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Letter from Peter MacOwan to Dr. William Henry Harvey; from Grahamstown; 2 May 1866; four page letter comprising two images; folio 1050
Date Updated: 25 April 2013
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Letters (Correspondence)
Creator
MacOwan, Peter
Date
18660502
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors' Correspondence 190/1050
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Most of the plants MacOwan collected in Katberg to send to Harvey were damaged in transit, but he sends what he has and will try to collect other specimens in future. Of those he is sending he discusses a number of different Senecio species including S. angulatus, S. zeyheri, S. tamoides, either S. digitalifolius or S. decurrens from the slopes of Didima, and S. rhomboideus. The Humandorp plants are not a great collection, but he hopes to get more in future. MacOwan speaks of forming a society for swapping specimens among the various collectors and encloses two Stapelia, an unknown Ceropegia and a C. stapeliaeformis found near Grahamstown. Pages 1 and 4 of 4.
Identifier
KADC3957
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 images
Pages
2
Date Updated: 25 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Letters (Correspondence)
Creator
MacOwan, Peter
Date
n.d.
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Director's Correspondence, Vol. 190/1050
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Most of the plants MacOwan collected in Katberg to send to Harvey were damaged in transit, but he sends what he has and will try to collect other specimens in future. Of those he is sending he discusses a number of different Senecio species including S. angulatus, S. zeyheri, S. tamoides, either S. digitalifolius or S. decurrens from the slopes of Didima, and S. rhomboideus. The Humandorp plants are not a great collection, but he hopes to get more in future. MacOwan speaks of forming a society for swapping specimens among the various collectors and encloses two Stapelia, an unknown Ceropegia and a C. stapeliaeformis found near Grahamstown. Pages 1 and 4 of 4.
Identifier
KADC3957
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 pages/2 images
Pages
2
Date Updated: 25 April 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Personal Correspondence
Creator
MacOwan, Peter
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Director's Correspondence, Vol. 190/1050
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
Most of the plants MacOwan collected in Katberg to send to Harvey were damaged in transit, but he sends what he has and will try to collect other specimens in future. Of those he is sending he discusses a number of different Senecio species including S. angulatus, S. zeyheri, S. tamoides, either S. digitalifolius or S. decurrens from the slopes of Didima, and S. rhomboideus. The Humandorp plants are not a great collection, but he hopes to get more in future. MacOwan speaks of forming a society for swapping specimens among the various collectors and encloses two Stapelia, an unknown Ceropegia and a C. stapeliaeformis found near Grahamstown. Pages 1 and 4 of 4.
Identifier
KADC3957
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
2 pages/2 images
Pages
2
Image 1 of 2
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