Letter from Prudhoe [Lord Prudhoe, Algernon Percy, British naval commander, explorer and politician] [to the Horticultural Society of London]

Title

Letter from Prudhoe [Lord Prudhoe, Algernon Percy, British naval commander, explorer and politician] [to the Horticultural Society of London]

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

RHS/Col/8/1/10

Date

23 Dec 1842

Scope & content

Written from Stanwick, Darlington [Stanwick Park, Yorkshire]

He encloses letters of introduction [enclosures not present] for Mr Robert Fortune; it would be desirable for Fortune to establish a garden in Hong Kong for sending his 'botanical productions', as this would allow officers to collect and forward plants there: 'such a garden, if well established, might remain at Hong Kong a permanent benefit in our new colony'

Extent

4 page letter (1 sheet)

Is part of

RHS archive: plant collector papers

Repository

Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library

Copyright

The Duke of Northumberland

Credit Line

The Duke of Northumberland / RHS Lindley Collections

Usage terms

Non-commercial use with attribution permitted (CC BY-NC 4.0)