Letter from Theodor Hartweg to the secretary of the Horticultural Society [George Bentham], 21 Regent Street, London and 'List of plants contained in two Wardian cases, which were left on 23rd February 1848 with Messrs Mott Talbot & Co, Mazatlan'

Title

Letter from Theodor Hartweg to the secretary of the Horticultural Society [George Bentham], 21 Regent Street, London and 'List of plants contained in two Wardian cases, which were left on 23rd February 1848 with Messrs Mott Talbot & Co, Mazatlan'

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

RHS/Col/7/2/2/36

Date

23-25 Feb 1848

Scope & content

Written from Mazatlan [Mexico]

Unnumbered letter

Postmarked ('CJ 2MY2 1848'). An opened seal is attached to the letter

He left Monterey [California, United States of America] on 5 Feb for his homeward journey via Guatemala in the schooner SS, and arrived at Mazatlan a few days ago; the Nathalia from California is expected to arrive soon, and the tin cases and the Wardian cases will be forwarded by Messrs Mott, Talbot & Co [merchants in Mexico] to Valparaiso [Chile]; HMS Grampus will sail there in a few days, but the captain refused to take them; he will leave tomorrow and travel to Belize via Guatemala, hoping to find a merchant ship sailing for England or a steamer from Havannah [Havana, Cuba]

'List of plants contained in two Wardian cases, which were left on 23rd February 1848 with Messrs Mott Talbot & Co, Mazatlan'. Signed T. Hartweg [Theodor Hartweg]

Items are numbered 1-16, followed by seven unnumbered plants. Includes a species of Lilium ('scarlet, in moist and shaded plains, from the Santa Cruz Mountains [California, United States of America]'), a species of Castanea ('chestnut oak. Santa Cruz Mountains'), a species of Quercus ('an evergreen shrub, 10ft high. Cuesta de San Antonio [California]'), Viola chrysantha [Viola toroensis] ('the pastures near Monterey [California]') and Rhododendron californicum [Hymenanthes californica] ('1 plant') [here the list includes 18 more plants]

Extent

4 page letter (2 sheets)

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)