| Description | Manuscript and typescript letters and reports, printed documents and newspaper cuttings regarding the establishment and progress of Lagos Botanical Station. Volume includes information regarding the development of economic botany in the colony, including the rubber trade; the sending of botanical specimens; forestry; and the first Superintendent of Lagos Botanical Station, James McNair, and his family. Includes letters to Thiselton-Dyer and Morris, with letters and memorandums from Thiselton-Dyer, Morris, and Nicholson. Includes correspondence with the Colonial Office, Alfred Maloney, and McNair.
Includes the following printed reports:
- 1ST REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1887, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS ( 1888)
- 2ND REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1888, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1888)
- 3RD REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1888, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1888)
- 4TH REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1888, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1888)
- 5TH REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1888, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1889)
- 6TH REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1889, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1889)
- 7TH REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1889, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1889)
- 8TH REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1889, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1890)
- 9TH REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1889, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1890)
- 10TH REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1890, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1890)
- 11TH REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1890, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1890)
- 12TH REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 1890, ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1891)
- 13TH REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1890. ON THE BOTANIC STATION, COLONY OF LAGOS (1891). |