Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, 43 Upper Seymour Street, Portman Square, [London]

Summary

Received a letter from [José Antonio] Pavon, the collections Lambert is purchasing from him, including herbarium and insects, have been sent. A new plant received from Longleat [home of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837)]. Has five species of 'Oxybaphus' growing. Has 'Fragaria chiloensis' from Guernsey in flower different from the one Smith describes in "Encycl[opedia]" [Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia"].

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN3021

From

Aylmer Bourke Lambert

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

4 Jun 1815

Sent from

Boyton, Wiltshire

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/6/85, 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