James Edward Smith, Matlock Bath, [Derbyshire], to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Asylum, [London]

Summary

He has had a relapse since arriving but now well, and as the waters do him "great service" will stay for another 8 or 10 days. Asks that Sowerby send [Edmund] Davall copies of second numbers of both "Icones pictae" and "Spicilegium botanicum". Sending box of plants for "English botany", including: 'Lithospermum officinale', 'Cardamine impatiens', 'Aquilegia vulgaris', 'Arenaria verna', 'Thlaspi montanum', 'Polygala vulgaris', 'Lysimachia nemorum', 'Cistus helianthemum', 'Euphrasia officinalis', 'Poterium sanguisorba', 'Galium', 'Byssus aurea'; brief notes on characteristics of each.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN3472

From

Sir James Edward Smith

To

James Sowerby

Date

29 Jun 1792

Sent from

Matlock Bath, Derbyshire

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/JS/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.

• James Sowerby
• Sir James Edward Smith