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Letter from Mark John McKen to Sir Joseph Hooker; from Natal, South Africa; 24 Dec 1867; four page letter comprising two images; folio 991

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Letters (Correspondence)
Creator
McKen, Mark John
Date
18671224
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors' Correspondence 190/991
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
McKen thanks Hooker for the list of ferns. He states that Mr Buckaman and he will prepare a set of plants they consider uncertain about. He informs that he will send Aspidium aculeatum, Asplenium sandersonii and A. brachypteron. He apologises for not being able to secure an Encephalartoi for Hooker. He states that the two cases that were incorrectly sent to Ceylon are still there. He also states that they long for a greenhouse for the ‘…production of tender plants and for propagating others…’. McKen also discusses Cyrtanthus mackenii. Page 1 and 4 of 4.
Identifier
KADC3903
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 images
Pages
2
Letter from Mark John McKen to Sir Joseph Hooker; from Natal, South Africa; 24 Dec 1867; four page letter comprising two images; folio 991 View Larger
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