'Received this day, November 7th 1846, a tin case containing seeds from Mr Hartweg [Theodor Hartweg] dated Tepic, March 7 1846'

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Title: 'Received this day, November 7th 1846, a tin case containing seeds from Mr Hartweg [Theodor Hartweg] dated Tepic, March 7 1846'

Scope & content: List of plants sent to London by Theodor Hartweg, signed Donald Munro [gardener at the Horticultural Society garden at Chiswick]

Original foliation (1-3). Annotated at top of first page 'For the Council'. Annotated with the approximate number of seeds beside individual items

Includes a species of Pinus ('a tree 60-80 feet high, from the volcano of Tetitlan[?] in Tepic [Mexico]. 6 cones of this sort are sent in case HS6. Part of the seeds are in good condition. About 1,000 seeds'), 'a greenhouse or stove perennial' ('from the mountains near San Pedro, Tepic. ?In good condition'), a species of Convolvulus ('a tender annual. In hedges near Tepic. ?In good condition'), a species of Leguminosa ('a greenhouse shrub 3 feet high. On pastures, near San Pedro. ?Condition, only a very small paper') and a species of '?Duranta' ('a greenhouse or stove shrub with long spikes of blue flowers. In hedges near Tepic. ?Dead') [here the list includes 10 more seeds]