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1. IOR/F/4/98/1994

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/98/1994
Title:
Scope & Content:
Further papers regarding the abolition of the Company's Nopalry at Marmalong and Botanical Garden at Samalkot and the proposal to establish a botanical garden at Bangalore.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1800-Sep 1801
Extent:
1 file

2. IOR/F/4/134/2427

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/134/2427
Title:
Board's Collection
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding Chinese cotton. Dr William Roxburgh's reports on the spice plants and other products of Amboina etc. Proposal to increase the cultivation of nutmegs and cloves at Penang and Bencoolen.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1796-Apr 1802
Extent:
1 file

3. IOR/F/4/168/2950

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/168/2950
Title:
Correspondence regarding an investigation by William Augustus Gott into the products and commerce of the Naini Tal and Almora Districts with special reference to the supply of timber and hemp seeds
Scope & Content:
[pp 1-2] Extract of Public letter from Bengal in the Department of the Ceded Provinces, dated 20th October 1803, regarding the appointment of W A Gott to carry out an investigation into the products of the countries situated beyond the Hills bordering on Rohilkhand, and of the commerce carried o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1802-Jun 1804
Extent:
1 file

4. IOR/F/4/179/3224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/179/3224
Title:
Dr Benjamin Heyne appointed to superintend the cultivation of potatoes and other culinary vegetables in the Company's garden in Mysore
Scope & Content:
[pp 1-2] Extract of Public letter to Fort St George, dated the 23rd April 1794, regarding an expected scarcity of grain in the Northern Circars due to the want of the periodical rains, and the suggestion by Dr Roxburgh on the introduction of such useful trees, shrubs and other plants deemed like...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1794-Oct 1804
Extent:
1 file

5. IOR/F/4/275/6129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/275/6129
Title:
Scope & Content:
Proposal of William Petrie that the Company's garden at Bangalore should be transferred to the Mysore Government. Dr Heyne's report on the garden 1800-1807.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1800-Oct 1807
Extent:
1 file

6. IOR/F/4/379/9495

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/379/9495
Title:
The edible vegetable products of India. 1810-1811.
Scope & Content:
The Madras Government recommend Dr Whitelaw Ainslie's treatise on the edible vegetables of India to the favourable notice of the Court of Directors (includes a copy of the treatise). Treatise intended as part of an appendix to a medical work on the region. "A catalogue of the edible vegetable pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1810-Mar 1811
Extent:
1 file

7. IOR/F/4/660/18324

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/660/18324
Title:
Saharanpur Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
[pp 1-4] Extract from the Public letter from Bengal, dated 4th January 1821, regarding the management of the Honorable Company's Botanic Garden at Saharanpur. [pp 5-8] Extract from the Public letter to Bengal, dated 28th June 1820, relative to the condition of the Botanic Garden at Saharanpur,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1820-Jan 1821
Extent:
1 file

8. IOR/F/4/1079/29439

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1079/29439
Title:
Cotton and tobacco cultivation in the United States of America
Scope & Content:
[pp 1-4] Remarks on the culture of cotton in the United States of America. [pp 5-10] Paper on the culture of tobacco in Virginia. [pp 13-17] Statement of the best method of cultivating New Orleans cotton. [pp 21-28] Extract from Captain Hall's Travels in North America, describing the metho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1827-Feb 1828
Extent:
1 file

9. IOR/F/4/1187/30806

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1187/30806
Title:
Spice gardens of Tinnevelly
Scope & Content:
[pp 1-2] Extract from Revenue letter from Fort St George, dated 4th July 1828, regarding the spice gardens of the Tinnevelly District, and information relative to the cultivation of nutmegs and the preparation of them for the European market. [pp 3-14] Report by J Monro, Collector of Tinnevell...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1820-Jul 1828
Extent:
1 file

10. IOR/F/4/1191/30877

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1191/30877
Title:
Saharanpur Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Government of Bengal to Court of Directors enclosing documents relating to botanical establishments. [ff 13-69] Extract Public Letter from Bengal, 1 July 1828, of report dated 1 December 1827 by John Forbes Royle on the Botanic Garden at Saharanpur. Summarises measures taken for garden's improve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1825-Mar 1829
Extent:
1 file