John Stackhouse, Bath, [Somerset], to Sir James Edward Smith

Summary

Forwards book by [Jean Vincent Félix] Lamouroux [(1779-1825), botanist] Smith purchased off him. Requests Smith's opinion on enclosed 'Ulva' specimen [Smith annotation: "merely 'Fucus saccharinus' rather longe!"]. He has been in Shropshire this summer, studying the larch beetle , which "continues its ravages"; in correspondence with [William] Kirby on subject and will present paper to Linnean Society.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2470

From

John Stackhouse

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

29 Oct 1817

Sent from

Bath, Somerset

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/25/85, 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.

• John Stackhouse
• Sir James Edward Smith