| Description | Manuscript and typescript letters and notes, printed documents and press cuttings regarding subjects and botanists relating to Germany, including pests, the movement of specimens and collections, and the process of making butter from coconut milk. Includes material in French and German, with English translations frequently provided by Otto Stapf. Includes letters to Joseph Dalton Hooker, Thiselton-Dyer, Morris, and Prain; with letters and memorandums by Thiselton-Dyer, Prain and Stapf.
The following subjects are listed:
-- Berlin Botanic Garden and Museum --
(Ff1-18) Papers including letters and cards of introduction for Eichler, Karl Schumann, Otto Hirschfeld, and Dr Friedrich Fick. Includes information regarding wish of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft [German Colonial Society] to establish a similar establishment to Kew in Germany. With the following printed document [including printed images]:
- Henry Potonié, DER KÖNIGLICHE BOTANISCHE GARTEN UND DAS KÖNIGLICHE BOTANISCHE MUSEUM IN BERLIN (Erfurt: Druck von A Stenger, 1882).
-- Butter from Cocoa-nut --
(Ff40-78) Papers regarding industry in Germany making butter from 'cocoa-nut milk', including material by Dr Schlinck, H von Bleichröder [British Vice Consul], and comments regarding coconut butter for the Indian market, and its manufacture in France. Includes printed documents, including the following with manuscript English translation:
- Th. Zerner jun., AUS DER MEDICINISCHEN ABTHEILUNG DES HERRN PROFESSOR DRASCHE IN K. K. ALLGEMEINEN KRANKENHAUSE ZU WIEN. UEBER KOKOSBUTTER - EIN NEUES SPEISEFETT (1889).
-- Hessian Fly --
(Ff38-39)
-- Muschler, Dr R --
(Ff98-) Papers regarding the herbarium collection of Egytian plants sold by Dr Reno Muschler to Kew, amid claims that Muschler stole and sold specimens from the Herbarium Berolinense.
-- Nonnen pest --
(Ff79-87, 94-96) Papers regarding the 'nonnen' or 'nonne' pest affecting forests in Bavaria.
-- Peter, Dr A --
(Ff113-122) Papers requesting assistance in obtaining the release of Peter's collections from German East Africa, currently held in Daressalam [Dar es Salaam].
-- Phylloxera --
(Ff28-37) Papers regarding phylloxera in Germany, with the following printed document:
- Adolph Blankenhorn, LIST OF PREPARATIONS OF PHYLLOXERA ITS NATURAL ENEMIES AND OTHER INSECTS LIVING ON THE VINE (Karlsruhe: Fr. Gutsch, 1880).
-- Schweinfürth, Dr G --
(Ff19-27) Correspondence regarding request for information about the administration of Kew.
-- Tortrix ambiguella --
(Ff88-95) Papers regarding the Tortrix ambiguella [?Eupoecilia ambiguella].
Volume also includes (f97) article regarding the German Arboricultural Society. |