Henry Fox Talbot, 31 Sackville Street, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

Sending a copy of [Antonio] Bertoloni's "Amoenitates Italicae". Compared the collection of plants he gathered from Corfu and other islands with Bertoloni's herbarium, the best in Italy, but still has doubts which he can only clear up by consulting [John] Sibthorp's original specimens. [David] Don [(1799-1841), botanist] wants him to communicate his Ionian flora observations to Linnean Society but does not think them interesting enough. The Ionian 'Umbelliferae' are "numerous & extraordinary" and seem little known, could not even apply genera to many of them, although a copy of "Flora Graeca" in the Grand Duke's Library in Florence was helpful.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN468

From

William Henry Fox Talbot

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

27 Aug 1826

Sent from

London

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/10/11, 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.

• Sir James Edward Smith
• William Henry Fox Talbot