Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti, Florence, [Italy], to Sir James Edward Smith

Summary

Writes to Smith for first time after several years of interruption due to the war. Sends some of his botanical works. Requests seeds for the the Florence botanical garden which he is recultivating; after some years as a "culture garden" it is reverting to its original function as the botanical school is to be attached to it. Offers to send Italian seeds and samples of mineralogy.

On verso of first folio Smith has annotated "Ansd. Nov. 8. 1818 by Dr Stevenson - with 50 sorts of Cape seeds".

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN525

From

Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

25 Aug 1816

Sent from

Florence, Italy

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/10/6, The Linnean Society of London

Language

French

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.