From H. T. Ellacombe   17 October 1829

Bitton Bristol

17 October 1829

Dear Sir

I hope you will excuse my trespassing upon your time to remind you of your kind promise to send me a few plants at the proper season.– You can probably lay your hand upon my last letter in which Veronica was a leading article– I have made on another list of some more things I am in search of– it is so long, that I should be quite ashamed to request so many; but I know it is scarcely possible to supply them all– & therefore you will perhaps oblige me with those which can be spared without inconvenience to the store plants– I assure you I shall be very much obliged to you for any thing you may send ― & it would give me much pleasure if I could send you any thing in return– I have a large collection myself about 1500 herbaceous & bulbous plants– & there is a large garden at Bristol– Bitton– therefore if you are in want of any thing, I will do what I can to supply you―

You will be pleased to hear, that this summer in company with M r Withering I saw Aconitum napellus growing in a most unsuspicious place in Devonshire - this will be noticed in Witherings New Edition which is almost ready—

I suppose you have been at Rochester this vacation— I hope you left all our friends well― when you send I'll thank you to use the enclosed direction― you have probably Coaches which run to the Bolt in Tun ― I will enclose a letter f rd M r Bachelder, will you oblige me by directing it properly & sending it to him― Pray pardon me all this trouble I am giving you, & believe me | dear Sir | y rs very faithfully | H. T. Ellacombe—

In addition to the former list

Aconitum uncinatum Potentilla fragarioides Cacalia suaveolens Aster Tradescanti Sempervivum cuspidatum Sedum virens " verticillatum " quinquefidum Dentaria pentaphylla Geranium collinum Narcissus moschatus &BM Viola obliqua " blanda Campanula infundibuliformis Sophora tinctoria Smilax sarsaparilla Gentiana adscendens Echinops Ritro Fumaria cava 233 BM Habinaria ciliaris Fritillaria lanceolata Scilla maritima " romana Rosa sempervirens " macrophylla " damascena Red Damask " " Red Monthly Pulmonaria mollis Potentilla hirta " pilosa Phlox carolina Paeonia hybrid non en anomala & tenuifolia red species constans Oenothera gauroides Eryngium amethystinum " virgatum " planum Centaurea solstitialis Saxifraga hirsuta EB. 2322 I suspect the Redland Lamium is hirsutum Saxifraga spicata from Sleofe(?) Ireland " nelsoniana " stellaris E B 167 " bulbifera Lin: Sp. Pl. 577 " cernua E B 664 "(Saxifraga) sibirica Lin. P 577 " flagellaris " juniperina " pyrolifolia " mutata BM 351 " serpyllifolia " androsacea " irrigua " denudata G Don " pygmaea Haworth " adscendens Valh (?) " elongella E B 2277 " laetevirens G Don

dear Sir | Y rs very faithfully | H. T. Ellacombe

Please cite as “HENSLOW-95,” in Ɛpsilon: The Correspondence of John Stevens Henslow accessed on 28 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/henslow/letters/letters_95