AD 226 NOGARET, [François-] Félix, [Paris], 16 Fructidor an 8 [3 September 1800]. 1 p., [3 September 1800]
Content Description
The Michel Adanson Library at Hunt Institute includes the botanical portion of Adanson's personal library, along with correspondence, manuscripts, and a large number of plant illustrations clipped from published sources. The collection contains 127 book titles, 117 letters, 146 manuscripts and thousands of plant images clipped from published works, many of them annotated by him. (copied from https://www.huntbotanical.org/library/show.php?1)
Dates
- Creation: [3 September 1800]
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
General
Asks Adanson if he is mistaken in thinking that all irritable plants are of American origin and that there are no original plants of this group in Europe. Thinks this because Adanson distinguished between the viscous flycatchers and the sensitive plants. Asks especially about “les plantes mimoses.” Draft of reply on separate leaf, dated “4 7bre [Nov.] 1800.” Adanson replies yes, mon cher Anakréon, that he is wrong in thinking that all irritable plants or “mimoses” originate from America, and elaborates on this answer. Thus making it clear that Nogaret sought information for a novel on ancient Greece.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository