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
‘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
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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...
The Government instructs Dr Heyne regarding management of the Botanical Garden at Bangalore; he should use only the portion necessary for ‘exotics’.
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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...