1 Manuscript. Handwritten. 3 parts stitched together.
This is a copy of John Leigh's listing (in his own hand) of the contents of his herbarium. John Leigh (1812-1888) was the first Medical Officer for Health in Manchester and corresponded with Lydia Becker (1827-1890).
[Part 1 TITLE] '[...]tish plants [...] Herbarium of [ ]gh, Sandiway House Wally Range Manchester'
The entries arranged in alphabetical order under letter headings, beginning with 'Anemone nemorosa' and ending with 'Berbena officianalis.'
19pp.
[Part 2 TITLE, in pencil] 'Desiderata | November 8th 1873'
262 entires numbered by Leigh, at around 30 entires per page. The entries on the first 4 pages are rated from 'not rare' to 'very rare'. Additional entires on penultimate page, with the last page carrying a list of 'Grases'
10pages
[Part 3, TITLE] 'Desiderata | J. Leigh'
4 pages
This herbarium listing is mentioned in a paper co-authored by M. Gibby: Antonovics, J., Gibby, M. and Hood, M.E., 2021. John Leigh, Lydia Becker and their shared botanical interests. Archives of Natural History, 48(1), pp.62-76.
Cited as: “Desiderata, November 8th, 1873”. Undated MS in John Leigh’s handwriting in personal possession of JanisAntonovics. Online copy “John Leigh (1812–1888) Herbarium listing”, University of Virginia Dataverse, V1. Availableat: https://doi.org/10.18130/V3/N6ODLJ
