Mss Eur F252/28

Diary includes:

• Folio 1 verso: map showing Mysore and part of Madras
• Folio 2 recto: photograph showing an avenue lined with Ficus Bengalensis trees casting shadows (Hosur-Mysore Road)
• Folio 4 verso: photograph showing an area of Red Sanders Plantation, 1865 (Kodur, S. Cuddapah)
• Folio 5 verso: photograph of natural forest of Red Sanders trees with Choloroxylon (Koduvengamabhayi, S. Cuddapah)
• Folio 6 verso: two photographs showing rab burning in dry fuel forest (Kodur W., VXII, S. Cuddapah)
• Folio 7 verso: photograph of typical Red Sanders country in the Sechachellam Hills Koduvengamabhayi, S. Cuddapah)
• Folio 8 verso: photograph of green maturing paddy fields with fresh loppings being ploughed in (Kodur, S. Cuddapah)
• Folio 9 verso: photograph of Cassia siamea rab sowings after 2 seasons in dry fuel coupe (Nagavaram Cpe. II)
• Folio 10 verso: photograph of quarrying granite slabs in Tippu’s Fort (Chandragiri, Chittoor)
• Folio 12 verso: photograph of coppice coupe in dry forest with branch-wood collected in contour lines ready for burning and rab sowing (Nagavaram, Cpe.V, S. Cuddapah)
• Folio 13 verso: photograph of Red Sanders rab 3 seasons old (Nagavaram, S. Cuddapah)
• Folio 14 verso: photograph showing an example of a Acacia planifrons tree
• Folio 15 verso: photograph of a ‘good Sandalwood tree 33”G.B.H. probably growing on the bamboo forest boundary’ (Komatiyeri, W. Vellore Dn.)
• Folio 16 verso: photograph showing the result of denudation on granite hills with adequate cover on the left and none on the right (Vanganbadi/Alangayam Road, Vellore)
• Folio 17 verso: photograph of Euphorbia and thorn scrub on granite soil, with the species Opuntia, Albizzia amara, and Gmelina Asiatica (Krishnagiri/Hosur Road, Vellore)
• Folio 19 verso: photograph of 10 year old teak plantation with excellent stocking but badly forked (1924, Mt. Stuart, S.Ciombatore)
• Folio 20 verso: photograph of ‘Topslip F.R.H. & R.Qrs.’ with a Terminalia Paniculata tree
• Folio 21 verso: photograph showing Lagerstroema lanceolata species of tree in deciduous forest with Terminalia Paniculata species of tree and flowered out bamboo (Tunacadavi R., Mt. Stuart)
• Folio 22 verso: photograph of evergreen forest after clearing the undergrowth (Karian Shola Top Slip)
• Folio 23 recto: photograph of Magina V Teak Nursury showing split bamboo sides to beds
• Folio 23 recto: photograph showing pre-monsoon stump planting of teak
• Folio 23 verso: photograph showing a group of buttressed trees in evergreen forest (species of planted named in photograph: Chrysophyllum, Aglaia and Euginia) (Karianshola)
• Folio 24 verso: photograph of Ficus Sp. Tree with Hopea plant (Karianshola)
• Folio 25 verso: photograph of sample plot in 1901 (=1704) teak plantation up to 50”G.B.H. (by figure) (Koni, Travancore)
• Folio 26 verso: photograph of 4 season-old teak plantation under-sown with Tephrosia (Koni, Travancore)
• Folio 27 verso: photograph of a typical rubber plantation with vigna soil cover (Koni, Travancore)
• Folio 28 verso: photograph of year 1879 (=1054) plantation of teak with dense undergrowth of leea, etc. (Koni, Travancore)
• Folio 29 verso: photograph of teak taungya 2^nd season high machan to escape elephants (Mudumuzhi, Travancore)
• Folio 29 verso: photograph of 1868 (=1143) teak plantation under-sown after 32 years with Artoc Hirsuta (Koni)
• Folio 30 verso: photograph of poor 5 season-old teak taungya with heavy Imperata and stems broken by climbers and elephant (Chengara, Koni, Tracancore)
• Folio 31 verso: photograph of teak taungya showing last years’ area being hoed for 2^nd paddy crop (Mundomuzhi, Koni, Travancore)
• Folio 32 recto: photograph of Anthocephalus Cadamba trees, 9 years old, with Tetrameles and Lagerstroemiaflos-regine plants on sandy alluvium (Koni, Travancore)
• Folio 32 verso: photograph of a group of Trayancore officers showing (1) P. Vidayudhan Nair (2) N. H. Shastry (3) R. Shrikanta Pillai (4) M. P. Jacob (5) H. G. B. (6) R Dhanukoti Pillai (7) P. Raman (8) M. Y. L. (9) T. Narain Menon (10) M.O. Oomen (11) P.C.K. Varuch Jhampuran
• Folio 32 verso: photograph of Tenmalai Timber Depot (Shencottah, Travancore)
• Folio 33 verso: photograph of evergreen forest “Shendurney” showing Dipterocarpus and Hardwickia species (Shencottah)
• Folio 34 verso: photograph of Ochandra (?) Travancorica (or Eeta) species of bamboo plant (Cochin, F Tramway)
• Folio 35 verso: photograph of evergreen forest, Shendurney, showing Hardwickia, Dysoxylum, Nephelium and Myristica species (Shencotta Division, Travancore)
• Folio 36 verso: two photographs of the Cochin Forest Tramway (gradient 1 in 3) showing (1) truck with log hauling up saloon (2) Station Brake House and engine
• Folio 37 verso: two photographs of the Cochin Forest Tramway showing (1) incline No.3, 1 in 3 (2) “Our Saloon”
• Folio 38 verso: photograph showing large mature clumps of thorny bamboo plants beside an area of water (Kuriaki, Cochin)
• Folio 39 verso: photograph of Ochandra Travancorica (or Eeta) reed (Myalanodu River, Travancore)
• Folio 39 verso: photograph showing big buttressed Tetrameles Nudiflora in clear-felling (Koni)
• Folio 40 verso: photograph of Xylia natural regrowth on laterite (in 1855 teak plantation: 1932 behind Nilambur C126/125)
• Folio 41 verso: photograph showing the Nedungayam Bridge (built by Forest Department) (Nilambur)
• Folio 42 verso: photograph of 15 year old teak plantation just after thinning (Nedungayam, Nilambur)
• Folio 42 verso: photograph showing the making of a dug-out (boat) of Terminalia Paniculata wood (Nilambur)
• Folio 43 verso: photograph of teak seed origin experiment, 1933, 6 origins, Nilambur
• Folio 44 recto: photograph showing uprooted canes for walking sticks from the lower Nilgiri slopes (Nedungayam, Nilambur)
• Folio 44 verso: photograph of an elephant named ‘Frank’ pulling a ‘square’
• Folio 44 verso: photograph of the Oxytenanthera Monostigma species of plant under teak
• Folio 45 verso: photograph of evergreen forest at about 1800ft. on the foot of the Nilgaris with Arenga, Musa and Bischofia species of plants (Madgasi Ghat, Nilanbur Dn.)
• Folio 46 verso: two photographs showing sandal plants 12’ x 12’ in taungya with Jatropha species of plant (Kargodi, Nilgri Dn.)
• Folio 47 recto: photograph showing swamp vegetation of Alpinia, Pandanus etc., under Mallotus Alba, Eugenia etc.
• Folio 47 recto: photograph showing a view south from Palamalai F.R.H. across the Palghat Gap to the Anamalais
• Folio 47 verso: photograph of an elephant, dragging by its mouth a log, and showing another elephant some distance behind (‘Narayana and Donald’) (Nellikutta, Nilambur)
• Folio 48 recto: photograph showing the elephant ‘Narayanna’ dragging by mouth
• Folio 48 recto: photograph showing a view of Anaipadi Teak Nursery, one year old (Mt. Stuart)
• Folio 48 verso: photograph at Nilgiri Hill Shola with Ilex Wightiana and Euginia species of plant and a fringe of Eupatorium protecting it from the grass fires (Stokes Shola, Ootacamund)
• Folio 49 verso: photograph at Mutinad Blue Gum Plantation showing 53 year old trees up to 250ft.
• Folio 50 verso: photograph showing a view of a bare section of the Nilgiris
• Folio 50 verso: photograph of Eucalyptus paniculata trees at Keti, Ooty
• Folio 51 verso: photograph of typical Nilgiri scenery at Avalanche showing Turpinia euginia, Photinia Euonymus and Rhodomyrtus species of plants
• Folio 52 verso: photograph of temperate shola at the head of a watercourse and showing Gaultheria shrub and Rhododendron
• Folio 53 recto: photograph of Nilgiri sholas and grassland with the Kundah Range on the skyline
• Folio 53 verso: photograph of Alnus nepalensis trees originally planted as a shade for Cinchona (Nedurattain, Nilgiris)
• Folio 54 verso: photograph of Eucalyptus Robusta trees planted to dry up swampy ground on a tea estate (Chirambedi T.E. Mango Range, Nilgiris)
• Folio 55 recto: photograph of a view over Nilgiri grass hills
• Folio 55 verso: photograph of rosewood retained in a 46 year old teak plantation (S.P.4. Wynaad)
• Folio 56 verso: photograph of a selection felling gap in evergreen forest with Dichopsis felled and Polyalthia saplings behind (Periya R.F. Wynaad)
• Folio 57 verso: photograph of Topslip Experimental Garden showing the result of planting teak stumps on successive dates
• Folio 57 verso: photograph showing Vateria indica (straight trees) with Artocarpus and Ficus
• Folio 58 recto: photograph showing the trunk of a fluted over-mature Mesua ferrea tree, 12’-4” G.B.H.
• Folio 58 verso: two photographs of the burning of the plantation for 1934 (Begur, Wynaad Dn.)
• Folio 59 verso: two photographs of the burning of the plantation for 1934 (Begur, Wynaad Dn.)
• Folio 60 recto: photograph of the burning of a clear-felled area for teak plantation – 1934 (Begur, Wynaad)
• Folio 60 verso: photograph showing Mesua ferrea trees 21’-3” G.B.H. with Aglaia and Vateria indica and Dichopsis (Periya R.F., Wynaad)
• Folio 61 recto: photograph of under-slung timber squares (Begur, Wynaad)
• Folio 61 recto: photograph of 16 year old gap planted up with teak and showing heavy climbers but some straight stems (Naikal, Begur, Wynaad)
• Folio 61 verso: photograph of evergreen forest with Canarium, Arenga, Angiopteris etc. (Tellicherri Ghat, Wynaad)
• Folio 62 verso: photograph of Kannoth Mahogany Plantation of 1876, just thinned (Wynaad)
• Folio 63 recto: photograph of hilltop denuded of evergreen forest for coffee, since abandoned and showing Pteris and Wendlandia and Notoniana (Periya Punnada Hill near Chandan Athode, Wynaad)
• Folio 63 verso: photograph showing a good example of Ficus trees (undergrowth cleared) (Chandanathode, Wynaad)
• Folio 64 verso: photograph of Ochlandra species of bamboo plant on alluvial soil with Mezoneuron species of plant (Muki Road, Chandanathode, Wynaad)
• Folio 65 verso: photograph of Cullenia Excelsa plants (undergrowth cleared) (Chandanathode, Wynaad)
• Folio 65 verso: photograph of Pandanus species of plant in swamp (Manantoddy/Tellichery Road)
• Folio 66 verso: photograph of swamp vegetation of Machilus Macrantha, Elaecarpus and Anthocephalus over Pandanus and Alpinia (Manantoddy/Mysore Road, Wynaad)
• Folio 68 verso: photograph of small pole thicket of Hopea Parvifolia about 20 years old (Tireman’s Plot, Sollikolle, Coorg)
• Folio 69 verso: photograph of Mercara CFO’s bungalow
• Folio 69 verso: photograph of Tetrameles Nudiflora trees and Lagerstroema Flos-reginae (Kertiholle, Makut)
• Folio 70 verso: photograph of 1914 Andamans Padauk Plantation (Makut, Coorg)
• Folio 71 verso: photograph of Kerti Holle showing a suspended river crossing (Makut, Coorg)
• Folio 72 verso: photograph of Shorea Talura species of plant (Debamuchi, S. Coorg)
• Folio 72 verso: photograph showing the dragging of teak thinnings by the mouth of an elephant
• Folio 73 verso: photograph of a good tree 5’ 11’ G.B.H. in 64 year old teak plantation with 20 year old bamboo (Karnad 1870 Plantation, Coorg)
• Folio 75 verso: photograph of a movable river crossing over the Parappa River with Gnetum Scandens trees on Nuxvomica
• Folio 76 verso: photograph showing coffee growing under Grevillea Erythrina (Polli Betta, Coorg)
• Folio 76 verso: photograph showing the results of the cutting of laterite blocks (Parappa)
• Folio 77 verso: photograph of patch sowing of hopea 12 years old under Xylia, Dalb latifolia and Term’ Paniculata (Jalsur E. South Mangalore)
• Folio 77 verso: untitled photograph of a large unnamed animal in woodland
• Folio 78 verso: photograph of mahogany natural regeneration under a 40 year old mother tree on Teak “QC III” laterite soil
• Folio 79 verso: photograph of monolithic Buddha “Gumataraya” at Jain Temple, Karkal
• Folio 79 verso: photograph of the carrying by a roadside (on heads) of green manure tree loppings
• Folio 79a: photograph showing part of the Jain Temple, with steps leading to a doorway (Karkal) [loose item]
• Folio 80 verso: tree scene photograph entitled ‘Hadi of Hopea Parviflora on Village Land’ (S. Mangalore)
• Folio 81 verso: photograph of roadside Yateria indica trees in extreme contrast with tall forest form (Karkal, S. Mangalore)
• Folio 82 verso: photograph showing tree logs and branches ‘ready for burning in semi-evergreen’ (Megina ‘V’ near Mangalore)
• Folio 82 verso: photograph of ferrying across the Vandse, near Mangalore, showing a motor car in readiness for a ferry crossing
• Folio 83 verso: photograph of ‘Megina Valley Evergreen’ showing dense vegetation
• Folio 83 verso: photograph of patch sowings of hopea of 1920 under worked deciduous forest (Parappa)
• Folio 84 verso: photograph of Poecilonevron indicum tree in evergreen forest (Agumbe, Shimoga Dn.)
• Folio 85 verso: photograph of Elaeocarpus tuberculus in a forest (Agumbe, Shimoga Dn., Mysore)
• Folio 86 verso: photograph of Shorea Talura species of plant with ‘Phoenix’ etc. (Hamchakatta, Tirthihalle, Mysore)
• Folio 88 verso: photograph of mixed deciduous forest with bamboo [with author’s notes at the top of the photograph naming species of trees] (Kasaye, Bhadravati Dn., Mysore)
• Folio 89 verso: photograph showing a teak plantation of 1860 – “Oswald’s” (Halamati, Bhadravati, Mysore)
• Folio 92 recto: two photographs showing an elephant named “Bhima” moving teak squares (Begur, Wynaad)
• Folio 92 verso: photograph of Entada scandens species of plant in woodland (Karian Shola Topslip)
• Folio 93 recto: photograph of (? possibly) Dalbergia species of tree by the roadside at Shankaranarayan, s. Mangalore
• Folio 93 verso: photograph showing the result of 60 years protection of village shrub with Hopea, Artocarpus species etc. (S. Mangalore)
• Folio 93 verso: untitled photograph showing a scenic view of mountains and flatlands in the distance and a wooded area in the foreground
• Folio 94 recto: photograph of Mesua Ferrea species of tree at the edge of the evergreen forest, with Lantana Topslip