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1. IOR/P/242/21 2 May 1800 pp 1576-88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/242/21 2 May 1800 pp 1576-88
Title:
‘Sketch of a Plan’ [report] for a Botanical Garden on the Madras Establishment included with Letter dated 2 May 1800 Bangalore from Dr Benjamin Heyne to Lord Clive
Scope & Content:
Plan advises regarding: 1. the suitability of locations ‘for the purpose and relative to the Countries which will benefit from it’ including comments on soil quality and composition and climate – particularly of Mysore, population, recommends ‘a little hill’ to provide a variety of soil types, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1800
Extent:

7 folios

2. IOR/P/242/21 17 May 1800 pp 1523-24

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IOR/P/242/21 17 May 1800 pp 1523-24
Title:
The Government instructs Dr Heyne regarding management of the Botanical Garden at Bangalore; he should use only the portion necessary for ‘exotics’.
Scope & Content:
Letter from J. Webb, Secretary to Government at Fort St. George, to Dr Benjamin Heyne, directing him to use only the portion of the Botanical Garden at Bangalore necessary for it to be a temporary location [‘depot’] for plants ‘sent from Madras, or such rare or useful plants or Seeds as may be f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1800
Extent:

1 folio

3. IOR/P/242/73 21 Jan 1805 pp 684-88

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IOR/P/242/73 21 Jan 1805 pp 684-88
Title:
Observations on fruit and potatoes by Benjamin Heyne
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1805
Extent:
1 file

4. IOR/P/244/66 30 Dec 1817 pp 4048-64

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IOR/P/244/66 30 Dec 1817 pp 4048-64
Title:
Nutritious grains
Scope & Content:
Company's naturalist Dr Benjamin Heyne submits an account of the time for sowing nutritious grains used by the natives of India
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1817
Extent:
1 file

5. IOR/P/254/42 Sep 1799 pp 6090-91

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IOR/P/254/42 Sep 1799 pp 6090-91
Title:
Samulcotta Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Letter dated 4 September 1799, from I.[/J.?] Webbe, Secretary to Government, to Dr Benjamin Heyne, notifying him of his appointment under Captain Mackenzie as Surveyor of Mysore and that the botanical garden at Samulcotta [Samalkota] is to be discontinued
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1799
Extent:

2 folios

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