| Description | Manuscript and typescript letters and memorandums, printed material and press cuttings relating to botanical exploration and cultural products in Cyprus. Includes letters from Joseph Hooker, Thiselton-Dyer, Prain, Stapf, Hill and Jackson, with letters to Thiselton-Dyer, Prain, Morris and Stapf. Includes correspondence between Kew and the Colonial Office, the India Office, and W Bevan, [Director of Agriculture, Cyprus].
Volume is arranged in the following sections:
-- General --
(F1-37) Papers regarding the discovery of a mineral; pamphlets and journals, including the CYPRUS JOURNAL; using electricity to heat hothouses; and on agriculture in Cyprus.
-- Botanical Exploration; Plants etc --
(Ff63-115) Papers relating to a range of subjects, including: introducing Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) and 'Arhar' (Cajanus Indicus [Cajanus cajan]) to Cyprus; the Kaisha apricot; beans of the Dolichos Lablab used for food and as cattle fodder; examining lichens and the lower plants of Cyprus; identification of indigenous species of Hypericum [labelled Hypericum perforatum]; and identification of origanum and marjoram plants and origanum oil. Section also includes material regarding Kew sending oak seeds (Quercus Ilex) and seeds of fibre producing plants, including the Sansevieria Ehrenbergii; juniper oil; identification of herbarium specimens; obtaining plants and seeds of Araucaria Excelsa for fertilisation; the deterioration of vegetables when raised from seed; and on an experimental trial of the tamarix articulata.
-- Gardeners: Noble --
(F116-144) Papers regarding acquiring a trained gardener; and on appointing Crawford Noble as an Assistant Forest Officer. Includes letters from James W H Trail.
-- Supply of Seeds --
(Ff38-62) Papers regarding supplying seeds to Lanarca, including the Eucalyptus globulus [blue gum tree]. Includes letters to Hooker from Henry G White, Civil Commissioner in Larnaca District.
-- Sundry Products --
(Ff145-160) Papers regarding the introduction of tussar silk worms from North China, and the type of oak required for this purpose. Includes letters from The Silk Association of Great Britain and Ireland.
-- Aniseed --
(Ff161-163) Papers regarding improving aniseed cultivation by importing seed from Spain.
-- Carob --
(Ff164-192) Papers regarding carob and its fertilisation, including reports by Government Entomologist Z S Solomides, and related report by Stapf.
-- Cedar --
(Ff193-218) Papers regarding seeds sent to Kew of a cedar recently discovered in Cyprus (Cedrus libanotica Sup-ep Brevifolia), and tradition of this wood being used for the 'temple at Jerusalem'. With letters by Philip Currie. Includes following printed document:
- J D Hooker, 'On the Discovery of a Variety of the Cedar of Lebanon on the Mountains of Cyprus; with Letter thereupon from Sir Samuel Baker' [1879].
-- Gum Labdanum --
(Ff219-246) Papers regarding acquiring specimens and the rake used to collect the gum labdanum for the Kew museum, and on its preparation. Includes letters by E Dobbs, Principal Forest Officer, and Henry Thompson. Includes the following printed documents:
- W T Thiselton-Dyer, NOTES ON CYPRIAN DRUGS. I. CYPRIAN TURPENTINE. II. GUM LABDANUM
- W T Thiselton-Dyer, ADDITIONAL NOTE ON THE GUM LABDANUM OF CYPRUS (1886).
-- Orange disease --
(Ff247-274, 277-278) Papers regarding orange disease in Cyprus caused by scale insect aspidiotus aurantii, and on gas treatment for the red scale of California. Includes text and image plates for article in Kew Bulletin [no 57, Sep 1891, CCXII].
-- Phylloxera --
(Ff279-306) Papers including question by W Bevan [Director of Agriculture in Cyprus] on whether phylloxera is present in England; and on regulations on importing vine plants from England. Includes following printed document:
- Professor Jemina, THE TURIN PHYLLOXERA COUNCIL, IDEAS AS TO THE PHYLLOXERA AND RULES FOR WATCHING THE VINEYARDS (Nicosia: Government Printing Office, [1887]).
-- Pistachio --
(Ff307-315) Papers regarding its cultivation in Aleppo and Cyprus.
-- Potatoes --
(Ff316-321) Papers regarding the cultivation of potatoes in Cyprus; underground stoloniferous shoots; and letters from W Bevan on the failure of the crop.
-- Shinia --
(Ff322-345) Papers on 'shinia', 'called by the natives Mastiches' as a substitute for sumach. Includes the following printed documents:
- NO. 1. SHINIA LEAVES (1896)
- NO. 2. ON THE LAUREL OF APOLLO (1896)
- Arthur George Perkin, Percival John Wood, YELLOW COLOURING PRINCIPLES CONTAINED IN VARIOUS TANNIN MATTERS. PART V. PISTACIA LENTISCUS, P. [PISTACIA] TEREBINTHUS, TAMARIS AFRICANA, T. GALLICA, AILANTHUS GLANDULOSA. FISCUS CARICA (1898).
-- Vicia --
(Ff346-351) Papers on the identification of vicia plants [including Vicia tenuifolia, Vicia sativa, Vicia Cracca], with letters by P Gennadius, Director of Agriculture.
-- Vines --
(Ff352-368) [f353 is non-existent] Includes the following printed document:
- M P Mouillefert, TRANSLATION OF A REPORT ON THE VINEYARDS OF CYPRUS (Nicosia: Government Printing Office, 1893).
Volume also includes (ff275-276) papers regarding the trade in citrons between the Eastern Mediterranean and Trieste. |