Proposed establishment of a Medical Garden at Calcutta
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Details of sections: The item consists of six sections, nos 58-63 of IOR/P/11/55 4 May 1826: No 58 [25 Apr 1826] No 59 [21 Mar 1823 to 8 Oct 1835] No 60 [4 May 1826] No 61 [3 May 1826] No 62 [27 Apr 1826] No 63 [10 Mar 1826] People: In addition to Nathaniel Wallich himself, the following indi...
Letter to C. Lushington, Chief Secretary to the Government General Department, from Wallich, 12 May 1826 relates to proposed botanical expedition of Dr. [George] Govan to the Himalayas in response to earlier letter and enclosures from Lushington, dated 26 Apr 1826, Wallich gives his opinions rel...
People E Molony, Acting Secretary to the Government General Department Major C M Campbell* Reverend W Carey* Major James Craigie, Secretary to the Military Board *Members of the Plantation Committee in addition to Wallich Contents No 57 [11 folios] Letter to E. Molony from Plantation Committe...
No 60 Letter to E. Molony, Acting Secretary to the Government General Department, from Wallich, 14 Feb 1828: covering letter which refers to enclosed lists, which refers to enclosed lists, which describe the contents of four chests of growing plants being sent to the Court of Directors on the C...
Nathaniel Wallich submits statement of expenses for employment of two local people, Ram Chund Maulee and Ramnarain Baugh, for collecting orchids in the Khasi Hills. Because the plant collectors had run away on the arrival of [John] Gibson, gardener to the Duke of Devonshire, the Secretary to the...
No 26 Letter to G. A. Bushby, Secretary to the Government of Bengal General Department, from Wallich, 21 Dec [1840] covering letter for nos 27-31, which relate to plants despatched from and received into the Botanic Garden gives an overview of some issues relating to the Botanic Garden, coverin...
Report by William Griffith on the Calcutta Botanic Garden
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Includes: lists of desiderata of medical plants, extracted from Dr John Lindley's Flora Medica: a botanical account of all the more important plants used in medicine, in different parts of the world; plus lists of plants and seeds distributed from the botanic garden during 1843; list of "useful p...