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MCR - Miscellaneous Reports Collection
- 4 - China and Japan
  - 1 - Japan

Ref No	MCR/4/1/1
Alt Ref No	MR/85
Alt Ref No	geographical classification 4.2
Title	Japan: Miscellaneous
Description	Manuscript and typescript letters and reports, printed documents, press cuttings and illustration regarding subjects of economic and botanical interest relating to Japan. Includes letters to and from Joseph Hooker and Thiselton-Dyer, and including correspondence with the Foreign Office and the Admiralty. Volume includes sections on the following subjects: -- Anami oö-Sima [Amami Ōshima], Luchu Islands. Plants collected by Captain [Alfred] Carpenter -- (Ff139-142). -- Arctium Majus [Arctium lappa] -- (Ff60-63). -- Board of Trade Reports (extracts) -- (Ff124-129) Papers regarding Hokkaido forest trees. -- Flora of Yezo district -- (F1) -- Forests of Corea -- (Ff133-138) Papers regarding study by Ernest Henry Wilson. -- Formosan Plants -- (Ff130-132). -- Koji -- (Ff43-59) Papers regarding spores of fungus used to make 'koji'. With (f55) illustration. Includes: - R W Atkinson, ON THE DIASTASE OF KÔJI (1881). -- Lilies, use of; for food -- (Ff64-80) Papers regarding specimens of lily bulb cake sent to Kew Museum. Includes: - A Paillieux, D Bois LES COMESTIBLES. -- Paper materials -- (Ff7-39) Includes papers regarding acquisition of samples for the Kew Museum. Includes: - THE IMITATION LEATHER WALL-PAPER OF JAPAN (1895). -- Pueraria -- (Ff81-112) Papers regarding 'kudzu' or 'kuzu' (Pueraria thunbergiana [Pueraria montana var. lobata]) and specimens of cloth sent to the Kew Museum. -- Stachys affinis -- (Ff113-123) Papers regarding stachys affinis and stachys tuberifera. Includes: - A Paillieux, D Bois, CROSNE ÉPIAIRE A CHAPELETS HISTOIRE D'UN NOUVEAU LÉGUME (1889). Volume also includes papers regarding: (ff2-6) Japanese products exported to England; and (ff40-42) Japanese drugs collected by W A Woolley.
Date	15 Oct 1860-16 Jan 1918
Subject	Plant collecting
	Forests and forestry
	Medicinal plants
	Botanical specimens
	Produce trade
	Plants
	Koji
	Lilies
	Paper industry
	Paper products
	Pueraria
	Kudzu
	Stachys
Format	Manuscript papers
	Published documents
	Typescript
	Press cuttings
	Illustration
Collection Title	Miscellaneous Reports
Level	File
Extent	1 volume
Language	English
	French
	German
Plant Name	Arctium majus
	Pueraria thunbergiana
	Stachys affinis
	Stachys affinis
	Stachys tubifera
	Arctium lappa
	Pueraria montana
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	http://powo.science.kew.org/api/1/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459269-1
	http://powo.science.kew.org/api/1/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459268-1
	http://powo.science.kew.org/api/1/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460061-1
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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/321	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Foreign Office; 1782-1968	1782-1968
DS/UK/355	Admiralty; 1707-1964	1707-1964
DS/UK/406	Carpenter; Alfred (Fl 1881-1882); Captain	Fl 1881-1882
DS/UK/407	Wilson; Ernest Henry (1876-1930); Plant Collector and Botanist	1876-1930
DS/UK/408	Woolley; W A (Fl 1883); Diplomat	Fl 1883
DS/UK/409	Paillieux; A (Fl 1889); Botanist	Fl 1889
DS/UK/410	Bois; Désiré Georges Jean Marie (1856-1946); Botanist	1856-1946

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