A committee appointed, consisting of Captain Foster, Surgeon A Graham and Lt Gaisford, to ascertain whether a botanical garden might advantageously be established at Ahmadnagar in which coffee, tea and other exotics might be grown
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...
Report from Dr Wiehe on the cholera which prevailed in parts of the Satara district during the last monsoon; observations on the causes and suggestions of remedial measures.