'Plants planted in Col Cunningham's Garden' by John Forbes
Information
Title
'Plants planted in Col Cunningham's Garden' by John Forbes
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/3/4/7
Date
May-Jun 1822
Scope & content
List of plants in Colonel Cunningham's [Alexander Cunningham, British deputy consul in Brazil] garden. Includes Tillandsia ('trees of cashew'), Vanilla ensifolia [Vanilla odorata] ('decayed trees'), Pothos lanceolatus [Anthurium acaule] ('decayed trees'), 'Amaryllis purpurea?' [Cyrtanthus elatus] ('woods etc') and a species of Crinum ('ditches') [here the list includes 12 more plants]
Undated [May-Jun 1822; Forbes visited Brazil between May and June 1822]
Extent
1 page (1 sheet)
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)