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Ref NoMCR/15/3/6
Alt Ref NoMR/663
geographical classification 15.4
TitleJamaica: Botanic Gardens
DescriptionManuscript and typescript letters and reports, printed documents, and press cuttings, with sketch of a Palm tree from the Botanical Gardens in Bath, Jamaica, 22 July 1880 (f142) and sketch of fruit from the Matisia Cordata tree [Quararibea cordata] from the Botanical Gardens in Bath, Jamaica, 7 May 1881 (f143) by D. Morris. Also a map of Hope Garden, Jamaica, 13 June 1887 (ff214-215). Volume includes information regarding breadfruit, the creation of Hope Botanic Gardens, staff appointments, the closure of existing botanic gardens, and the Cinchona Plantation.

Includes letters to Joseph Banks, William Thiselton-Dyer, and Daniel Morris; with letters from Henry Shirley, William Fawcett, Henry Norman, Daniel Morris, Henry Blake, and William Cradwick. Includes correspondence with the Colonial Office. Newspaper cuttings from THE DAILY GLEANER, THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE JAMAICA GAZETTE, GARDNER’S MONTHLY, THE COLONIAL STANDARD AND JAMAICA DESPATCH, GALL’S NEWS LETTER, THE MAYFLOWER, and THE SUPPLEMENT TO GALL’S PACKET NEWS LETTER.

Volume contains the following index:

1794; 1856-1903.

-- 20 December 1794: letter to Sir Joseph Banks giving condition of plants sent by him --
(Ff1-)

-- Director of Public Gardens and Plantations --
(Ff4-)

-- Appointment of W Fawcett --
(Ff68-)

-- [?Bath] Botanic Garden. Report for 1856 --
(Ff138-)

-- Wilson, Nathaniel --
(Ff140-)

-- Castleton Gardens --
(Ff146-)

-- Cradwich, W --
(Ff150-)

-- Thompson, W J --
(Ff168-)

-- Hope Gardens --
(Ff202-)

-- Palisades Plantation --
(Ff314-)

-- Paper by Fawcett "The Public Gardens and Plantations of Jamaica" 1897 --
(Ff93-)
Date1794-5 Nov 1903
FormatManuscript papers
Typescript
Press cuttings
Published documents
Collection TitleMiscellaneous Reports
LevelFile
Extent1 box
LanguageEnglish
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