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161. IOR/P/347/46 18 May 1836 nos 65-70A

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IOR/P/347/46 18 May 1836 nos 65-70A
Title:
Dapuri Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Dr Charles Lush submits a proposal for a permanent establishment of a botanical garden at Dapuri
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1836
Extent:
1 file

162. IOR/P/347/49 29 Jul 1836 nos 145-49

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IOR/P/347/49 29 Jul 1836 nos 145-49
Title:
Dapuri Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Dr Charles Lush submits his first report on the botanical garden at Dapuri; notes the advantages for growing babul trees
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1836
Extent:
1 file

163. IOR/P/347/70/10 Oct 1838 nos 26-27

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IOR/P/347/70/10 Oct 1838 nos 26-27
Title:
Dr Gibson shows Polish wheat from Edinburgh to growers of wheat in the Joonese District who request a sample of it.
Scope & Content:
Letter dated 27 September 1838 from Alexander Gibson, Superintendent of Botanical Garden at Dapuri, explaining the differences discovered between the two varieties of wheat and requesting that supplies be conveyed for free. Letter dated 4 October 1838 from the Acting Secretary to Government gran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1838-4 Oct 1838
Extent:

1 folio

164. IOR/P/347/70 19 Sep 1838 nos 47-51

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IOR/P/347/70 19 Sep 1838 nos 47-51
Title:
Bombay Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Interchange of seeds with Europe; correspondence on Indian jungle seeds, Polish wheat, etc.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1838
Extent:
1 file

165. IOR/P/347/71 21 Nov 1838 nos 42-44

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IOR/P/347/71 21 Nov 1838 nos 42-44
Title:
Dapuri Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Regarding potatoes grown in the garden under Dr Alexander Gibson; requesting the Society to cause a quantity of the best Nilgiri seed potatoes to be purchased and sent to Dr Gibson; quarterly account of the establishment and contingent charges of the botanic garden
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1838
Extent:
1 file

166. IOR/P/347/73 20 Feb 1839 nos 54-57

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IOR/P/347/73 20 Feb 1839 nos 54-57
Title:
Cultivation of the tapioca plant
Scope & Content:
Memorandum by Dr Heddle on the cultivation of the tapioca plant and preparation of flour from it; to be published in English and the native languages and distributed with cuttings of the plant
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1839
Extent:
1 file

167. IOR/P/348/4 21 Aug 1839 nos 2087-89

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/348/4 21 Aug 1839 nos 2087-89
Title:
Dapuri botanical gardens
Scope & Content:
Models of agricultural improvements sent to the gardens
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 file

168. IOR/P/349/46 11 Aug 1847 nos 4028-30

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IOR/P/349/46 11 Aug 1847 nos 4028-30
Title:
Dapuri Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Dr Alexander Gibson proposes to supply the medical stores extracts of the medicinal plants taraxacum and sarsaparilla
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1847
Extent:
1 file

169. IOR/P/349/49 3 Nov 1847 nos 5531-32

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IOR/P/349/49 3 Nov 1847 nos 5531-32
Title:
Letter relaying Dr Gibson's trials of Sarsaparilla
Scope & Content:
Document No. 5531: Letter dated 19 October 1847 from J. Scott, Secretary of the Medical Board, Bombay, to the Governor in Council informing him of the result of trials of Sarsaparilla [bramble] grown in India supplied by Surgeon Gibson and contrasting it with that grown in England. References R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1847-30 Oct 1847
Extent:

2 folios

170. IOR/P/350/47 22 Jan 1851 nos 462-63

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IOR/P/350/47 22 Jan 1851 nos 462-63
Title:
Dapuri Botanic Garden: Quarterly Accounts
Scope & Content:
Quarterly accounts of the botanic garden from August to October 1850
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1851
Extent:
1 file