| RefNo | MS/760/1 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Catalogue of plants by Richard Hill Waring, Leeswood |
| Date | 26 January 1776 |
| Description | An unpublished descriptive account of plants from Wales and England, addressed to Daines Barrington, and continuing the author's earlier paper: 'A letter...to the Hon. Daines Barrington; on some plants found in several parts of England', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, v.61 (1771) pp.359-389.
R H Waring's account is from Leeswood, near Mold, Flintshire, in Wales. The descriptions are of plants from a variety of locations including Surrey, Derbyshire and Merseyside in England. The account contains a sketch of two specimens of fungus, possibly the Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus). |
| Extent | 35p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | On paper. Bound in brown paper covers |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7106 | Waring; Richard Hill (c 1721 - 1794) | c 1721 - 1794 |