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61. IOR/P/241/31 13 Mar 1792 pp 744-46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/31 13 Mar 1792 pp 744-46
Title:
Nopalry Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Dr James Anderson requests two kinds of bread fruit tree from Sumatra
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1792
Extent:
1 file

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

65. IOR/P/241/31 17 Feb 1792 pp 597-99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/31 17 Feb 1792 pp 597-99
Title:
Nopalry Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Dr James Anderson requests trees from China for the Nopalry to be delivered to Dr Andrew Berry
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1792
Extent:
1 file

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

67. 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

68. 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

69. IOR/P/241/46 May 1794 pp 1435-73

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IOR/P/241/46 May 1794 pp 1435-73
Title:
Papers on the subject of bowstring flax, and the Hindu method of making sugar
Scope & Content:
Madras Public Consultations, May 1794: [pp 1435-1437] Letter from Dr William Roxburgh to Robert Clerk, Civil Secretary, Fort St George, dated Samulcotah [Samalkota] 1st February 1793, on the subject of East Indian bowstring flax, and enclosing the following papers. [pp 1437-1461] An account ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1792-Feb 1793
Extent:
1 file

70. IOR/P/3/53 30 Jul 1790 pp 680-95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/3/53 30 Jul 1790 pp 680-95
Title:
Proceedings regarding the climate of Northern India
Scope & Content:
Bengal Public Proceedings, 2nd July 1790: [pp 680-683] Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd to David Hay, Secretary to Government, dated Calcutta 27th July 1790, regarding the benefits to the health of Europeans of the climate near the northern frontiers of India, in contrast to the dange...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1790-Jul 1790
Extent:
1 file