Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

No longer needs Smith to correct the last sheets of his work [on pines]. Received [Alexander von] Humboldt's "Travels in South America", several "Annals of the Museum" with interesting papers by Corrêa [de Serra] on carpology, and a number of Humboldt's "Plantes Equin[octiales]" with figure on the Brazil nut, 'Bertholletia excelsa'. In his "Travels" gives an account of the 'Cusparia febrifuga' which produces the "Angustura bark of the shops", also figured in ["Plantae Aequinoctiales"]. In postcript "I see your friend [Richard Salisbury] has not forgot you in his last number of Para[disus Londinensis]".

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2987

From

Aylmer Bourke Lambert

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

5 Sep 1807

Sent from

Boyton, Wiltshire

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/6/54, 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