José Francisco Corrêa de Serra, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

Has a diploma for Smith from the Lisbon Academy, who are also sending a gift of all their works. [John Theodore] Koster has written from Portugal asking if Smith thinks they are worth paying the high duty on books coming into England and adds that Sir Joseph Banks, who received a similar gift, is glad of having them all. Pleased to see from a letter sent to [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert that Smith has divided the 'Protea' family. He is currently in the middle of examining [Francis] Masson's [(1741-1805), Kew plant collector] collection of Cape [of Good Hope] 'Proteas'. Believes the flora of New Holland [Australia] and the Cape are "both fragments of a whole". Masson has two species of 'Styphelia' from the Cape. Makes observations on formation of 'Protea' flowers through comparison with 'Lambertia' and 'Tilia'.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2565

From

José Francisco Corrêa de Serra

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

23 Mar 1797

Sent from

London

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/3/100, 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.

• José Francisco Corrêa de Serra
• Sir James Edward Smith