Letter from George Don to Joseph Sabine [secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], Horticultural Society, Regent Street, London
Information
Title
Letter from George Don to Joseph Sabine [secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], Horticultural Society, Regent Street, London
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/2/4/8
Date
19 Mar 1822
Scope & content
Written from Sierra Leone
Postmarked ('Shoreham Ship Letter'). An opened seal is attached to the letter
Annotated at the top of the page: 'Joseph Sabine received May 29 1822, ans [answered] June 2 1822'
They arrived at Sierra Leone on 22 Feb; on 12 Mar he sent three boxes, the first containing Epidendrum, the second seeds and the third specimens; he is now sending three more boxes, the first containing live plants including the butter and tallow tree, the second fruits and the third seeds, 'which I hope you will receive safe as there is many good fruits and seeds among them'; he is sending lists of the contents of the boxes and accounts of expenses since leaving London; he is keeping up the journal; he asks that Mr Monro [Donald Munro, gardener at the Horticultural Society of London] send seeds for the Governor's [Charles MacCarthy, British governor of Sierra Leone] garden, including wood laurel, geranium, onion, parsnip and celery [here the list includes 4 more plants]; he says that MacCarthy is currently away but that he has asked the gardener to send seeds and plants to the Society; he has asked Mr Barry [William Barry, British deputy inspector of hospitals in Sierra Leone], who wishes to become a corresponding member of the Society, to do likewise; the lists of plants sent are included along with the seeds. Written from Sierra Leone
Postmarked ('Shoreham Ship Letter'). An opened seal is attached to the letter
Annotated at the top of the page: 'Joseph Sabine received May 29 1822, ans [answered] June 2 1822'
They arrived at Sierra Leone on 22 Feb; on 12 Mar he sent three boxes, the first containing Epidendrum, the second seeds and the third specimens; he is now sending three more boxes, the first containing live plants including the butter and tallow tree, the second fruits and the third seeds, 'which I hope you will receive safe as there is many good fruits and seeds among them'; he is sending lists of the contents of the boxes and accounts of expenses since leaving London; he is keeping up the journal; he asks that Mr Monro [Donald Munro, gardener at the Horticultural Society of London] send seeds for the Governor's [Charles MacCarthy, British governor of Sierra Leone] garden, including wood laurel, geranium, onion, parsnip and celery [here the list includes 4 more plants]; he says that MacCarthy is currently away but that he has asked the gardener to send seeds and plants to the Society; he has asked Mr Barry [William Barry, British deputy inspector of hospitals in Sierra Leone], who wishes to become a corresponding member of the Society, to do likewise; the lists of plants sent are included along with the seeds