'Plants sent of [off] from the island of Trinidad'
Information
Title
'Plants sent of [off] from the island of Trinidad'
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/2/3/9
Date
c.1822
Scope & content
List of plants sent by George Don from Trinidad [Trinidad and Tobago] to England
This item was previously enclosed in RHS/Col/2/1/3; it was removed during cataloguing and placed with RHS/Col/2/3/1-14
Includes Maranta capitata [Calathea capitata], Melvellia speciosa [Cuphea melvilla], Ruellia tuberosa ('with beautiful large blue flowers') and 'a curious, aquatic plant', with 'about 71 different species of Epidendri [Epidendrum], each species tied up separately' [here the list includes eight more plants]
For further versions of this list by George Don, 28 Sep 1822, see RHS/Col/2/4/14 and in Don's journal, 29 Sep 1822, see RHS/Col/2/1/5