'Received from Mr Hartweg [Theodor Hartweg], May 11 1847'

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

Original foliation (1-6). Items are numbered 137-182. Entries are annotated with condition in pencil in another, unidentified hand

Includes Abies douglasii [Pseudotsuga menziesii] ('Santa Cruz mountains [California, United States of America]. Good condition'), a species of Viburnum ('a shrub 8ft high. Near Sonoma [California]'), Zauschneria coccinea [unidentified] ('very pretty. Perennial. In fields about Santa Cruz. Probably good'), a species of Rosa ('woods near Carmel River [California]. In good condition') and a species of Hugelia ('annual. In fields near Monterey [California]. In good condition') [here the list includes 40 more seeds]