Page 63 of John Damper Parks' journal and notes: 'Water drawn for Plants to & from China' by John Damper Parks
Information
Title
Page 63 of John Damper Parks' journal and notes: 'Water drawn for Plants to & from China' by John Damper Parks
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/4/1/12
Date
16 Apr 1823-7 May 1824
Scope & content
Page 63: 'Water drawn for plants to & from China'
This item is bound in the volume comprising journal and notes of John Damper Parks
Record of water used for watering plants during the journey, comprising a list of dates and quantity of water drawn for 'four cases from England to Macao [Macau]', Apr-14 Aug 1823 (e.g. 'April, 2 gallons (sent on board 16th April)') and for '14 cases to St Helena [Saint Helena, British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha], & 13 after [afterwards] to England [and] two Captain Baker's [Thomas Baker]', 23 Jan-7 May 1824 (e.g. 'Jan 23, 3 [gallons]', 'Apr 6, 5 [gallons] rain water') [here the list includes 21 more entries]
Extent
1 page
Is part of
RHS archive: plant collector papers
Repository
Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library
Copyright
Royal Horticultural Society
Credit Line
RHS Lindley Collections
Usage terms
Non-commercial use with attribution permitted (CC BY-NC 4.0)