Anders Jahan Retzius, Lund, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith, London

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

Please cite as “LINNEAN2682,” in Ɛpsilon: The Linnean Society of London Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/linnean-society/letters/LINNEAN2682

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Plant queries for second edition of "Florae Scandinaviae prodromus", including: 'Carex uliginosa' identified as 'Schoenus compressus' or 'Scirpus caricis'. Offers to send specimen of [Jakob] Ehrhart's grass figured in Smith's "Icones pictae". Disappointed by natural history content of [James] Bruce's [of Kinnaird (1730-1794), traveller in Africa] "Travels"; errors with discussion of cereals. Requests copy of "Linnean Transactions" vol 1.

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Record number: LINNEAN2682
From: Anders Jahan Retzius
To: Sir James Edward Smith
Date: 14 Feb 1793
Sent from: Lund, Sweden
Source of text: GB-110/JES/COR/4/101, The Linnean Society of London
Language: Latin

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

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