| Description | Manuscript and typescript letters and reports, printed documents, press cuttings and printed illustration relating to economic and botanical subjects in West Africa and Liberia, including the sending of botanical specimens, the commercial potential of plants, and their introduction into India and other areas. Includes letters to Joseph Hooker, Thiselton-Dyer, Hillier, Morris, Prain and Hill; with letters from Hooker, Thiselton-Dyer, Hillier, Morris, Oliver, Stapf, Jackson, Prain and Hill. Includes correspondence with the Admiralty, India Office, Colonial Office and Foreign Office.
Volume is arranged in the following sections:
---- West Tropical Africa ----
-- Almeidina --
(Ff2-8) Papers regarding rubber or gum from Euphorbia Tirucalli, [product referred to as 'Almeidina']. See also ff22-55.
-- Angola Botanical Garden --
(Ff71-76) Papers regarding recruitment of John Gossweler.
-- Baobab --
(Ff9-21) Papers regarding baobab [Adansonia digitata] including promotion of the growth of baobab trees in India.
-- Cinchona --
(Ff56-70) Papers including regarding sending samples to Kew. Includes:
- H H Johnston, THE PORTUGUESE COLONIES OF WEST AFRICA (1884).
-- Ecanda Rubber --
(Ff77-94) Papers regarding Ecanda rubber [Raphionacme utilis], and on sending 'Bitinga tubers' to Kew.
-- Elastic Gum --
(Ff22-55) Papers regarding euphorbia gum, including request for samples. See also ff2-8.
-- Welwitschia Mirabilis (Commodore Wilmot) --
(F1) Letter regarding plants sent to Kew.
---- Liberia ----
-- Coffee --
(Ff95-171) Papers regarding acquisition and distribution of plants and seeds of Coffea liberica, its cultivation, trade, and introduction into India. Includes correspondence with James Irvine, and printed illustration. Includes:
- Edward S Morris, TO COFFEE PLANTERS IN ALL LANDS, ESPECIALLY CULTIVATORS OF COFFEA-LIBERICA (Philadelphia: 1883)
- Alfred S Dyer, EDWARD S MORRIS, AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOR AFRICA. THE STORY OF A MAN WITH A MISSION WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NEGRO REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA (London: Dyer Brothers, 1879).
-- Johnston, Sir H H, on Liberia --
(Ff188-189).
-- Pepper --
(F183) Paper regarding 'Kissine pepper'.
-- Raphia --
(Ff172-175) Papers regarding seeds of Raphia hookeri.
-- Timber --
(Ff190-191).
-- Urostigma Vogelii --
(Ff176-182) Papers regarding the African rubber tree.
Volume also includes (f184) newspaper cutting regarding cotton growing in West Africa; (ff185-187) report by Stapf regarding description of species of Apocynaceae from the collections of Mr Whyte and Mr Sim, and on preservation of fruits. Volume also includes (ff192-196) papers regarding a school for instruction in tropical agricultural for 'young Liberians'. |