List of the contents of a box of bulbs sent by George Don from Sierra Leone to England
Includes 'a strange species of Arum growing near Freetown [Sierra Leone]', a species of Blekia, ('species nova growing near Kessey Town [Kissy, Sierra Leone], you will also find a strange bulb among them if you look carefully'), '[an unnamed plant] growing near Freetown [Sierra Leone]', 'Arum?' ('top of the Sugar Loaf Mountain [Sierra Leone]'), '[an unnamed plant] top of the Sugar Loaf Mountain [Sierra Leone]' [here the list includes 5 more plants]. Don notes that 'NB you will find on the top of the box some strange fruits and seeds which I had not room for in the seed box'
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 bulbs sent by George Don from Sierra Leone to England
Includes 'a strange species of Arum growing near Freetown [Sierra Leone]', a species of Blekia, ('species nova growing near Kessey Town [Kissy, Sierra Leone], you will also find a strange bulb among them if you look carefully'), '[an unnamed plant] growing near Freetown [Sierra Leone]', 'Arum?' ('top of the Sugar Loaf Mountain [Sierra Leone]'), '[an unnamed plant] top of the Sugar Loaf Mountain [Sierra Leone]' [here the list includes 5 more plants]. Don notes that 'NB you will find on the top of the box some strange fruits and seeds which I had not room for in the seed box'
For another version of the list in George Don's journal, 9 Apr 1822, see RHS/Col/2/1/5