Robert Lyall, Paisley, [Scotland], to James Edward Smith, London

Letter and/or further information available at http://linnean-online.org/64100/.

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

Please cite as “LINNEAN2275,” in Ɛpsilon: The Linnean Society of London Collection accessed on 8 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/linnean-society/letters/LINNEAN2275

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Introduces himself. Sends list of habitats of various indigenous plants [see RelatedMaterial below]. Sends a 'Lichen' and a 'Sphaeria' for determination. He has been conducting experiments on the 'Berberis communis' and obtained results similar to those in "Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society]". Also sends paper on botanical societies in Manchester [see RelatedMaterial below].

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Record number: LINNEAN2275
From: Robert Lyall
To: Sir James Edward Smith
Date: [Feb 1811]
Sent from: Paisley, Scotland
Sent to: London
Source of text: GB-110/JES/COR/23/94, The Linnean Society of London
Language: English

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

Robert Lyall, Paisley, [Scotland], to James Edward Smith, London

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