John Ellis (naturalist)03

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Summary[edit] Description: English: "He also appended, with its own title page, a description of Venus flytrap that was sent "in a letter to Sir Charles Linnaeus." His letter to Linnaeus, dated 23 September 1769, was sent with an illustration and a specimen, and began: "My dear Friend, I know that every discovery in nature is a treat to you; but in this you will have a feast." A lovely hand-colored engraving of the plant serves as frontispiece to the published letter." Plate from John Ellis’ "A Botanical Description of the Dionoea muscipula" in the same volume. HI Library call no. MC1 E47D. Date: 1769. Source: http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/hibd/departments/Library/Ellis.shtml. Author: John Ellis (c1710-1776).