Box 1, Folder 3: Lapham's Collections

Bulbs from David Thomas, Oct. 1844

Tulipa sylvestris? — 1 ft Apl May — yellow sand & loam (Fl. nodding, petals acute, bearded at end) Liliaceae

" Gesneriana — 2 ft rich mould (Levant) " Red & yellow parrot tulip " Old German tulip " Jethros favorite tulip " [illegible] " Double yellow tulip " Tulip No. 11 " " No. 12 " " No. 14 " " N. 17 "

Lilium tigrinum. (Tiger Lily) 6 ft — July to Sept. orange, China, rich loam "

Fritallaria Imperialis (Crown Imperial 4 ft Mar. Ap Persia — common soil Liliaceae

Narcissus poeticus (Poet's Narcissus) 1 ft — May — white — S. Europe common soil Amaryllidaceae

" pseudo=narcissus (^ Ajax Daffodil) "

" augustifolus ^ ("Delles de flora") what is it? 1 ft May — white — common soil "

Iris " stained purple English " white " " " blue & white " " " blue=purple " " " red purple " " " Blue Spanish Iris " Spanish Iris La Vasser " Spanish Iris La Bon plus

Crocus vernus — Large purple crocus 6 inches Mar. common soil v

" susianus — Cloth of Gold crocus — 3 inches Mar. " " Yellow — [illegible] "

" luteus, Large Yellow crocus — 3 — " — (Apl 2d) " " "

" — white crocus " " "

Galanthus — nivalis 6 inc. Mar. common soil white Amaryllidaceae " Single Snow drop — Mar. 30 " Double Snow drop

Gladiolus communis 2 ft June July Red — S. Europe, sand, peat & loam — " white gladiolus

" Double daffodil (Phoenix>)} what are they? " sulphur Phoenix}

Colchicum autumnale — 3 in. purple — Sept. Oct. Britain — sand & peat Melanthaceae

" variegatum L (Chequer — flower) 3 in. Aug to Oct purple Greece peat & loam "

Hyacinthus orientalis 9 inches — March — Ap. Levant rich mould Asphodeleae " Fine Hyacinth " Flos sanquineus H " Feathered H. " Double blush H. " Passetant H " La Fidele

Abies balsamea — Brought a number from Manitowoc Rapids on horseback.

41 D — Dry cellar in winter 18 — H. house plants 14 — Hardy

From A. Gray Oct 12 — 1844 — 73 kinds Received Nov. 20th 1844

Agapanthus umballatus H African lily, ^ bulbous — large pots, 3 ft, blue, Cape of G. Hope, division of root, sand & loam Hemerocallidea " stratus " [illegible] H 2 ft " " (white)

Amsonia salicifolia (Hardy) Herb, 2 ft Blue — N. Am — division — common soil Apocynaceae " linearis (Hardy) " {division or cuttings under a [illegible] glass}

Amaryllis Belladona H Belladonna Lily — tuberous — 2 ft — July — flesh color — W. India — offsets ‚ Peat & loam Amaryllideae

Cyclamen coun H (Dead) tuberous perennial, 1 1/2 inches, light red, S. Europe — seed — sand & peat Primulaceae

Callistemon verbrun H shrub Australia — Cuttings sand & loam Mystaceae

Campanula Carpathica (Hardy) herbaceous, 6 inches, Blue (Carpathain Alps) division, peat & loam, Campanul.

Corydalis formosa (Hardy) " 1 ft, flesh color N. Am, division, peat & loam Fumaricaea " eximia (Hardy) " 1 1/2 ft " " " " " " " "

Clethra alnifolia shrub 4 ft white N. Am. layers, sand & peat Ericaceae

Dahlia D 12 sorts [illegible] or Rival Sussea of Europe Suffolk, Hero Headley's Springfield Rival Countess of Liverpool Sulphurea elegance Marshal Soult Hope

H. House plants

Daphne Mezerium (Hardy) Shrubs 4 ft — pink, England — cuttings — peat & loam Thymeleae

Dianthus (Double Salmon colored) (Hardy)

Delphinum (Double blue) (Hardy)

Eupatorium capitatum H — (Dead)

Erica vagans, H Cornish Evergreen Shrub 1 ft, red — cuttings, sand & peat Ericaceae " variegata H (Dead) "

Eucornes punctate H Evergreen herbaceous 2 ft Greenish blue Cape G.H. offsets Asprodelieae " striata H " " 2 ft Green " " "

Fuschia grandiflora H Santelaceae " globosa H " " microphylla H (Dead) " " multiflora H

Gaura Lindhemeri (Texas) D Orograceae

Hemerocallis Japhica D 1 ft Aug. White, Japa — Dic, of root peat & loam Hemerocallaceae

Heliotropium grandflorini H Boragineae " Peruvianum H (Dead) Evergreen trailer, 2 ft — lilac Cuttings rich mould "

Iris cristata (Hardy) herb. perennial 3 inches Div, of root — peat & loam Trideae