Pages 88-150: 'Cooper's collections', sent to Kensington Gardens by Thomas Cooper from South Africa

Title

Pages 88-150: 'Cooper's collections', sent to Kensington Gardens by Thomas Cooper from South Africa

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

RHS/Col/11/1/2

Date

15 Aug 1862-7 Jan 1863

Scope & content

Pages 88-150: 'Cooper's collections', sent to Kensington Gardens by Thomas Cooper from South Africa, 15 Aug 1862-7 Jan 1863

This item is part of the volume of Kensington Gardens accessions book

Overview of contents:
Pages 88-102: Collections received from Cooper, 15 Aug 1862
Pages 104-110: Collections received from Cooper, 15 Oct 1862
Pages 112-128: Collections received from Cooper, 26 Nov 1862
Pages 130-150: Collections received from Cooper, 7 Jan 1863

The plants are numbered consecutively (1-323)

Summary of contents:

Pages 88-102: Collections received from Cooper, 15 Aug 1862. The list is numbered (1-100)

Includes Gladiolus ('flowers red, sprinkled with rich yellow'), Silene ('flowers pink'), Thunbergia ('flowers pale yellow'), Hibiscus and 'species of wood' [here the list includes 95 more plants]

Pages 104-110: Collections received from Cooper, 15 Oct 1862. The list is numbered (101-155)

Includes Bignonia ('flowers red, on rocks in shady woods'), 'thorny shrub', Thunbergia ('flowers white, curious'), 'seeds of a tree' and Grewia ('23 feet high') [here the list includes 49 more plants]

Pages 112-128: Collections received from Cooper, 26 Nov 1862. The list is numbered (156-274)

Includes Sebacea ('flowers yellow'), an unnamed plant ('climber'), an unnamed plant ('small plant growing against precipice'), Asparagus and 'terrestrial orchid' [here the list includes 113 more plants]. Includes a note: 'A few dried specimens accompanied the box'

Pages 130-150: Collections received from Cooper, 7 Jan 1863. The list is numbered (275-323)

Includes an unnamed 'tree' ('15-20 feet high, Durban [South Africa]. 'I think it's new''), Loganicaea ('handsome tree, Natal [British colony in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa]. Sandy soil'), Strychnos ('caffer orange [Strychnos spinosa]. Sandy soil, Natal'), Celtis ('caffer name 'ibenesie'. This is said to cure the tapeworm') and 'odd seeds' [here the list includes 48 more plants]

Extent

62 pages

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)