Madeira Islands
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Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Dr. William Baird, 20 June 1856
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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 234-236
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Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Baird relating to Helix Tiarella which was published by Webb & Bartholet in 1833. He tells Lyell that no further mention was made of it in their synopsis except that it was obtained from a bag of Orchil. He advises Lyell that is would not be necessary to go to Madeira for a sample as it is readily available in the Canary Islands where it forms the major export and fetches twice as much as Madeira orchil on the London...
Dates:
20 June 1856