Heinrich Adolph Noehden, Göttingen, Germany, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

Sent twelve species of Ehrhart and Hoffman's 'Salix'; rarities from the Pyrenees received from [Friedrich] Stromeyer; and a 'Drosera lusitanica' L from Portugal, sent in return for the 'Drosera dichotoma' Smith gave him. Stromeyer focusing his botanic studies on the "geography of vegetables". His own study is "anomalous formations" in vegetables. Thanks for specimens of New Holland [Australian] plants, requests more, lists the plants he has already received. News of botanists: [Christiaan Hendrik] Persoon is in Paris and [Heinrich Adolph] Schrader made professor extraordinary at Göttingen University in addition to director of the Botanic Garden after the regency became displeased with Hoffmann's management.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN3047

From

Heinrich Adolph Noehden

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

1 May 1803

Sent from

Göttingen, Germany

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/7/107, 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.