Edward Daniel Clarke, Jesus College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

Some time ago sent a living specimen of a new species of 'Astragalus' to Sir Joseph Banks but never received any answer regarding it. Sending Smith a dwarf 'Dianthus' from Siberia, now in flower in the college garden, which he believes to be a new species, brief description of the blossoms. At the top of the letter Smith has written a Latin description under 'Dianthus hyssopifolius', and stating that in his answer he said it may be called 'Dianthus diffusus' or the preferred 'Dianthus hyssopifolius'.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2649

From

Edward Daniel Clarke

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

8 Sep 1803

Sent from

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/3/73, 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.