List of the contents of a box of live plants sent by George Don from Sierra Leone to England
Includes 'black plum of the inhabitants' ('a good fruit'), a species of Begonia, Dracaena ('a beautiful species'), a species of Neottia and 'monkey bread of the inhabitants', 'with about 20 different species of Epidendri, all of which are strangers' [here the list includes 8 more plants]
For another version of the list in George Don's journal, 9 Apr 1822, see RHS/Col/2/1/5. List of the contents of a box of live plants sent by George Don from Sierra Leone to England
Includes 'black plum of the inhabitants' ('a good fruit'), a species of Begonia, Dracaena ('a beautiful species'), a species of Neottia and 'monkey bread of the inhabitants', 'with about 20 different species of Epidendri, all of which are strangers' [here the list includes 8 more plants]
For another version of the list in George Don's journal, 9 Apr 1822, see RHS/Col/2/1/5