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MCR - Miscellaneous Reports Collection
- 2 - North Africa and Orient
  - 4 - Egypt and Sinai

Ref No	MCR/2/4/2
Alt Ref No	MR/77
Alt Ref No	geographical classification 2.31
Title	Egypt, Abyssinia and Somaliland: Miscellaneous
Description	Manuscript letters, typescript letters, printed documents and press cutting regarding agricultural, botanical and economic botany matters in Egypt, Abyssinia and Somaliland. Includes letters from and to Prain and Hill, and from the Foreign Office and War Office. Volume includes sections on the following subjects: -- Agricultural Service -- (Ff4-12, 18-31) Correspondence with the Egyptian Agricultural Service, including papers regarding its structure, recruitment and sending seeds to Kew. Includes letters from F G Walsingham and Thomas [?W] Brown. -- Assistant Director of Horticulture -- (Ff1-3, 5-12) Letters regarding the recruitment of Mr Walsingham and Mr G S Crouch. -- Fuad, H M King -- (Ff32-33) Letter regarding advice on mango cultivation following visit. -- Hyoscyamus Muticus -- (Ff36-61) Papers regarding acquisition and distribution of the seed of Hyoscyamus muticus, with correspondence with agricultural officials in Egypt, Sudan, the West Indies, British East Africa [Kenya] and South Africa. -- Mummy Preservative -- (Ff13-17) Papers regarding analysis of a paste sample and comparison with henna. -- Myrrh -- (Ff62-63) -- Plant Introduction -- (Ff34-35) Includes: - MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, EGYPT. HORTICULTURAL SECTION. PLANT INTRODUCTION. NO. 5, JULY, 1923 (Cairo: Government Press, 1926) [with printed images] -- Teff Grass [also 'Thaf' and 'Thad Hagaiz'] -- (Ff98-147) Papers regarding seed exchange and cultivation, with correspondence with officials in Abyssinia [Ethiopia], the United Provinces [India], the Spanish Embassy in London, the Bombay Presidency [India], the Union of South Africa, Nigeria, and the West Indies. Includes: - Joseph Burtt-Davy, TEFF GRASS (ERAGROSTIS ABYSSINICA) A VALUABLE HAY AND PASTURE GRASS FOR ARID AND SEMI-ARID TROPICAL AND WARM TEMPERATE REGIONS (Johannesburg: 1916). -- Trees for Legation at Addis Ababa -- (Ff82-90) Papers regarding tree planting. -- Yheb Nut -- (Ff69-70, 81) Other material includes: (ff64-67) papers regarding wood samples sent to Kew for identification; (f68) letter regarding geranium seeds; (ff91-92) letters from Henry Dobinson regarding rose cultivation in Abyssinia and the 'rosa sancta'; (ff71-76) agricultural instruction of the Somali population and recruitment of an Agricultural Officer; (ff77-80) advice on plant introduction to Abyssinia on behalf of Ras Tafari [Haile Selassie]; and (ff93-97) letters from Hugh Scott regarding specimens sent to Kew from the Abyssinian Expedition, 1927.
Date	1 Sep 1911-28 Jul 1927
Subject	Agriculture
	Botany
	Botanical specimens
	Botany, Economic
	Employees--Recruiting
	Seeds
	Mango
	Myrrh
	Plant introduction
	Tree planting
	Wood
	Rose culture
	Teff
	Hyoscyamus muticus
	Commercial products
	Cordeauxia edulis
Format	Manuscript papers
	Typescript
	Published documents
	Press cuttings
Collection Title	Miscellaneous Reports
Level	File
Extent	1 volume
Language	English
Language	French
Plant Name	Hyoscyamus muticus
	Eragrostis abyssinica
	Eragrostis tef
LinkedUrl	http://powo.science.kew.org/api/1/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:815931-1
	http://powo.science.kew.org/api/1/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1017397-2
	http://powo.science.kew.org/api/1/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1105499-2

Associated persons and organisations

Code	Name	Dates
DS/UK/187	Prain; Sir; David (1857-1944); Knight; British botanist and director of Kew	1857-1944
DS/UK/141	Hill; Sir; Arthur William (1875-1941); Knight; British botanist and director of Kew	1875-1941
DS/UK/444	Burtt-Davy; Joseph (1870-1940)	1870-1940
DS/UK/321	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Foreign Office; 1782-1968	1782-1968
DS/UK/441	United Kingdom; War Office; 1857-1964	1857-1964
DS/UK/446	London; Embassy of Spain; Fl 1850-.	Fl 1850-.
DS/UK/450	Fuad (1868-1936); H M King	1868-1936

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