Description | Manuscript and typescript letters and reports, printed documents, press cuttings, maps, and drawing, regarding botanical, economic and agricultural subjects relating to Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]. Includes information regarding legislation, the sending of botanical specimens, forestry and agricultural appointments, agricultural development, pests and diseases, and the cultivation of economic plants including rubber, cotton, sansevieria fibre, and tobacco.
Includes letters to Thiselton-Dyer, Prain and Watson, with letters and memorandums from Thiselton-Dyer, Prain, Watson, Hill, Stapf, Brown, Holland, Sprague, Wright, Hutchinson, Hemsley, Morris and Jackson. Includes correspondence with the Imperial Institute and Department of Agriculture, Rhodesia, the Colonial Office, and The British South Africa Company.
Volume is arranged in the following sections:
-- Descriptive, Political etc -- (Ff1-20).
---- Map (1912) ---- (F1) Map of Rhodesia under the Administration of The British South Africa Company.
---- North West Rhodesia (Barotseland) Order in Council ---- (Ff2-9).
---- North East Rhodesia Order in Council ---- (Ff10-12).
---- Map (Agriculture and Forestry) ---- (Ff13-14).
---- Economic development in general ---- (Ff15-18).
---- Sketch plan of Victoria Falls ---- (F19) [?by Francis Fox].
---- Geological note ---- (F20) Newspaper cutting regarding sedimentary deposits of Southern Rhodesia.
-- Offices and Officers -- (Ff21-38).
---- Allen ---- (Ff21-33) Papers regarding appointments of C Ernest F Allen.
---- Agricultural Expert ---- (Ff34-38).
-- Melsetter Agricultural Grant -- (Ff39-69) Papers regarding agricultural estate in Melsetter, and report by J Mahon. [Index card found ff69-70].
-- Seeds for Rhodesia - Botanic Station -- (Ff70-82) Includes papers regarding proposed establishment of a botanic station, and horticulture and agriculture in North East Rhodesia.
-- Specimens for Kew Herbarium, Museum and Gardens, from: -- (Ff83-127) See also sections on particular plants and product, below.
---- Imperial Institute ---- (Ff83-87).
---- Department of Agriculture (Salisbury) ---- (Ff88-106).
---- [Fred] Eyles ---- (Ff107-108).
---- [Andrew] Fleming ---- (Ff114-116).
---- [E J] Lugard ---- (Ff117-120).
---- [C F H] Monro ---- (Ff121-127).
-- Bacon-curing. Hardwood sawdust for - , -- (Ff128-129).
-- Castor oil -- (Ff130-135) Papers regarding machinery for production of castor seed oil.
-- Cotton -- (Ff136-146) Papers regarding cultivation, and report on sample.
-- Cryptolepis fibre -- (F147) Letter regarding 'Nkungadzi' fibre.
-- Flax -- (Ff148-149).
-- Insect Pests. Locusts. Legislation -- (Ff150-166) Includes [from Orange River Colony]:
- DESTRUCTION OF LOCUSTS ORDINANCE, 1907
- INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES OF PLANTS PREVENTION ORDINANCE, 1907.
-- Loranthus ("Wooden Flowers") -- (F167).
-- Mahogany, African -- (Ff168-170).
-- Sansevieria -- (Ff171-196) Papers regarding Sansevieria fibre and use by the 'Makouba' tribe in fishing nets near Lake Ngami. Includes:
- BUAZÉ FIBRE (1889).
-- Setaria, Manna -- (Ff197-199).
-- Sisal -- (Ff200-204).
-- Sugar-cane. See specimens f98. --
-- Rubber -- (Ff205-276) Papers regarding India rubber and root rubber, including cultivation and trade. Includes:
- P Lyttelton Gell, THE RUBBER INDUSTRY IN THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY'S TERRITORIES (1900).
-- Tobacco -- (Ff277-279).
-- Voandzou -- (Ff280-286) Papers regarding 'Voandzou' or 'Voandzeia subterranea' bean flour identified as the 'Bambarra ground-nut'.
Volume also includes (ff109-113) specimens received from Mrs Evelyn Cecil [Alicia Margaret Tyssen Amherst]. |