Olof Swartz, Stockholm, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith

Summary

Sends West Indies plants and Swedish 'Musci'. Longs to see Smith's new genera recently published in "Linnean Transactions". Hopes to finish his "Flora Indiae occidentalis" next year. Hopes Smith received the papers he sent including one by him on ['Epidendrum'] L. Praises [Archibald] Menzies' new arrangement of 'Polytrichum'. Preparing a paper on 'Ehrharta' for "Linnean Transactions".

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN3357

From

Olof Peter Swartz

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

5 Oct 1798

Sent from

Stockholm, Sweden

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/9/89, 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.

• Olof Peter Swartz
• Sir James Edward Smith