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111. IOR/P/241/12 11 Apr 1789 pp 1192-94

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IOR/P/241/12 11 Apr 1789 pp 1192-94
Title:
Nopalry Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Report on the Nopalry Gardens
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1789
Extent:
1 file

112. IOR/P/241/12 26 May 1789 pp 1609-16

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IOR/P/241/12 26 May 1789 pp 1609-16
Title:
Roxburgh discovers the bread-fruit tree in India
Scope & Content:
Letter dated 25 May 1789 from Dr Roxburgh to John Hollond Governor and President in Council at Fort St George, Madras, requests a specimen plant be sent to England. Refers to letter from Court of Directors 7 March 1777 requesting that every effort be made for a bread-fruit tree to be sent to Eng...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1789
Extent:

5 folios

113. IOR/P/241/13 28 Jul 1789 pp 2199-2203

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IOR/P/241/13 28 Jul 1789 pp 2199-2203
Title:
Nopalry Gardens
Scope & Content:
Reports on the Nopalry Gardens
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1789
Extent:
1 file

114. IOR/P/241/15 15 Dec 1789 pp 3435-42

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IOR/P/241/15 15 Dec 1789 pp 3435-42
Title:
Nopalry Botanic Gardens
Scope & Content:
Reports on the Nopalry Gardens
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1789
Extent:
1 file

115. IOR/P/241/15 17 Nov 1789 pp 3185-96

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IOR/P/241/15 17 Nov 1789 pp 3185-96
Title:
Nopalry Botanic Gardens
Scope & Content:
(3185-87) Letter from James Anderson to Government of Madras, 12 Nov 1789, requesting help in procuring young plants from Sumatra (camphor and benjamine) and China (the Toi chee, a varnish tree). (3188-95) Letter from James Anderson to Andrew Berry, 25 Oct 1789, re Berry’s success in extracting a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1789
Extent:
1 file

116. IOR/P/241/15 23 Oct 1789 pp 2969-93

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IOR/P/241/15 23 Oct 1789 pp 2969-93
Title:
Nopalry Botanic Gardens; cochineal insects
Scope & Content:
(2969-73) Letter from James Anderson to Government of Madras, 20 Oct 1789, quoting Hugh Hunter’s account of cochineal insects transported from Barbados to Bristol in 1760 by being attached to living plants. Requests that Court of Directors in London be informed of this method of transportation. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Oct 1789
Extent:
1 file

117. IOR/P/241/15 24 Nov 1789 pp 3251-59

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IOR/P/241/15 24 Nov 1789 pp 3251-59
Title:
Nopalry Botanic Gardens
Scope & Content:
(3251-54) Letter from James Anderson to Government of Madras, 24 Nov 1789, describing his experiments on nests of red insects found in various trees; when thrown on hot oil, the nests turn the oil into a waxy substance: potential for practical use. (3254-59) Letter from James Anderson to Andrew ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1789
Extent:
1 file

118. IOR/P/241/15 29 Dec 1789 pp 3540-47

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IOR/P/241/15 29 Dec 1789 pp 3540-47
Title:
Nopalry Botanic Gardens
Scope & Content:
Reports on the Nopalry Gardens
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1789
Extent:
1 file

119. IOR/P/241/20 14 Sep 1790 pp 2334-47

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IOR/P/241/20 14 Sep 1790 pp 2334-47
Title:
Papers from Dr William Roxburgh regarding a new species of Nerium Indigo
Scope & Content:
Madras Public Consultations, 14 September 1790: [pp 2334-2336] Letter from Dr William Roxburgh to Major General Medows, dated 10th July 1790, transmitting papers containing a description and drawing of a tree, the leaves of which yields a very beautiful indigo, for forwarding along with a samp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1790-Jul 1790
Extent:
1 file

120. IOR/P/241/21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/21
Title:
Madras Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Public
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1790-31 Dec 1790
Extent:
1 volume