'Bulbs', list of bulbs collected from Cape of Good Hope by John Forbes

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Title: 'Bulbs', list of bulbs collected from Cape of Good Hope by John Forbes

Scope & content: List of bulbs, numbered (specimens 1-26), some unnamed, with a brief description. Includes a species of Ixia ('flower striped blue & white, sandy flats'), Iris ('flower light blue'), Iris ('mixed, Mr Osmond's [John Osmond, carpenter, landlord and slave holder in South Africa] garden'), a species of Haemanthus ('deep sand, seashore') and a species of Melanthium ('marshy flats') [here the list includes 21 more bulbs]

Undated [Jul-Sep 1822; Forbes visited Cape of Good Hope between July and September 1822]