| RefNo | L&P/5/203a |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'The figure and character of that elegant American evergreen called by the gardeners the Loblolly Bay' from John Elllis to Carl Linnaeus |
| Date | 1770 |
| Description | Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A copy of a letter from John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S. to Dr. Linnæus, F. R. S. &c. with the figure and characters of that elegant American evergreen tree, called by the gardiners the Loblolly-Bay, taken from blossoms blown near London, and shewing that it is not an hibiscus, as Mr. Miller calls it; nor an hypreicum, as Dr. Linnaeus supposes it; but an intire new genus, to which Mr. Ellis gives the name of Gordonia'
Read 20 December 1770 |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1770.0047 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8215 | Ellis; John (c 1710 - 1776); naturalist | c 1710 - 1776 |
| NA8066 | Linnaeus; Carl (1707 - 1778); naturalist | 1707 - 1778 |