Jonas Dryander, London, to James Edward Smith at R A Salisbury's, Chapel Allerton Hall, Leeds, [Yorkshire]

Summary

Will have to delay his paper on 'Begonia' as Smith is not in London for the first meeting of the Linnean Society and he needs to see the Linnaean Herbarium to settle 'Begonia capensis'. Also suspects that the large-leaved 'Begonia' in Linneaus the younger's herbarium is the 'Begonia grandeflora' of [Joseph von Nicolaus] Jacquin and 'Begonia macrophylla' of Lamarck. Studying [Antoine Laurent de] Jussieu's "Genera Plantarum", and will be necessary for Smith to study before publishing any more work.

[Smith has briefly noted his reply] Hopes to be in London for the first meeting but not in time to study 'Begonia', so will supply somthing else for the meeting, comments on errors on Lichens in volume two of Jacquin's ["Collectanea ad botanicam"].

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2758

From

Jonas Dryander

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

16 Sep 1789

Sent from

London

Sent to

Leeds, Yorkshire

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/4/71, 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.