Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Salisbury, [Wiltshire], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London

Summary

Shortly leaving for Connaught [Connacht, Ireland], hopes to be more successful with his natural history researches than on his last visit. Asks after a "Flora Hibernica" he believes he heard of in London. Extract from unnamed book recently published in Ireland on discovery of elk antlers and skeleton in 1783 on the "sea lands of the Bishop of Dromore". Encloses drawing [not extant] of a "Borer" insect causing damage to West Indies sugar canes as the Hessian fly does in America, sent larvae to [Thomas] Marsham.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2948

From

Aylmer Bourke Lambert

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

21 Dec 1789

Sent from

Salisbury, Wiltshire

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/6/19, 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.

• Aylmer Bourke Lambert
• Sir James Edward Smith