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Edinburgh 7 St. John Street 18 August 1828
Sir,
As in every other science, so in Botany, [?] cannot advance without a correspondence with other countries I say this as some apology for my writing to you at present.
A few years ago I spend a considerable time on the continent, particularly in the South of France, Spain, the Pyrenees, and Switzerland collecting plants, and improving myself in my knowledge of Botany. I was enabled to bring home with me an enormous mass of plants and among them many duplicates — Ever since my return I have been engaged in arranging them and have yet scarcely finished. At the same time I have got to the end of the Rosaceae — and have now put up for you as a small offering a packet out of my duplicates — you will find among them some specimens of rare plants that I collected in the gardens in the South of France and Geneva, and which I trust you will find well determined, as I spent three months at Geneva to examine De Candolle's herbarium — as far as he had published his prodromus.
To the plants from the Pyrenees I have affixed
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no locality — merely nos — but I send you on the opposite page, a list of the localities for the whole of themy Pyreneean nos.
At present I have not time to put up more specimens for you — as in two days I am to start for Russia, where I am to remain for two or three months. On my return home by Christmas however I shall make up for you another large packet containing the remainders of the orders I have not yet laid aside — and as I give you a specimen of every thing I have among my duplicates, I hope that I may in time expect something good from you — indeed my friend Mr. Parker has often talked to me of your liberality — It is chiefly the rarer or ill determinded N. American species I desire — but I shall be happy to have all — Such as the Violaceae, Cistinea, Carices Compositae, Salices, and some others, not forgetting the Dionaea muscipula! that will be very precious to me.
Sir I am your servant G.A. Walker Arnott
I have sent the packet to Dr. Hooker's care at Glasgow he forwarded to you —
Localities for the Nos. of Pyreneean plants 15th May - 15 Aug. 1825
No. 1 to 42 | Narbonne |
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43-76 77-110} | Narbonne to the de St. Lucie and any returns next day |
111-159 | Narbonne to Donos in the Corbieres |
160-185 | Donos to |
186-222 | Perpignan |
223-252 | Perpignan to Collioure |
253-327 | Collioure to Bagnols |
328-370 | Collioure to Tour de Massane and afterwards on the return to Perpignan |
371-409B | Perpignan to Barcelona |
410-452 | Montjouy at Barcelona |
453-475 | Barcelona (North West of) |
476-508 | Garden of Barcelona (open air plants) |
509-535 | Barcelona to Perpignan |
536-558 | Arles (Pyrenies Orient [?]) |
559-602 | Arles to Prats de Mollo |
603-659 | about Prats de Mollo |
660-685 | Prats de Mollo to St. Guilhem a hermitage on the Canigou |
686-752 | St. Guilhem to Cady a shepherds hut on the Canigou |
753-820 | Cady to Prades |
821-845 | Prades to the Traneado d'Ambouvilla |
846-859 | Sardynia near Prades |
860-908 | Font de Comps |
909-922 | Prades to Mont Louis |
923-950 | Mont Louis |
951-1078 | Mont Louis by the Vallee d'Eynes to Nouri and our return |
1079-1086E | Mont Louis |
1087-1113 | Cambredazes |
1114-1123 | Mont Louis to Bourg Madame close to Puycerda |
1124-1150 | Bourg Madame to Seu d'Urgell |
1151- 1183 | Seu d'Urgell |
1184-1215 | Mont Cady near Seu d'Urgell |
1216-1242 | Seu d'Urgell to Andorra (the capital of the republic of Andorre) |
1243-1297 | Port Negre, a lofty mountain at the extremity of the Vallee d'Andorre |
1298-1340 | Andorre to Soldeu |
1341-1350 | Soldeu to Bourg Madame |
1351-1363 | Mont Louis to Le Plat in the |
1364-1425 | Le Plat to Ax (de pe. de l'Ariège) by the Port de Pailhères. |
1426-1431 | Ax |
1432-1449 | Foix |
1450-1453 | Foix to St. Girons |
1454-1501 | { St. Girons to the Cabane de Rouge on the Mont Crabere |
Cabana de Rouge to the Pie de Crabere and Melles | |
Melles to St. Beat (Haute Garoune) | |
1502-1512 | St. Beat |
1513-1523 | St. Beat to Cierp |
1524- | Bagneres de Luchon to Benasque (principally gathered at the Port du Benasque |
1580-1582 | Cazaril |
1583-1656 | On the Esquierry |
1657-1660 | Bagnères de luchon |
1661-1662 | Hourquette d'Arreau between Bagnères de Luchon & Bagnères |
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Boston Oct 15
[?] 1828 Aug 19
Stephen Elliott Esq. {Esquire} Charleston 25 South Carolina