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

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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

2. 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

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