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MCR - Miscellaneous Reports Collection
- 1 - Europe
  - 4 - Russia in Europe

Ref No	MCR/1/4/1
Alt Ref No	MR/51
Alt Ref No	geographical classification 1.34
Title	Russia: Miscellaneous
Description	Manuscript and typescript letters and reports, press cuttings and printed documents regarding botanical subjects associated with Russia and Finland. Includes letters to William Hooker, Thiselton Dyer, Prain, Morris, Hill and John Reader Jackson, with letters from Morris and Prain. Includes letters from the Foreign Office and British Consular officials. Includes material in French and Italian. Volume includes sections on the following subjects: -- Anisophia austiaca [Anisoplia Austriaca] -- (Ff8-31) Papers regarding the anisoplia austriaca beetle in Taganrog. -- Bark Bread -- (F1) Letter regarding specimen of Bark Bread 'now generally used by the Inhabitants of the North West districts of Finland' sent to the Kew Museum of Economic Botany. -- Catalogue of Plants (Finland) -- (Ff2-6) -- Grass seeds -- (F7) Printed document regarding grass seeds (alopecurus pratensis) in Finland. -- Kanaff (Ff40-53) Papers regarding kanaff [Kenaf] fibre, including following printed document: - M M Jules Grisard, Maximilien Vanden-Berghe, 'Exposition Universelle. Les Produits Coloniaux. Les Textiles', REVUE DES SCIENCES NATURELLES APPLIQUÉES (Paris: Au Siège Social de la Société Nationale d'Acclimation de France, 1889-1890). -- Kefir -- (Ff32-39) Papers, including printed document in Italian: - G Arcangeli, SUL KEFIR. -- Liquorice -- (Ff54-69) Papers regarding liquorice root (glycyrrhiza glabra L), including printed document: - 'Licorice-Root Trade in Trans-Caucasia' -- Polygonum sachalinense -- (Ff70-79) Papers with printed documents and image, including: - M Doumet-Adanson, 'Sur le Polygonum Sakhalinense. Envisagé au point de vue de l'alimentation du bétail' (1893) -- St Petersburg Botanic Garden -- (Ff80-) Papers with printed images regarding the Imperial Botanic Garden, and discussion of a botanical garden founded near Batoum by Professor Krasnov for the Imperial Russian Agricultural Society [Batumi Botanical Garden]. Includes newspaper cutting regarding the Trans-Siberian Railway, which includes an account of a visit to the Imperial Botanic Gardens. Includes correspondence regarding the bicentenary celebration of the St Petersburg Botanic Garden, attended by Otto Stapf. With letters by A Fischer von Waldheim, Director of the St Petersburg Botanic Garden.
Date	6 Oct 1857-25 Jul 1913
Subject	Plant diseases
	Plant parasites
	Bark
	Kenaf
	Kefir
	Licorice-root
	Licorice (Plant)
	Licorice industry
	Polygonum sachalinense
Format	Manuscript papers
	Typescript
	Published documents
	Press cuttings
Collection Title	Miscellaneous Reports
Level	File
Extent	1 volume
Language	English
	French
	Italian
Plant Name	Alopecurus pratensis
	Hibiscus cannabinus
	Glycyrrhiza glabra
	Polygonum sachalinense
	Reynoutria sachalinensis
LinkedUrl	http://powo.science.kew.org/api/1/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:387175-1
	http://powo.science.kew.org/api/1/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:560068-1
	http://powo.science.kew.org/api/1/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:496941-1
	http://powo.science.kew.org/api/1/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696390-1
	http://powo.science.kew.org/api/1/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696697-1

Associated persons and organisations

Code	Name	Dates
DS/UK/89	Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817-1911); Knight; Botanist and second director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	1817-1911
DS/UK/292	Hooker; Sir; William Jackson (1785-1865); Knight; botanist	1785-1865
DS/UK/90	Thiselton-Dyer; Sir; William (1843-1928); Knight; British botanist and third director of Kew	1843-1928
DS/UK/187	Prain; Sir; David (1857-1944); Knight; British botanist and director of Kew	1857-1944
DS/UK/216	Morris; Sir; Daniel (1844-1933); Knight; British botanist and horticulturalist	1844-1933
DS/UK/141	Hill; Sir; Arthur William (1875-1941); Knight; British botanist and director of Kew	1875-1941
DS/UK/245	Jackson; John Reader (1837-1920); Keeper of Kew Museums	1837-1920
DS/UK/300	Waldheim; Alexandr Alexandrovich Fischer von (1839-1920); botanist	1839-1920
DS/UK/302	Georgia: Adjara [Autonomous Republic of Adjara]; Batumi Botanical Garden; c.1880-	c.1880-
DS/UK/303	Russia; St Petersburg Botanical Garden; 1714-	1714-
DS/UK/301	Krasnov; Andrey Nikolayevich (1862-1914); botanist	1862-1914

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