'Report upon Mr Hartweg's [Theodor Hartweg] boxes, 90 & 91, sent by him from Paccha on the 14th June 1841' by the Hothouse Department

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Title: 'Report upon Mr Hartweg's [Theodor Hartweg] boxes, 90 & 91, sent by him from Paccha on the 14th June 1841' by the Hothouse Department

Scope & content: List of boxes sent to England by Theodor Hartweg from Paccha [Ecuador]. Headed 'Hothouse Department [the Horticultural Society garden at Chiswick, London]' and signed by Robert Fortune [gardener at the Chiswick Gardens, Horticultural Society of London and a Horticultural Society plant collector in China; for the papers of Robert Fortune, 1842-1846, see RHS/Col/8]

For Hartweg's letter regarding boxes HS90-91, 24 Jun 1841, see RHS/Col/7/1/1/67

List of plants, numbered (1-13), with name and condition [on arrival to England] ('in good condition' or 'in bad condition'). Includes Stanhopea, Oncidium, Maxillaria, Epidendrum and two 'unknown' plants [here the list includes 8 more plants]

Includes a note signed by Robert Fortune: 'The cases, having been opened and unpacked in Regent Street, Dr Lindley [John Lindley, assistant secretary of Horticultural Society] will be the best judge of the state in which they arrived, but from what I have seen of them, they seem in better order than we could expect them, taking into consideration the long time they have been on the way. Several of the plants are certainly new'