'List of the contents of the boxes sent per Capt Anderson, box of live plants'
Information
Title
'List of the contents of the boxes sent per Capt Anderson, box of live plants'
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/2/3/2
Date
19 Mar 1822
Scope & content
List of the contents of boxes of specimens sent by George Don from Sierra Leone on a ship sailing to England with Captain Anderson [?John Anderson, captain of the Lord Wellington]
Includes 'narrow-leaved coffee' ('as I understand superior to any other in quality, native of this island, now become generally cultivated'), Costus afer, 'country grapes', Clerodendron ('with beautiful scarlet flowers') and 'a beautiful long leaved tree' [here the list includes 18 more plants]. Includes a note: 'You will find several other plants in the box if you look carefully which I have not mentioned in the list'. List of the contents of boxes of specimens sent by George Don from Sierra Leone on a ship sailing to England with Captain Anderson [?John Anderson, captain of the Lord Wellington]
Includes 'narrow-leaved coffee' ('as I understand superior to any other in quality, native of this island, now become generally cultivated'), Costus afer, 'country grapes', Clerodendron ('with beautiful scarlet flowers') and 'a beautiful long leaved tree' [here the list includes 18 more plants]. Includes a note: 'You will find several other plants in the box if you look carefully which I have not mentioned in the list'