of flowers showing in their garden: snow drops, Christmas roses, Dutch tulips, Scotch crocus, and double crimson hepaticas. Believes her tiger moth chrysalis is dead. Sends drawings of moths [extant].

Four drawings of moths and an insect, pencil on card: '[Phalaena] batis', '[Phalaena] dives', '[Phalaena] lichenaria', 'Tenthredo lutea' [dated 22 February].

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2038

From

Susan E Corrie

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

4 Feb 1821

Sent from

Birmingham, Warwickshire

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/21/73, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.

• Sir James Edward Smith
• Susan E Corrie