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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

72. IOR/P/3/53 2 Jul 1790 pp 350-72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/3/53 2 Jul 1790 pp 350-72
Title:
Letters to Government from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd reporting on various botanical subjects
Scope & Content:
Bengal Public Proceedings, 2nd July 1790: [pp 350-355] Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd to the Secretary to Government, dated Calcutta 25th June 1790, regarding the cultivation of Mawah and Teak, and reporting that there were upwards of one thousand plants of Spanish American Napaul [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1790
Extent:
1 file

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

74. IOR/P/242/21 2 May 1800 pp 1576-88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/242/21 2 May 1800 pp 1576-88
Title:
‘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
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1800
Extent:

7 folios

75. IOR/P/242/21 17 May 1800 pp 1523-24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/242/21 17 May 1800 pp 1523-24
Title:
The Government instructs Dr Heyne regarding management of the Botanical Garden at Bangalore; he should use only the portion necessary for ‘exotics’.
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1800
Extent:

1 folio