Dr Gibson shows Polish wheat from Edinburgh to growers of wheat in the Joonese District who request a sample of it.
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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...
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
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
Letter relaying Dr Gibson's trials of Sarsaparilla
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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...