Letter from T. Hartweg [Theodor Hartweg] to the secretary of the Horticultural Society of London [George Bentham] and 'List of articles collected near the Hacienda del Mirador and in the colder district of Orizaba'

Title

Letter from T. Hartweg [Theodor Hartweg] to the secretary of the Horticultural Society of London [George Bentham] and 'List of articles collected near the Hacienda del Mirador and in the colder district of Orizaba'

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

RHS/Col/7/2/2/9

Date

26 Nov 1845

Scope & content

Written from Hacienda del Mirador, Zacuapan [Zacualpan, Mexico]

Letter No 1. On onion skin paper with detached paper backing. Duplicate letter produced by letterpress; for the original letter (marked 'duplicate'), 26 Nov 1845, see RHS/Col/7/2/2/10

He landed at Vera Cruz [Veracruz, Mexico] on 13 Nov, after the usual passage of 45 days; he delivered his letters of introduction and made arrangements with Messrs Manning and Mackintosh [agents of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in Mexico] to send on the collections he may forward to their care; he arrived on the 16 Nov and was welcomed by Mr Sartorius [Carl Christian Sartorius, German botanist in Mexico], the former partner of Mr Lavater [Karl Lavater, Swiss consul in Mexico]; he made an excursion to the colder district of Orizaba [Mexico] during the few days he spent in Zacualpan where he found a pine which he takes to be Pinus pseudostrobus, the cones of which were barely ripe and contained only a few good seeds; also a variety of Pinus llaveana [Pinus cembroides] with more elongated cones than the one he found near Zimapan [Mexico], and of this he secured an ample supply; seeds of Juniperus mexicana [?Juniperus compacta or Juniperus deppeana], roots of Exogonium purga [Ipomoea dumosa]; he encloses a list of his collection, which will leave Vera Cruz tomorrow in time to be forwarded by this packet; he will start at the same time for Jalapa [Xalapa, Mexico] and thence to Mexico [Mexico City]

'List of articles collected near the Hacienda del Mirador and in the colder district of Orizaba'. Signed 'Mirador, Nov 26th 1845. T. Hartweg', comprising a list of seeds and plants sent to England, including a species of Magnolia ('3 cones and a few loose seeds'), Garrya macrophylla [Garrya laurifolia subsp. macrophylla], a species of Viburnum, Juniperus mexicana ('not quite ripe') and 'a tin case containing 28 sorts of seeds' [here the list includes 15 more plants and seeds]

Extent

2 page letter (2 sheets and 2 sheets of backing paper)

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)