Description | Manuscript and typescript letters and reports, and printed documents, relating to the Botanical Station at Aburi, Gold Coast [Ghana]. The volume includes information relating to the employment of gardeners from Kew as Curators of the botanic garden at Aburi, in addition to general progress in cultivating economic plants in the colony such as coffee, kola and rubber; and requests for plants, seeds, tools, and materials for the herbarium. Includes papers regarding encouraging indigenous Kings and Chiefs to clear land for the cultivation of economic plants, including correspondence with King Mate Kolo of Eastern Krobo. Volume includes letters to Thiselton-Dyer and Morris, with letters by Thiselton-Dyer, Morris and Watson. Includes correspondence between Kew and the Colonial Office and Governors of the Gold Coast, including Sir W Brandford Griffith.
Volume includes the following index of Curators at Aburi, in addition to other related individuals.
-- Berryman, Charles -- Acting Curator, f295; record, f296; passed by medical officer, f306; reached Aburi, etc., f318; sailed for England, f329.
-- Brown, Thomas William -- Acting Curator, f368; record, f372; Assistant Curator, f377.
-- Crowther, William -- Curator, f42; record, ff45-47; term expired, f102; re-engaged, f146; resumed duty, f223; ill, f242; death, f249; obituary and portrait, f259.
Includes:
- REPORT ON THE BOTANICAL STATION AT ABURI FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1892
- REPORT BY MR CROWTHER ON HIS RECENT VISIT TO THE WEST INDIES (1894)
- REPORT ON THE BOTANICAL STATION AT ABURI FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1894 (1895).
-- Eyre, Henry -- Temporary duty, f102.
Includes:
- THE ABURI BOTANICAL REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1891.
- REPORT ON THE BOTANICAL STATION AT ABURI FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1891.
-- Humphries, Charles Henry -- Curator, f253; record, f255; passed medical officer, f260; returned to duty, f329; intention to study at Kew, f350; service terminated, f356.
-- Johnson, William Henry -- Acting Curator, f336; record, f339; passed medical officer, f345; appointed Curator, f358; resumed duty, f395.
Includes:
- GOVERNMENT OF THE GOLD COAST. REPORT UPON THE BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1900 (London: Waterlow and Sons Limited, 1901)
- GOLD COAST BOTANIC GARDENS. PLANT LIST 1900 (1901).
-- Matthews, Joseph William -- (F243).
-- Millen, Henry -- His visit to Aburi approved, f266.
-- Morris, Daniel -- Visit desired, f76; reasons for declining, ff80-82.
-- Willey, Frederick Enos -- Curator, f157; passed medical officer, f160; alleged misconduct, f173; completion of service, f222.
Includes:
- REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT BOTANICAL STATION FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1893 (1894)
- REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT BOTANICAL STATION FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1894 (1894). |