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MCR - Miscellaneous Reports Collection
- 2 - North Africa and Orient
  - 5 - Arabia: Aden, Yemen, Bahrain, Kuwai, Saudi Arabia

Ref No	MCR/2/5/1
Alt Ref No	MR/79
Alt Ref No	geographical classification 2.32
Title	Arabia: Cultural Products etc
Description	Manuscript and typescript letters and reports, printed documents and press cuttings regarding matters of botanical, economic botany and scientific interest relating to the Arabian peninsula. Includes letters to Joseph Hooker, Thiselton-Dyer, Morris, Prain and Hill, and letters and notes from Thiselton-Dyer, Prain, Cotton and Jackson. Includes correspondence with the Foreign Office and the India Office. Volume includes sections on the following subjects: -- [Socotra] Aloes: Aloe Perryi -- (Ff7-26) Papers regarding the cultivation and transportation of specimens, and their introduction to the Bahamas. -- Anabasis -- (Ff155-156) -- Catha edulis -- (Ff38-72) Papers regarding acquiring specimens of 'Arabian tea' [also called 'kât' 'khat' and 'cafta'] for the Kew Museum, and analysis. With letters from [Carl] Schorlemmer. -- Chara -- (Ff225-226) -- Coffee -- (Ff31-33) Includes papers regarding 'Mocha coffee'. -- Dates -- (Ff34-37) Includes extract of report from Major General T E Gordon regarding date cultivation and trade. -- Delphinium -- (Ff157-163) See section on 'Dyes'. -- Dragon's Blood -- (Ff73-75, 98-99) -- Drugs -- (Ff1-6) Includes: - James Vaughan, NOTES UPON THE DRUGS OBSERVED AT ADEN, ARABIA [1853] -- Dyes -- (Ff154-163) Papers regarding henna, anabasis, and delphinium flowers. -- Eucalyptus -- (Ff211-217) Papers regarding introduction of Eucalyptus globulus into Persia [Iran]. -- Flemingia (congesta) [Flemingia macrophylla] [Flemingia javanica] -- (Ff164-210) Includes (f169) sample of seeds of 'waras' and (f192) samples of dyed fabric. With letters from Professor Flückiger. Includes: - W T Thiselton-Dyer, WARAS (1884) -- Gums -- (Ff73-153) Papers regarding myrrh, olibanum, isatis, 'Persian Gum', frankincense (Boswellia frereana) and Balsamodendrum Playfairii [Commiphora playfairii]. Includes papers regarding Socotra plants sent to Kew by William Wykeham Perry. -- Hagar's Well (Mecca); it's water -- (Ff241-263) Papers regarding composition of the water and links to the spread of cholera. -- Henna -- (Ff154-156) -- Isatis -- (F154) -- Myrrh -- (Ff73-153) See section on 'gums'. -- Olibanum -- (Ff73-153) See section on 'gums'. -- [Persia] Opium -- (Ff27-29) -- Organisms in bathing tank -- (Ff225-240) Papers regarding analysis of water and organisms from the bathing tank at H M Legation, Tehran, to investigate causes of irritation. -- Persian Gum -- (Ff73-153) See section on 'gums'. -- Reng -- (F154) -- Senna -- (F30) -- [Arabian] Tea -- (Ff38-72) See section on 'Catha Edulis'. -- (Persian) Fragacanth -- (Ff222-224) Papers regarding gum industry. -- Waras -- (Ff164-210) See section on Flemingia. Volume also includes (f218) letter on sending a specimen 'of a mysterious seed' used as a food grain and (ff218-221) letters regarding the blight 'known in Persia by the name of "sinn"', and on a disease affecting almond trees.
Date	1853-8 May 1915
Subject	Botany, Economic
	Botanical specimens
	Aloe
	Anabasis
	Coffee
	Dyes and dyeing
	Eucalyptus
	Dates (Fruit)
	Delphinium
	Dragon's blood
	Drugs
	Senna obtusifolia
	Myrrh
Format	Manuscript papers
	Typescript
	Published documents
	Press cuttings
Collection Title	Miscellaneous Reports
Level	File
Extent	1 volume
Language	English
Language	French
Plant Name	Aloe perryi
	Anabasis
	Catha edulis
	Delphinium
	Eucalyptus globulus
	Flemingia macrophylla
	Boswellia frereana
	Commiphora playfairii
	Balsamodendrum playfairii
	Isatis
	Flemingia javanica
	Flemingia macrophylla
	Flemingia macrophylla
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Associated persons and organisations

Code	Name	Dates
DS/UK/89	Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817-1911); Knight; Botanist and second director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	1817-1911
DS/UK/90	Thiselton-Dyer; Sir; William (1843-1928); Knight; British botanist and third director of Kew	1843-1928
DS/UK/216	Morris; Sir; Daniel (1844-1933); Knight; British botanist and horticulturalist	1844-1933
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/22	Cotton; Arthur Disbrowe (1879-1962); English plant pathologist, mycologist, phycologist and botanist	1879-1962
DS/UK/224	Bean; William Jackson (1863-1947); botanist and plantsman	1863-1947
DS/UK/321	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Foreign Office; 1782-1968	1782-1968
DS/UK/204	British Government; India Office; 1858-1947	1858-1947
DS/UK/425	Gordon; Thomas Edward (1832-1914)	1832-1914
DS/UK/419	Flückiger; Friedrich August (1828-1894)	1828-1894
DS/UK/447	Perry; William Wykeham (c1846-1894)	c1846-1894
DS/UK/448	Schorlemmer; Carl (1834-1892)	1834-1892

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