Letter from C.W. Merlin [Charles William Louis Merlin] to George Maw
Information
Title
Letter from C.W. Merlin [Charles William Louis Merlin] to George Maw
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
MAW/1/258
Date
25 Jan 1877
Scope & content
Written from HBM [Her British Majesty’s] Consulate, The Piraus [Piraeus], Athens [Greece]. Manuscript
He apologises for replying so late to Maw’s letter from August about Greek crocus roots, and explains that he has been waiting for the return of Mr Heildreich [Theodor von Heldreich, director of the Botanical Garden in Athens], who has made large collections of Greek wild flowers; Mr Heildreich has now returned and has promised an assortment of Greek crocuses for Maw, and will send someone to the mountains who will dig them up properly and carefully