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61. IOR/F/4/2595/157429

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2595/157429
Title:
Calcutta Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Table of Contents. [p 1] Extract from a General letter from the Government of Bengal to the Court of Directors in the General Department (No.26 of 1854), dated 23rd May 1854, regarding the Government resolution that the gratuitous distribution of plants from the Company's Botanic Garden should...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1829-May 1854
Extent:

1 file

62. IOR/F/4/2648/172549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2648/172549
Title:
Board's Collection
Scope & Content:
Cantonment gardens in the province of Pegu. Accompanied by a plan of the proposed site, removed and catalogued separately at IOR/W/F/4/2648/172549.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 file

63. IOR/F/4/2681/183465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2681/183465
Title:
Ootacamund Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Proceedings regarding the gardens, and on the subject of the gardens being placed on an equal footing as the Calcutta gardens
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-56
Extent:
1 file

64. IOR/F/4/2684/185611

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2684/185611
Title:
Dapuri Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Report on the garden by Alexander Gibson
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854
Extent:
1 file

65. IOR/F/4/2695/190938

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2695/190938
Title:
Calcutta Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Report on Calcutta Botanic Garden, T Thompson
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 file

66. IOR/H/375, p.374

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/375, p.374
Title:
Drawing of a Flax Plant, accompanying a letter sent by Dr William Roxburgh on 1st February 1793 to the Court of Directors entitled: 'A Botanical Description and Drawing of a new Species of Flax-plant with a few Observations thereon'
Scope & Content:
A water-colour drawing of a Flax Plant (‘Aletris Nervosus’) with dissections measuring 18.5 by 12 inches accompanying a letter sent by Dr Roxburgh from Samalkot on 1st February 1793 to the Court of Directors entitled, 'A Botanical Description and Drawing of a new Species of Flax-plant with a few...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793
Extent:
1 Item

67. IOR/H/375 pp 243-61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/375 pp 243-61
Title:
Hemp and flax plants
Scope & Content:
"A botanical history of the (paat and dooncha) hemp and flax plants of Bengal, with the mode of cultivation and manufacture" by William Roxburgh
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1794
Extent:
18 folios

68. IOR/H/375, pp.255-261

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/375, pp.255-261
Title:
4 drawings of plants, accompanying a letter sent by Dr William Roxburgh on 23rd December 1794 to the Court of Directors entitled: 'A Botanical History of the Hemp and Flax Plants of Bengal, with the mode of cultivation and manufacture'
Scope & Content:
Four water-colour drawings , measuring 18 by 12 inches, inscribed: (i) ‘Corchorus olitorius Linn’. No.901. (ii) ‘Corchorus capsuaris Linn’ No.902. (iii) ‘Corchorus fuscus’. No.903. (iv) ‘Aeschymomene cannabinaa’ of Konig. No.904. These drawings accompany a letter sent by Roxburgh to the Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1794
Extent:
1 Item

69. IOR/H/375, pp.268-274

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/375, pp.268-274
Title:
4 drawings depicting Hemp and Flax Plants. Made by an Indian draughtsman to accompany a note on the cultivation of flax and hemp in Bengal, submitted by Michael Atkinson, Resident of Jungypore, on 21st November 1792
Scope & Content:
Four water-colour drawings , measuring 15 by 9.5 inches, depicting Hemp and Flax Plants, (i) 'Ghore Sun', (ii) 'Cooch Murdun Paat', (iii) 'Amleeah Paat', (iv) 'Sanchee Paat'. These drawings , made by Indian draughtsmen, accompanied a note on the cultivation of flax and hemp in Bengal submitted ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1792
Extent:
1 Item

70. IOR/H/375 pp 473-546

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/375 pp 473-546
Title:
Plants in the Spice Islands
Scope & Content:
[p 473] Title page. [pages bound out of sequence: pp 477-482, 489-492, 483-488, 493-497] Letter from C Smith to G H Barlow, Secretary to the Government, dated 24th June 1798, enclosing for the information of the Governor General of India a list of all the plants collected by him during his res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1798
Extent:
73 folios