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Ref NoMCR/10/5/5
Alt Ref NoMR/457
geographical classification 10.28
TitleSierra Leone Botanic Station
DescriptionManuscript and typescript letters and reports, printed documents and press cuttings regarding the Sierra Leone Botanic Station and subjects of botanical and economic interest, in addition to medical information. Includes letters to Thiselton-Dyer, Morris and Watson, and letters from Thiselton-Dyer, Morris, Watson and Jackson, with correspondence with the Colonial Office.

Volume is arranged in the following sections:

---- General ----
(Ff1-229) Papers regarding the establishment of a Botanical Station, a scheme for encouraging agriculture, and appointments to the Botanic Station, including Frederick Enos Willey, R Reischach and Walter Haydon. Includes papers regarding wish to '[obtain] the services of a black man from Jamaica'. Section also includes infromation regarding sending botanical specimens to Kew, Liberian coffee, the Butler tree, a course of study at Kew for Willey, the death of Willey, and reports by Willey and Haydon on the progress of the Botanic Station. Includes:

- G F Scott Elliott, SUGGESTED SCHEME FOR AN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

- ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL STATION OF SIERRA LEONE, FOR THE YEAR 1896 (1897).

---- Special ----

-- Cattle breeding --
(Ff230-237) Papers regarding proposal to found a cattle breeding establishment.

-- Bananas --
(Ff238-247) Papers regarding cultivation and trade, and banana suckers sent from Kew.

-- Oranges --
(Ff248-251) Papers regarding orange cultivation.

-- Pineapples --
(Ff252-255) Papers regarding sending plants to Sierra Leone.

-- Vanilla --
(Ff256-278) Papers regarding sending vanilla plants to Sierra Leone, and the establishment of a Botanic Station or Society.

Volume also includes (f279) memorandum regarding 'acorn fruit of Sierra Leone' required for the Kew Museum, and (f280) request for information regarding 'forage grasses, European vegetables and salads, and Eucalypti'.
Date5 Aug 1886-28 Nov 1900
FormatManuscript papers
Typescript
Published documents
Press cuttings
Collection TitleMiscellaneous Reports
LevelFile
Extent1 volume
LanguageEnglish
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