Copy of 'Seeds from Mr Hartweg [Theodor Hartweg], received at the garden January 10 1846'

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Title: Copy of 'Seeds from Mr Hartweg [Theodor Hartweg], received at the garden January 10 1846'

Scope & content: List of seeds received from Theodor Hartweg at the Horticultural Society's garden [the Horticultural Society garden at Chiswick, London], numbered, with name, appearance, type, condition and location

Original foliation (1-4). Marked 'copy' at the top of the first page

Includes a species of Cordia ('very pretty. A small tree. West India Islands [West Indies]. In good condition'), a species of Bouvardia ('scarlet & yellow. Stove. Probably good'), a species of Angelonia ('stove. Probably good'), a species of Ferraria ('probably good') and a species of Ipomoea ('large, bright orange flower. Stove. From the eastern declivity of Orizaba [Mexico]. Probably good') [here the list includes 23 more seeds]