Memorandum .
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FROM JAS. F. ROBERTS, PRACTICAL GARDENER, Nurseryman and Seedsman , YORK NURSERY, UNION STREET AND COTHAM ROAD, KEW. |
Sept 9th 1881 To Baron Von Mueller |
Dear Sir —
Many thanks for your kind not[e] in re the Queensland Orchid. I find there are several Liparis principally terestrial but the one you name I do not find in any catalogue do you think it has been introduced to Kew Gardens (England) yet Enclosed please find another Queensland Orchid. I had it as Dendrobe2 gracile it grows on slender Pseudo Bulbs 12 to 18 inches high has 4 leaves generally on the summit same as I send you these flowers I send are paler than one plant I have the outside is considerably more spotted Red or Redish Brown interior darkish yellow green trusses longer than this a little and certainly looks both novel & handsome the spotting outside being very distinct in fact I think a good plant of it would be really very handsome — will you tell me in what work are the Orchids of Australia so far as known are described for I should very much like to see it. I am expecting a case from Mr Shaw Port Dennison3 from whom I had a very kind letter and promised me what he could find — one person whom I wrote to sends me word that he has on hand Calanthe alba-australis4 & verratrifolia5 are these distinct then Phaius alba & Sulphurea is not P. alba the same as Calanthe alba6 — again, Saccolabium Hillii & Persoonia7 are these correct & distinct again Cymbedium8 Suave, Encifolia,9 & Gigantea,10 are these correct & any good so far as flowering plants go or merely of Bot interest. — pray Excuse me Baron if I am putting you to any troble with my questions if you have but little time on your hand dont mind them I however shall be glad of the name of Enclosed with very kind regards from Mrs R & Self
I am Dear Sir
yours very truly
Jas F Roberts
Kew
Calanthe alba
Calanthe alba-australis
Calanthe verratrifolia
Cymbedium Encifolia
Cymbedium Gigantea
Cymbedium Suave
Dendrobe gracile
Liparis
Phaius alba
Phaius Sulphurea
Saccolabium Hillii
Saccolabium Persoonia
Please cite as “FVM-81-09-09,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/81-09-09