Letter from Robert Fortune to the secretary of the Horticultural Society [Alexander Henderson], 21 Regent Street, London

Title

Letter from Robert Fortune to the secretary of the Horticultural Society [Alexander Henderson], 21 Regent Street, London

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

RHS/Col/8/2/25

Date

16 May 1846

Scope & content

Written from the Horticultural Society's garden [the Horticultural Society garden at Chiswick, London]

He encloses a list of plants in cases 52-69 shipped on the John Cooper on 22 Dec from Hong Kong [enclosure not present]; as he returned on the same ship himself, he attended to the plants during the voyage and they all arrived in 'excellent order'; he encloses his monthly accounts [enclosures not present] until 10 Mar 1846; he has saved receipts when possible to submit for auditing

Extent

2 page letter (1 sheet)

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)