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The plate of the little Adiantum Hooker has sent has delighted Parish. Its correctness of form and general appearance leave nothing to be desired. He wonders what work it is a plate of. Pamplin has told Parish that Hooker's monthly journal has ended, but Parish thought Hooker said it would continue for another year. By book post, Parish sends a catalogue of Tenasserim plants. It is an index of the botanical part of a work called 'TENASSERIM' by Mr Mason, a Baptist Missionary. Parish thinks it will give Hooker a good general idea of what grows there. The accompanying plant is from the Andamans, brought to him by a friend. It is off a large tree, 50 feet or so high. He briefly describes the plant and its inflorescence and would be glad to know what it is. This was the only item brought from the island that he did not know. A good many other plants, such as orchids and ferns, are identical with those on their coast. As a curiosity he sends a small frond of a Pteris taken from the crater of Barren island, he would like to know what it is. He hopes to visit Barren island and the Andamans soon but the natives are so 'thoroughly roused' now that it is not safe to land. A shower of arrows meets ships immediately; this puts him in mind of the days of Captain Cook. Parish regrets that all his seeds and live plants of Adiantum went down in the 'Ava'. He hopes the other packets, including the Platycerium biforme, will reach alive and well. Besides the packet of dried ferns Mr Winter also has for Hooker a small box containing a beautiful terrestrial orchid. Winter sailed on the 'J.P. Wheeler'. Parish would like the technical descriptions of Platycerium grande, P. alcicorne, and the Adiantum. Pages 1 and 4 of 4.

Description

The plate of the little Adiantum Hooker has sent has delighted Parish. Its correctness of form and general appearance leave nothing to be desired. He wonders what work it is a plate of. Pamplin has told Parish that Hooker's monthly journal has ended, but Parish thought Hooker said it would continue for another year. By book post, Parish sends a catalogue of Tenasserim plants. It is an index of the botanical part of a work called 'TENASSERIM' by Mr Mason, a Baptist Missionary. Parish thinks it will give Hooker a good general idea of what grows there. The accompanying plant is from the Andamans, brought to him by a friend. It is off a large tree, 50 feet or so high. He briefly describes the plant and its inflorescence and would be glad to know what it is. This was the only item brought from the island that he did not know. A good many other plants, such as orchids and ferns, are identical with those on their coast. As a curiosity he sends a small frond of a Pteris taken from the crater of Barren island, he would like to know what it is. He hopes to visit Barren island and the Andamans soon but the natives are so 'thoroughly roused' now that it is not safe to land. A shower of arrows meets ships immediately; this puts him in mind of the days of Captain Cook. Parish regrets that all his seeds and live plants of Adiantum went down in the 'Ava'. He hopes the other packets, including the Platycerium biforme, will reach alive and well. Besides the packet of dried ferns Mr Winter also has for Hooker a small box containing a beautiful terrestrial orchid. Winter sailed on the 'J.P. Wheeler'. Parish would like the technical descriptions of Platycerium grande, P. alcicorne, and the Adiantum. Pages 1 and 4 of 4.

Description

The plate of the little Adiantum Hooker has sent has delighted Parish. Its correctness of form and general appearance leave nothing to be desired. He wonders what work it is a plate of. Pamplin has told Parish that Hooker's monthly journal has ended, but Parish thought Hooker said it would continue for another year. By book post, Parish sends a catalogue of Tenasserim plants. It is an index of the botanical part of a work called 'TENASSERIM' by Mr Mason, a Baptist Missionary. Parish thinks it will give Hooker a good general idea of what grows there. The accompanying plant is from the Andamans, brought to him by a friend. It is off a large tree, 50 feet or so high. He briefly describes the plant and its inflorescence and would be glad to know what it is. This was the only item brought from the island that he did not know. A good many other plants, such as orchids and ferns, are identical with those on their coast. As a curiosity he sends a small frond of a Pteris taken from the crater of Barren island, he would like to know what it is. He hopes to visit Barren island and the Andamans soon but the natives are so 'thoroughly roused' now that it is not safe to land. A shower of arrows meets ships immediately; this puts him in mind of the days of Captain Cook. Parish regrets that all his seeds and live plants of Adiantum went down in the 'Ava'. He hopes the other packets, including the Platycerium biforme, will reach alive and well. Besides the packet of dried ferns Mr Winter also has for Hooker a small box containing a beautiful terrestrial orchid. Winter sailed on the 'J.P. Wheeler'. Parish would like the technical descriptions of Platycerium grande, P. alcicorne, and the Adiantum. Pages 1 and 4 of 4.