| Description | Manuscripts, typescript, illustration and press cuttings regarding the distribution of botanical samples; with reference to industries and products from Trinidad. Includes letters to Morris and Jackson, with letters from Hart and Thiselton-Dyer. Contains correspondance with the agricultural boards and William Robinson.
Volume is arranged in the following sections:
-- Saccharin --
(Ff533-567) Includes:
- Professor Attfield, F.R.S, SACCHARIN THE PLACE OF SACCHARIN IN PHARMACY: WITH FORMULAE (London, 1889)
- A VINDICTION OF SACCHARIN: THE FRENCH REPORTS REFUTED, ITS HARMLESSNESS PROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE HIGHEST AUTHORITIES IN THE WORLD (London, 1888)
-- Smilax --
(Ff568) Includes reference to the distribution and observation of silk worms (Ff569-572)
-- Strychnos --
(F573) Paper regarding medical properties.
-- Sugar Canes --
(Ff574-586) Papers regarding experiments into cultivation and growing conditions; contains reports on growth and agricultural industries.
---- Seedlings ----
(Ff587-631) Papers regarding the distribution, varieties and examination of seeling canes; includes reports with specific reference to the crop of 1899.
Includes:
- F R Holloman, REPORT ON SEEDLING AND OTHER CANES UNDER CULTIVATION AT THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS (May 1898)
- COUNCIL PAPER NO. 108 OF 1899, SEEDLING CANE CROP OF 1899, REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT ANALYST ON (Trinidad 1899)
- COUNCIL PAPER NO. 114 OF 1900, SEEDLING CANES, REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT ANALYST AND SUPERINTENDENT ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS ON SEEDLING CANES FOR 1899 (Trinidad, 1900)
- COUNCIL PAPER NO.73 OF 1903, SEEDLING CANE EXPERIMENTS, REPORT BY GOVERNMENT ANALYST FOR 1902-3 (Trinidad 1903)
---- Diseases and Pests ----
(Ff632-665) Papers regarding cane disease and pests, the conservation of manure and fungus. Includes information on banana disease (Ff643-648).
Includes:
- CLASSIFIED LIST OF THE WOOD PRODUCING TREES OF TRINIDAD, REVISED ACCORDING TO BENTHAM AND HOOKER'S GENERA PLANTARUM
-- Tabernaemontana rubber, etc --
(Ff666-667) Papers regarding the properties and trade of rubber products.
-- Timber --
(Ff659-665)
-- Tobacco --
(Ff668-699) Papers regarding the cultivation of tobacco plants and the distribution of seeds and cigars; with reference to pamphlets, experimental growth, and sample reports.
Includes:
- Legislative Council, TOBACCO CULTIVATION, REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT BOTANIC GARDENS ON THE EXPERIMENTAL GROWTH OF TOBACCO, AND LETTER FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY OF SIR W ROBINSON (Feb 1892)
-- Tonka Bean --
(Ff700-701) Papers regarding import and trade.
-- Vanilla --
(Ff702-717) Papers regarding vanilla varieties. Also includes records on its cultivation, preservation and distribution.
-- Wissadula Rostrata --
(Ff718-19) Papers regarding the distribution of wissadula specimens.
-- Yams --
(Ff720-724) Papers regarding cultivation experiments on yams.
-- Minor Industries --
(Ff725-788)
---- Agricultural Boards --
(Ff725-778) Papers regarding the agricultural boards' relationship with minor industries in Trinidad. Includes papers regarding the production of tea, ground nuts, lime juice and vegetable products; with reference to welfare and labour.
-- Agricultural Industries --
(Ff779-788) Papers regarding the 'classes' of agricultural industries; with specific reference to sugar, cacao, coconuts and coffee.
-- Map --
(Ff789)
Comprises:
- Hydropgraphical Office, A SURVEY OF THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD, BY CAPTAIN E H COLUMBINE R N (1803)
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