'Contents of three boxes of plants packed in moss, Cape of Good Hope' by John Forbes
Information
Title
'Contents of three boxes of plants packed in moss, Cape of Good Hope' by John Forbes
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/3/4/13
Date
7 Sep 1822
Scope & content
List of plants, numbered (specimens 1-22), with names and a brief description, with references to the box number and 'the number of parcels of each plant'. Includes a species of Orchis ('peaty earth, flats'), a species of Drosera ('near streams, gravelly soil'), a species of fern ('moist bank, gravelly soil'), a species of Orchideae ('the only plant I found, not in flower, heathy soil') and a species of Pteris ('gravelly banks') [here the list includes 17 more plants]
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)