George D'Oyly, 10 Fludyer Street, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

Questions Smith's reference of [Fredric] Hasselquist [(1722-1752) Swedish naturalist] as the authority for his claim at Royal Institution lecture that the biblical "lily of the fields" of Matthew 6:28 is 'Amaryllis lutea'. The lily is also mentioned in the Song of Soloman and biblical commentators speak of the lily as common in Palestine. Wishes to determine whether the lily is a garden or wild flower [for the annotated Bible D'Oyly prepared with Richard Mant for publication by the Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge known as "D'Oyly and Mant's Bible" (1814 and later editions)].

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN3155

From

George D'Oyly

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

21 Dec 1814

Sent from

London

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/8/1, 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.