Pages 10-11 of John Damper Parks' journal and notes: Copy of a letter from John Parks [to Joseph Sabine, secretary of the Horticultural Society of London]

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Title
Pages 10-11 of John Damper Parks' journal and notes: Copy of a letter from John Parks [to Joseph Sabine, secretary of the Horticultural Society of London]
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/4/1/5
Date
11 Dec 1823
Scope & content
Pages 10-11: Copy of a letter written from Canton [Guangzhou, China]

This item is bound in the volume comprising journal and notes of John Damper Parks

Marked 'letter 3rd'

He received Sabine's letter on the 9th and is happy to hear everything is going well with the Horticultural Society; he thanks Sabine for the two books sent; his instructions requested that he send a duplicate of the preceding letter, but the previous one was sent 'so very recently, I think it scarce requisite to write a duplicate'; he hopes Sabine will receive the letter and the plants sent by HCS Bombay; he has sent lists of the plants on the different ships, with notes about how they were collected; he sent a case by HCS Bombay on 18 Nov, six cases and 16 plants without a case by HCS General Kyd on 26 Nov, two cases by HCS Royal George on 27 Nov, two cases by HCS Kent and two cases by HCS Waterloo on 5 Dec; he is hoping to bring 13 or more cases himself, but Captain Baker [Thomas Baker, captain of HCS Lowther Castle] 'seems fearful bringing too many', and will take no more than 10 or 12; Sabine had been told that Captain Wilson [J.P. Wilson, captain of HCS Hythe] would take pots without cases, but having passengers on board unexpectedly, they have had to put the plants in cases: 'he seems very kind, and said although he could not take them as proposed he would take any number of cases'; if he manages to bring 13 cases, there will be 10 or 11 more to send by other ships; they will probably not sail until late January; he has been healthy
Extent
2 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)