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MCR - Miscellaneous Reports Collection
- 15 - West Indies
  - 16 - Trinidad and Tobago

Ref No	MCR/15/16/7
Alt Ref No	MR/729
Alt Ref No	geographical classification 15.7
Title	Trinidad: Cultural products G-R
Description	Manuscripts, typescript, press cuttings and illustrations regarding the distribution, cultivation and exportation of botanical products and specimens. Includes letters to Thiselton-Dyer, William Hooker and Joseph Hooker, with letters from Hart, and memorandums from Watson, Morris, Rolfe and Thiselton-Dyer. Contains correspondence with William Robinson, the Colonial Office, agricultural boards, Vilmorin-Audrieux and Co, and the Pharmaceutical Society. Volume is arranged in the following sections: -- Gamboge -- (Ff286) -- Ginger -- (Ff287-289) Papers regarding the propogation, curing, cultivation and exportation of root ginger. -- Ground Nuts -- (Ff290-308) Papers regarding the cultivation, market prices and exportation of ground nut oil. -- Gram: Chick Pea -- (Ff309-314) Papers regarding the cultivation, treatment and distrubution of gram seed and chick pea. -- Hevea -- (Ff315-324) Papers regarding the distrubution of hevea rubber. -- Indian Corn -- (Ff325-342) Papers regarding the import of corn meal with reference to its use in gaols [jails]. -- Kola (Ff343) -- Lemon, essence of -- (Ff344) -- Log Wood -- (Ff345-346) Papers regarding distrubution and value. -- Mangoes -- (Ff347-386) Papers regarding conditions of the exportation of mangoes between India, Kew and Trinidad. -- Mangosteen Fruits -- (Ff387-393) Papers regarding the distrubution of mangosteen fruit. -- Mora Excelsa -- (Ff394-396) -- Nutmeg -- (Ff397-408) Papers regarding the cultivation, value and growing conditions of nutmeg. Includes: - J H Hart, TRINIDAD ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS BULLETIN OF MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, NUTMEG PLANTING IN TRINIDAD (Jul 1892) -- Nux Vomica Seeds -- (Ff409-410) Papers regarding market value. -- Oranges -- (Ff411-415) Papers regarding cultivation and disease. -- Palms and Ornamental Plants -- (Ff416-420) -- Paper Materials -- (Ff421-435) Papers regarding the production of paper materials. Includes banana fibre sample. -- Pepper -- (Ff436-437) Papers regarding the distrubution of black pepper samples. -- Pimenta Lemon Scented -- (Ff438-444) -- Piper Ovatum -- (Ff445-369) Papers regarding the distrubution and medicinal properties of Piper ovatum. Includes: - William R Dunstan, Henry Garnett, THE CONSTITUENTS OF 'PIPER OVATUM' (1895) - Wyndham R Dunstan, Henry Garnett, NOTE ON THE ACTIVE CONSTITUENT OF THE PELLITORY OF MEDICINE (1895) -- Ramie -- (Ff470-473) Papers regarding the ramie fibre industry. -- Rubber: Castilloa, Biffen's process, Hevea 315 -- (Ff474-526) Papers regarding the value and distrubution of castilloa rubber [castilloa elastica] samples; with papers relating to Biffen's rubber separation process. -- Rum -- (Ff527-532) Papers regarding the fermentation process of Trinidad rum.
Date	1834-21 Jan 1901
Subject	Botanical specimens
	Ginger
	Hevea brasiliensis
	Oranges
	Paper products
	Ramie
	Rubber
	Chickpea
	Mango
	Mangosteen
	Nutmeg (spice)
	Palms
	Plants, Ornamental
	Rum
	Corn
	Kola nuts
Format	Typescript
	Press cuttings
	Illustration
	Manuscript papers
Collection Title	Miscellaneous Reports
Level	File
Extent	1 volume
Language	English
Language	Latin
Plant Name	Hevea
	Piper nigrum
	Pimenta
	Piper ovatum
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Associated persons and organisations

Code	Name	Dates
DS/UK/90	Thiselton-Dyer; Sir; William (1843-1928); Knight; British botanist and third director of Kew	1843-1928
DS/UK/292	Hooker; Sir; William Jackson (1785-1865); Knight; botanist	1785-1865
DS/UK/89	Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817-1911); Knight; Botanist and second director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	1817-1911
DS/UK/490	Hart; John Hinchley (1847-1911); landscape gardener, superintendent and director	1847-1911
DS/UK/285	Watson; William (1858-1925); horticulturist	1858-1925
DS/UK/216	Morris; Sir; Daniel (1844-1933); Knight; British botanist and horticulturalist	1844-1933
DS/UK/499	Robinson; William (1836-1912); Sir; governor	1836-1912
DS/UK/153	Great Britain and Ireland; Colonial Office; 1854-1966	1854-1966
DS/UK/161	United Kingdom; Board of Agriculture; Departmental Committee on Agricultural Seeds; c.1901	c.1901
DS/UK/501	Vilmorin; 1743-	1743-
DS/UK/500	Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain; 1841-	1841-

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