Letter from Peter MacOwan to Sir William Thiselton-Dyer; from Capetown, South Africa; 4 May 1887; two page letter comprising two images; folio 1157

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Letters (Correspondence)
Creator
MacOwan, Peter
Date
18870504
Date (original)
18870504
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors' Correspondence 190/1157
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
MacOwan mentions sending a parcel containing ferns which he would be pleased to have identified. He believes the specimens to include ‘Natal nephislepsis’ and ‘ancimia’. He also includes a specimen of a Namaqualand Stapelia and a Kniphofia. MacOwan encloses some pamphlets and writes that his own paper on Cape food plants should have been dispatched. He thanks Dyer for sending the ‘Bulletin’ and will send on the Solanaceae seed to their expert. Page 1 of 2.
Identifier
KADC4047
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 images
Pages
2
Letter from Peter MacOwan to Sir William Thiselton-Dyer; from Capetown, South Africa; 4 May 1887; two page letter comprising two images; folio 1157 View Larger
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