| Description | Manuscript letters and reports, press cuttings and printed documents relating to economic botany in Spain and the Canary Islands. Includes papers by Joseph Hooker, Thiselton-Dyer, Jackson, Morris, Prain and Hill, with letters to Hooker, Dyer and Morris. Includes letters from the Foreign Office [including Primrose, Lister and Dilke] and the India Office.
Includes sections relating to the following subjects:
Mainland; etc. botany etc.
(Ff5-21) Papers regarding (ff5-19) proposal of George Maw to undertake a botanical exploration expedition of the Sierra Nevada; (f20) lavender plants (lavandula latifolia) sent by the Jerez Essential Oil Distilling Co to Kew for examination; and (f21) fragments of plant found in 'small keg of olives that came from Spain' (thymus capitatus [Thymbra capitata]).
-- Alcohol --
(Ff22-45) Papers regarding production of alcohol from the 'chumbos 'prickly pear (cactus opuntia) [Opuntia humifusa], and potential use in India. Includes following printed report:
- D. Fernando De La Cámara, MEMORIA SOBRE EL CULTIVO DE LOS CHUMBOS Y SU EMPLEO PARA LA FABRICACION DEL ALCOHOL (Malaga: Imprenta y Libreria de Don Ambrosio Rubio, 1886).
-- Barilla --
(Ff46-72) Papers regarding cultivation of barilla [Halogeton sativus], and potential use in Egypt and India.
-- Cavanilles's specimens --
(Ff204) See section on Madrid: Herbarium, ff204-221.
-- Cork oak --
(Ff73-80) Papers regarding cork oak production in Spain, including following printed report:
- THE CORK FORESTS OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL [1893].
-- Cotton --
(F81) Newspaper cutting regarding cotton cultivation at Vejar.
-- Elcke Date --
(Ff82-103) Papers regarding acquiring seeds of the elcke date palm (from Murcia, Spain) for cultivation in Saharunpur, India. With letters from J F Duthie, Superintendent of the Government Botanic Gardens, Saharunpur.
-- Fibre cleaning machine --
(Ff104-110) Papers regarding machine for extracting the fibre from the leaves of the sisal hemp and henequen plants.
-- Forestry --
(Ff111-121) Printed documents, including:
- FOREIGN OFFICE. 1888. MISCELLANEOUS SERIES. SPAIN. REPORT ON THE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY IN SPAIN (London: Harrison and Sons, for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1888)
- Dr J C Brown, LETTER RELATIVE TO THE ARIDITY OF SPAIN AND TO SYLVICULTURE AND IRRIGATION IN THAT COUNTRY (1882).
-- Mutis's specimens --
(Ff1-4) Papers regarding the botanical drawings of Mutis in Marid museum, and proposals to display them in the International Exhibition of Paris, and for Dr Trianoin of Bogota to examine them.
-- Palm leaf hats --
(Ff122-129) Papers regarding examples of palm leaf hats from Malaga for the museum, and their manufacture.
-- Tea --
(F130) Request from the Consul General for Spain for information regarding tea.
-- Tinder, Spanish --
(Ff131-137) Papers regarding tinder, including letters from [Henry Nottige] Moseley on acquiring samples. Includes plant specimen labelled tinder Helichrysum sp.
-- Vineyards --
(Ff138-146) Papers regarding Spanish vineyards and bodegas at Manzanilla; Jerez wine; and letters regarding samples of 'yeso' [gypsum] and 'Spanish Earth' used in wine production.
Diseases and pests
-- Chestnut --
(Ff147-168) Papers regarding chestnut disease in the Province of Galicia, Spain, with report on damage caused by insects by Walter Blandford.
--Locusts --
(Ff169-170) Papers regarding measures adopted in Spain, and on locusts in Portugal .
-- Plants, field --
(Ff171-179) Papers regarding treatment of field produce affected by disease in Spain and Portugal, and on agricultural publications.
-- Phylloxera --
(Ff189-203) Papers regarding phylloxera in Spain, including the prohibition of foreign vines.
-- Scale Insects --
(Ff180-188) Papers regarding the insect pest 'Icerya Purchasi' in Portuguese orange groves, and the application of the 'Vedalia Cardinalis'.
Madrid: Herbarium
(Ff204-221) Papers regarding request from Kew to borrow specimens from the Madrid Herbrium of Malva acaulis [Acaulimalva acaulis], Sida acaulis [Nototriche acaulis], Sida pinnata [Nototriche pinnata] , and Sida phyllanthos [Nototriche phyllanthos], collected by [Antonio José] Cavanilles.
Gibraltar: planting
(Ff222-240) Includes letter regarding permission for [George Cheetham] Churchill 'to botanise in the Rock of Gibraltar' and papers regarding sand binding grasses, and on appointing Mr H Bentley of Chislehurst as gardener for Government House, Gibraltar, and his instruction at Kew.
Canary Islands
(Ff241-246) Includes papers regarding Tenerife exhibits sent to the Chicago Exhibition [World Colombian Exposition], 1893.
-- Bananas, Banana disease --
(Ff247-253) Papers regarding banana cultivation and trade, and disease. Includes letters by George V Perez and report by Walter F H Blandford.
-- Euphorbia canariensis, milk --
(Ff254-258) Papers regarding milk from euphorbia canariensis and analysis by Siemens Bros [and] Co.
-- Rosewoods --
(Ff259-275) Printed papers regarding canary rosewoods, with letters from Perez regarding samples and seeds sent to Kew.
-- Tagasaste --
(Ff276-358) Papers regarding tagasaste (Cytisus proliferua [Chamaecytisus prolifer]), including the distribution of seeds, and description by Dr Victor Perez. Printed documents include:
- Dr V Pérez, Dr P Sagot, DE LA VÉGÉTATION AUX ILES CANARIES DES PLANTES DES PAYS TEMPÉRÉS ET DES PLANTES DES RÉGIONS INTERTROPICALES ET PHYSIONOMIE GÉNÉRALE DE LEUR AGRICULTURE (Paris: Challamel Ainé, Libraire-Commissionnaire Pour l'Algérie et les Colonies, 1867)
- Dr Víctor Pérez, EL TAGASASTE Y SU FERMENTACIÓN ESTUDIOS CONFIRMADOS POR EL PROFESOR MR CH CORNEVIN... SOBRE LOS RECIENTES TRABAJOS HECHOS POR EL DR D VĺCTOR PÉREZ (Tenerife: Imprenta Islena de Hijos de Francisco C Hernandez, 1888)
- Fred Turner, 'Fodder Plants and Grasses of Australia' (1890)
- Victor Pérez, Paul Sagot, LE TAGASASTE (CYTISUS PROLIFERUS VARIETAS) FOURRAGE IMPORTANT (Paris: Imprimerie de la Semaine Médicale, 1892).
-- Tenerife, mangoes
(Ff359-388) Papers regarding acquring mangoes from Trinidad for Tenerife. Includes letters from George V Perez, also regarding oil of rhodium and the distribution of seeds of Convolvulus floridus, the Canary Rosewood. |