Guide to the Records of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (as filmed by the AJCP)
M730-M788
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
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Fonds [1]. Kew Collectors Series
Series [1]. Papers of John Armstrong
The papers comprise biographical notes, letters (1837-40) from Armstrong to William T. Aiton and others at Kew Gardens, written from Port Essington and Copang (Kupang) and lists of plants.
Series [2]. Papers of George Barclay
The papers comprise list of plants forwarded to the Royal Botanic Gardens, letters (1837-39) from Barclay to William T. Aiton, written from the Sandwich Islands and Mexico, and lists of plants discovered at various locations.
Series [3]. Papers of George Caley
The papers consist of correspondence with Sir Saul Samuel about the papers of Caley acquired by the New South Wales Government (1897-98), biographical notes, transcripts from correspondence (1800-25) of Caley with George Suttor and Sir Joseph Banks (62pp) and a copy of John Lee. Rules for collecting and preserving seeds from Botany Bay, n.d.
Series [4]. Papers of Allan Cunningham and James Bowie
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Series [5]. Miscellaneous papers of Allan Cunningham
Lists of plants, timbers and seeds collected and despatched by Cunningham in Brazil, New South Wales and New Zealand, 1816-36 (179 folios) (File [1])
Includes letters of Cunningham to John Smith (Kew) written from the Bay of Islands in 1838.
Series [6]. Papers of William Grant Milne
Documents including the terms of Milne's appointment as assistant naturalist on HMS Herald (19 April 1852), correspondence of Sir William Hooker concerning bills drawn by Milne, letters from Milne to John Smith, the curator at the Royal Botanic Gardens (1852-59), lists of plants, and a log kept by Milne on HMS Herald (June 1852-Nov. 1853) with detailed reports on anthropology, botany and natural history of the places visited.
Fonds [2]. Papers relating to collectors, 1791 - 1865
The volume contains a variety of documents including biographical notes, letters and records of payment...
Fonds DC. RBGK: Director's Correspondence, 5 December 1805 - 1928
Official correspondence: letters to Sir William Hooker...
East Indian, Chinese and Mauritius etc. Letters, 20 May 1831 - 1836 (File DC/53)
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East Indian, Chinese and Mauritius etc. Letters, 1851 - 5 February 1857 (File DC/55)
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Australian Letters, 1825 - 1833 (File DC/72/1-172)
Letters to William Hooker (Glasgow) from William Baxter (Sydney), James Bowie (Kew), Sir Thomas Brisbane (Kelso), J. Campbell (Ormidale, Scotland); Allan Cunningham (Kew) and his brother Richard Cunningham (Kew, Sydney), the latter of whom was appointed superintendent of the Sydney Botanical Garden in 1832. Other correspondents include Eliza Darling (Sydney), Robert Dyce (Aberdeen), C. Fraser (Sydney), Ronald C. Gunn (Launceston), Jorgen Jorgensen (Hobart), James King (Sydney), R.W. Lawrence (Launceston, Formosa), John Lhotsky, Joseph McLean (Sydney), Thomas Keir Short, Thomas Smith and Charles Sturt (London, Langley). The letters of Richard Cunningham contain a few drawings and also copies of 'The Kangaroo' and other poems of Barron Field.. Several of the letters from Cunningham are accompanied by lists of plants, including plants from Swan River, King George's Sound and Melville Island, and notes about plants. There is also a rough map by Cunningham of his journey to the Liverpool Plains in July 1825.
Australian Letters, 1834 - 1851 (File DC/73/1-294)
Letters to Sir William Hooker. The chief correspondents are Henry S. Chapman (Wellington), a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and James Drummond (Perth, Tooyay), who was for many years a plant collector in Western Australia. Other correspondents include John Armstrong (Plymouth), F. Dillon Bell, Joseph Bidwill (Sydney, Exeter), Thomas Brain (St Albans), Walter Brodie (London), James Busby (London), Benjamin Bynoe (HMS Beagle), William Colenso (Waitangi, Waimate), H. Chapman (London), W.C. Chapman (London), W.H. Christie (Sydney), Allan Cunningham (London, Sydney), Sir William Denison (London, Hobart), E. Dieffenbach (London), James Drummond (Perth, Tooyay, WA), John Edgerley (London, Cowes), Capt. Robert Fitzroy (London), J.E. Featherston (Wellington), Sir John Franklin (Hobart), Sir George Gipps (Sydney), J.R. Gower (London), J.C. Gregson (London) and Ronald C. Gunn (Launceston)...
Australian Letters, 1851 - 1858 (File DC/74/1-241)
Letters to Sir William Hooker (Kew) from Frederick Adamson (Melbourne), O.G. Adamson, J. Archer, William Macarthur (Sydney), Sir Henry Barkly (Watford, Melbourne), M. Bates (Brighton), Edward Bell (Durley), George Bennett (Sydney), Joseph Bidwill (Sydney), D. Bolton (Auckland), B. Britten (London), H.B. Burton (London), George Clifton, William Colenso (Waitangi), John Dallachy (Melbourne), Capt. Henry M. Denham (Fiji, Sydney), Sir William Denison (Hobart). Rev. John Diell (Sandwich Islands), W. Dixon, N. Domio (London), James Drummond (Tooyay, WA), Lieut. Edmund Du Cane, J.R. Elsey (London), George Francis (Adelaide), Anne Gregory (London), Sir George Grey (Wellington), Ronald C. Gunn (Launceston), William Howitt (London), John Jolliffe (London), John Kent (London, Brisbane), Capt. Phillip P. King (Sydney, Parramatta), Charles Knight (Auckland), Charles La Trobe (Hastings, London), A. Ludlam (Wellington), Sir William Macarthur (Camden, London), John MacGillivray (Sydney), Joseph Milligan (Hobart), William Milne (Sydney, Ovalau, King George's Sound), D. Monro (Nelson), Charles Moore (Sydney), J. Moore (Melbourne) and Ferdinand von Mueller (Melbourne, Omeo, Gippsland)...
Australian and Pacific Letters, 1859 - 1865 (File DC/75/1-250)
Letters to Sir William Hooker (Kew) from William Archer (Hobart, Launceston, Deloraine), Sir Henry Barkly (Melbourne), Sir Redmond Barry (Melbourne), George Bennett (Sydney), Joseph Bidwill (Sydney), William Blandowski (London), Sir George Bowen (Brisbane), Capel Brockman (Bunbury), Charles Brown (New Plymouth), William Burges (Champion Bay), George Burnett (Whangarei), B.D. Clarkson (Perth), George Clifton (Fremantle), Sir Dominick Daly (Adelaide), Sir William Denison (Hobart, Sydney), Rupert de Vere (Sandhurst, Victoria), Edwin Dickson (Auckland), C.S. Dumaresq (Torquay, Sydney), Eliza Dumaresq (London), James Drummond (Tooyay, WA), George Francis (Adelaide), Sir George Grey (Auckland), Julius von Haast (Christchurch), William Hill (Brisbane), William Hillebrand, Maubry Hopkins (London), Emma Jones (Auckland), Charles Knight (Auckland), A.A. Leycester (Richmond River, Singleton, NSW), John Lhotsky (London), Sir William Macarthur (Camden, London), Sir Richard MacDonnell (Adelaide), George Maxwell (King George's Sound), Charles Moore (Sydney)...
New Zealand, Western Australian and Tasmanian letters, 1835 - 1843 (File DC/76/1-61)
Letters to William Hooker (Glasgow, Kew) from William Colenso (Paihia), James Drummond (Perth, Tooyay), Thomas K. Short (London), Ronald C. Gunn (Launceston, Circular Head), W. Wilson, Richard Moody (Falkland Islands), Joseph Hooker (Falkland Islands), E.V. Thompson, Jorgen Jorgensen (Hobart), John Armstrong (Plymouth), James Stephen (London), W.C. Ondaatje (Peradinea, Ceylon), C. Campbell (Kandy), G.W. Hope (London), Sir George Gipps (Sydney) and Alexander McLeay (Sydney). Item 48 is the draft of a biographical sketch of Richard Cunningham and item 61 is an agreement between the Admiralty and the Royal Mail Stream Packet Co. (1840).
Asia Letters, 1909 - 1928 (File DC/149)
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Federated Malay States (Item ff.213-242)
Letters from F.T. Brooks, Mrs Burgmann, Henry Burkill, E.J. Butler, F.W. Foxworthy (Kuala Lumpur), E.B. Hose (Penang), A.S. Haynes (Kuala Lumpur), William Handover, Harry Jack (Kuala Lumpur), C. Boden Kloss (Kuala Lumpur), L. Lewton-Brain (Kuala Lumpur), A. Sharples (Kuala Lumpur) and W.L. Wood (Kuala Semerak).
Java (Item ff.285-318)
Letters from W.H. Boyle, Cecil Brookes, M. Brugsman, P.J.S. Cramer, F.D. Duyvis, W.M. van Leeuwen, Frank Hawkins, Edward Jacobson, Arthur Hill and Melchior Treub.
East Asia Letters I, 1866 - 1900 (File DC/165/1-377)
Borneo, Celebes, New Guinea (Item ff.1-49)
Letters from Odoardo Beccari, Margaret Brooke, Thomas Christy, C.V. Creagh, Thomas Crocker, J.B. Burnford, J.J. Dunn, Henry Forbes, Thomas & Madden (Cooktown), W. Carruthers, Gray, Dawes & Co. (London), G.A. Frank, D. Manson Fraser, G.D. Haviland, L.V. Helms, Bishop George Hose, Bishop F.T. Macdougall, E. de la Savinierre, Hugh Low, Richard Mayne, W.B. Pryer, Oliver St John, J.A. Skertchley, John Whitehead and Percy Wrigley.
Java and Sumatra (Item ff.49a-145)
Letters from S. Binnendijk, Jacob Boelage, J.J. Brutel de la Riviere, W. Burch, H.J. Wigman, Henry Forbes, A. Fraser, Sydney Hickson, Kolonial Bank (Amsterdam), J.D. Kobus, P. von Ramburger, Rudolph Scheffer, J.H. Swensson, J.E. Teijsman, U. Teuscher, Henry Tiedeman, Melchior Treub, J.G. Romanes, W. Watson, Horace Brown and J.C.C.W. Ranooten (?).
Malacca (Item ff.146-167)
Letters from R. Derry, D.F.A. Hervey, Alexander Maingay, Clements Markham and Robert Scott.
Penang (Item ff.168-244)
Letters from Rev. Louis Biggs, Charles Curtis, E. Loureirs, H. Mann, T.A. Wooldridge, R. Berry, J.S. Goodenough, D.F.A. Hervey and Hugh Low. The principal correspondent is Charles Curtis, who was the first superintendent of the Penang Botanic Gardens.
Perak (Item ff.245-282)
Letters from C.V. Creagh, P.A. Saccardo, B. Scortechini, Frank Swettenham, Owen Thomas, Leonard Wray and A.D. Newbronner and Sir Ferdinand von Mueller.
Philippines (Item ff.283-339)
Letters from Marquis de Casa Laiglesia, Charles Cundall, Hugh Cundall, Regius Garcia, A. Gollan, T.H. Haynes, George Hickson, A. Owen Jones, A. Loher, Frederick Coville, Richard Rathburn, L. Radlkefer, W. Gifford Palgrave, S.H. Low, C.R.B. Pickford, W. Ricketts, E.W. Streeter, Sebastian Vidal y Soler, John Whitehead and William Wood.
Siam and Cochin China (Item ff.340-377)
Letters from Henry Alabaster, O. Frankfurter, A. Clarke, R. Jamie, R. McLachlan, H. Jarck, Arthur Keith, D. Zelleson, S.H. Low, Thomas Ogilvie, James Traill, H.J. Murton, Gifford Palgrave, L. Pierre, Thomas Knox, H. Rais, William Waddington, C. Goldrichner, F.H. Smiles, P.C. Thong Tham and Margaret Widdy.
East Asia Letters II, 1866 - 1900 (File DC/166/378-715)
Singapore (Item ff.378-715)
Lletters from Robert Blim, Nathaniel Cantley, Sir Andrew Clarke, R. Trevor Clarke, Cuthbert Collingwood, William Coveney, Messrs. Codd (London), R. Derry, J.W. Draper & Son (London), J. Fisher, Walter Fox, Henry Guppy, George Haviland, E.C. Hill, Bishop George Hose, R.W. Hullett, E.E. Isemonger, R. Jackson, Robert Jamie, Herbert Jekyll, John Bradock & Co. (London), Maharajah of Johore, John McNair, Lillie McNair, Edward Man, J.N. Mangles, W.E. Marshall, H.J. Murton, John Reed, Henry Ridley, W. Watson and Lady Weld...
Malayan Letters: Java, Borneo, Philippine Islands, 1901 - 1914 (File DC/167/1-433)
Java (Item ff.1-94)
Letters from J. Tempest Anderson, W.G. Boorsma, Cecil Brooks, M. Buysman, Edward Connell, P.J.S. Cramer, Stephen Dunn, W.H. Foch, C. Holkmann, J.D. Kobus, J.C. Konigsberger, S.H. Koorders, Lobins, John Norman, John Ridley, P. Van Romburgh, A.A.C. Rutgers, Dunkinfield Scott, J.J. Smith, J.E. van der Stock, Melchior Treub, E. Velds, J. Vigman and L Zehntner. The chief correspondent is Melchior Treub who worked in the Dutch East Indies as a plant collector and director of gardens from 1880 to 1909.
Borneo (Item ff.95-150)
Letters from F. Abrahamson, Mabel Bayley, Odoardo Beccari, Edgar P. Bidwell & Co. (London), Rev. C.H. Binstead, C.J. Brooks, Charles Curtis, W.B. Deane, Edward Gerrard & Sons (London), L.S. Gibbs, J.H. Haviland, John Hewitt, Bishop George Hose, John Moulton, L. Myddleton Nash, W.B. Orme, Tom Petch, David Prain (Kew), Nathaniel Rothschild, Sander & Sons (St Albans), D. Sinclair, O.D. Thomson, E.L. Woodell and C. Wright.
Philippines (Item ff.151-433)
Letters from George Ahern, J. Tempest Anderson, C.J. Arnell, C.F. Baker, O.W. Barrett, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Clemens, Frederick Coville, Lyster Dewey, A.A. Eaton, H.F. Edwards, Paul Freer, Joseph Gardner & Sons (Liverpool), W. Klemme, William Lyon, Elmer Merrill, Gustav Niederlein, Mary Polk, David Prain, V.O. Raedt, R. Rathbun (Washington) and C.B. Robinson. The chief correspondent is A.D.E. Elmer, an American botanist who worked in the Philippines between 1904 and 1927.
Singapore, Penang, Perak, Malacca, 1901 - 1914 (File DC/168/1-325)
Singapore (Item ff.1-190)
The main correspondents are Henry Burkill and Henry Ridley, the directors of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. There are also letters from James Anderson, Sir John Anderson (London), G. Battiscombe, Ethel Burkill, R. Derry, Heinrich Engler, Walter Fox, R. Hamitsch, Sir Charles Lucas (London), A.D. Machado, G. Burn Murdoch, Sir Cecil Smith and Otto Stapf (Kew).
Penang (Item ff.191-220)
Letters from Edward Boustead & Co. (London), James Dawes, Charles Curtis (Barnstaple), Walter Fox, Hecht, Levis & Kahn (London), Sir George King (San Remo), Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association, Charles Rothschild (London), Percy Taylor (London) and Charles Ussher.
Perak (Item ff.221-322)
The main correspondent is John Carruthers, the Director of Agriculture and Government Botanist in the Federated Malay States. There are also letters from Claude Bancroft (Kuala Lumpur), Basil Bernard, W. Leonard Braddon, Frederick Brooks, Evans, Sons, Norman Grieve (Tunbridge Wells), James Gamble (East Liss), Klanang Produce Co. Ltd. (London), C. Boden Kloss, William Laverock (Liverpool), Malay Coconut Estates Ltd. (London), H.C. Pratt (London), Herbert Robins (Taiping), Samuel Satow, A. Sharples and Sungei Krian Rubber Estate Ltd. (London).
Australasian Letters, 1914 - 1928 (File DC/169/1-485)
Adelaide (Item ff.1-35)
Letters from C.E.F. Allen (Darwin), Edwin Ashby, J.F. Bailey, Robert Pulleine, J.M. Black, Herbert Basedow, Ellen Macklin, T.G.B. Osborn, Arthur Hill (Kew), R.S. Rogers, L. Keith Ward and T.C. Wollaston.
Melbourne (Item ff.36-49)
Letters from Fred Bird, J. Cronin, E.J. Dunn, E.E. Pescott, Charles Lane-Poole, J.T. Smith, D.J.W. Chandler and A.A. Peverill.
New Guinea and New South Wales (Item ff.50-170)
Letters from G. Bryce (Rabaul), G.L. Campbell (London), Howard Newport (Cairns), Nathaniel Rothschild (Oundle), Australian Forest League, G. Darnell-Smith (Sydney), L. Ellis (Sydney), William Greenwood (Mittagong), A.A. Lawson (Sydney), John Maiden (Sydney), Alice Balfour, T.G.B. Osborn (Sydney), F.A. Rodway (Nowra), Herbert Rumsey (Dundas, NSW), H.J. Solomon (Sydney), Taronga Zoological Park Trust (Sydney), Fred Turner (Sydney) and F.A. Weinthal (Sydney). There is also correspondence about the trees for Canberra campaign (1926-27).
New Zealand (Item ff.171-352)
Letters from H.H. Allan (Feilding), Sir James Allen (London), E.C. Aston (Wellington), Sir Frederick Chapman (Wellington), Leonard Cockayne (Wellington), H. Cotterill (London), R. Macintosh Ellis (Wellington), Arthur Hill (Kew), James McPherson (Kew), F. Mason (New Plymouth), J. Petrie (Auckland), J.W. Poynton (Palmerston North), Sir David Prain (Warlingham), A.H. Reed (Dunedin), G.O.K. Sainsbury (Wairoa), A.L. Scott (Sumner), D. Tonnock (Dunedin), C.G. Teschemauer (?, Blenheim), George Thomson (Dunedin), C.H. Treadwell ((Wellington), M.P. Turner (Wellington) and A. Wilkinson (Nelson).
Pacific Islands (Item ff.353-380)
Letters from William Greenwood (Fiji, Sydney), Sir Everard Im Thurn (London), Sir David Prain (Kew), Arthur Ridesdale (London), S. Routledge (London), Charles Woodford (Partridge Green) and C. Harold Wright (Suva)...
Queensland (Item ff.381-400)
Letters from W.B. Alexander (Westwood), C.E. Allen (Darwin), J.F. Bailey (Brisbane), A. Cayzer (Brisbane), W.D. Francis (Brisbane), J.M. Hunter (London), A.M. Mitford (London) and C.T. White (Brisbane).
Tasmania (Item ff.401-412)
Letters from R.M. Blomfield, L. Rodway (Hobart), Alan Walker (London), Frank Walker (Launceston) and G. Weidenhofer (Cradle Mountain).
Western Australia (Item ff.413-485)
Letters from W.B. Alexander (Perth), Ellen Babington (Perth), G.F. Berthaud, William Carne (Perth), C. Brudenell Carter (Bridgetown), T. Flintoff Perth), A. Haselgrove (Guildford), Arthur Hill (Kew), B. Hill (Jarnadup), Max Koch (Pemberton), Ruth Lane-Poole (London), Ernest Le Soeuf (Perth, London), John Pizzey (Hester Siding), Sir David Prain (Kew), H. Steedman (Perth), W. James Stewart (London), Michael Terry (London), C.G. Thorp (Onslow) and Madeleine Trethowan (Perth).
Australia and Tasmania Letters, 1899 - 1914 (File DC/170/1-456)
Victoria (Item ff.1-74)
The principal correspondent is Alfred Ewart, Professor of Botany and Plant Physiology at the University of Melbourne. Other correspondents include Rev. W.H. Bliss (Kew), Alfred Bowley (London), Charles Brittlebank (Melbourne), W.J. Clark (Melbourne), J. Cronin (Melbourne), William Guilfoyle (Melbourne), D. McAlpine (Melbourne), H. Mackay (Melbourne), Sir David Prain (Kew), J.M. Reader (Warracknabeal), Bertha Rees (Melbourne), J.J. Rendle (Melbourne), Johannes Rafn, Reginald Talbot (London), T. White (London), Percy Wrigley (Kew) and Charles Yapp (London), A.J. Ewart (Melbourne), J.G. Luchmann (Melbourne) and J.R. Tovey (Melbourne).
South Australia (Item ff.75-117)
The principal correspondent is John Black, journalist and author of The naturalised flora of South Australia (1909). Other correspondents include E.D. Benham (London), J. Comber, S.M. Faulkner, E.A. Hillier (St Albans), H.D. Hillier (St Albans), Maurice Holtze, Max Koch (Adelaide), R.S. Rogers (Adelaide), Edward E. Smith, B. Stalker (Alexandria), Otto Stapf (Kew), Sir William Thiselton-Dyer (Kew) and J.H. Whitney (London).
Tasmania (Item ff.118-136)
Letters from Hampton Binns, Alfred Dobson (London), B.R. Dyer (Hobart), H. Faulkner (London), B. Horton (Zeehan), E.L. Piesse (Hobart), James Vail, Mrs Robert Walker (Hobart), Alfred R. Wallace (Wimborne) and A.T. Webster (London).
New South Wales (Item ff.137-302)
The principal correspondent is Joseph Maiden, director of the Botanic Gardens at Sydney. Other correspondents include Richard Baker (Sydney), F.A. Bennet (Sydney), Frederick Bower, James Britten (London), N.E. Brown (Kew), A. Burge (London), Edwin Cheel (Sydney), R.B. Comins (Sydney), Sir Timothy Coghlan (London), John Creed (Sydney), A.A. Gardner (Glasgow), William Hemsley (London), Sir Joseph Hooker (Sunningdale), T.T. Jones (London), Alfred Liversidge (London), M. Manning (Reigate), Sir David Prain (Kew), Finlay Sanderson (Chislehurst), Charles Smith (Sydney), Fred Turner (Sydney) and T. White (London).
Western Australia (Item ff.303-378)
The principal correspondent is Alexander Morrison, the Government Botanist of Western Australia. Other correspondents include Paul Adler, W.B. Alexander (Perth), Cecil Andrews (Perth), A. Lees Aspland (Albany), Barr & Sons (London), George Berthoud (Waroona), Maurice Browne (Perth), A.S. Bryson (London), Lilias Cowan (Albany), Arthur Dorrian Smith (Scilly), Lois Drummond (Perth), Wyndham Dunstan (Perth), W.V. Fitzgerald (Perth), Amy Fuller, Hodgkinson, Preston & King (London), Baron Anatole von Hugel (Cambridge), Max Koch (Carnamah, London), W.A. Michell (Roebourne), Spencer Moore (London), C. Mowbray (London), Harold Parsons (London), Sir David Prain (Kew), A.W. Ridge (Boulder), Alfred Rundle (London), Lily Royce (Jersey), Otto Stapf (Kew), P. Stoward (Perth), Norman Temperley (London), Leonard Webster (Edinburgh) and Elfride Zeyer (Richmond).
Queensland (Item ff.379-456)
The principal correspondent is F. Manson Bailey, the Colonial Botanist. Other correspondents include G.E.F. Allen (Rochester), J.F. Bailey (Brisbane), A. Evan Bernays, Reginald Clayton (London), Leslie Corrie (Brisbane), W.T. Deverell (London), Bowes Forster (Surbiton), C.D. Gilles (Brisbane), Walter Hill (Brisbane), W. Hill James (London), H.M. Johnson (Weston super Mare), Langton, Fort & Co. (London), William Leslie (Glasgow), Sir William MacGregor (Brisbane), M. May (Thursday Island), Howard Newport (Cairns), Sir David Prain (Kew), Charlotte Rogers (Rockhampton), R. Simmons (Rockhampton), Charles Stubbs (London), Summerlin & Co. (Brisbane), Jean White (Dulacca) and Wigglesworth & Co. (London).
Queensland Letters, 1865 - 1900 (File DC/171/1-471)
Queensland Letters, 1865 - 1900 (Item ff.1-471)
The principal correspondent is Frederick Manson Bailey, the Colonial Botanist. Other correspondents include Charles Adams (London), John T. Arundel (Thursday Island), Joseph Bancroft (Brisbane), Thomas Bancroft (Brisbane), Lewis Bernays (Brisbane), W. Gardner and Francis Gore (Betchworth), Sir George Bowen (Brisbane), Christopher Broome (Bath), Frank Bryce, George Carins, W.H.J. Carter (London), Alexander Cowan (Brisbane), Ebenezer Cowley (Brisbane), Elizabeth Coxen (London), James Critchell (London), G. Creswell Crump (London), Charles Dicken (London), G. Edelfelt (Kew),J.S. Edgar (Rockhampton), Edward Fletcher (London), M.S. Gregory (London), Sir Samuel Griffith (London), Edward Grimley (Brisbane), B. Gulliver (Townsville), A.T. Hare (Richmond), Richard Harding (Brisbane), John Horne (Jersey), R. Illidge (Brisbane), Robert King (Teddington), Sir John Lawes, Wyndham Madden (Shrewsbury), Philip MacMahon (Brisbane), William Maplestone (Brisbane), John Mark (Brisbane), Sir Anthony Musgrave (Brisbane), Patrick O'Shanesy (Emerald), James Pink (Brisbane), Lawrence Porter (Liverpool), William Ramsay (Mount Morgan), George Russell, Kenneth Smith, William Soutter (Brisbane), William Spottiswoode (London), Fred Stevens (Lyme Regis), N. Enoch Sully (Brisbane), A. Thozet (Paris), Traill & Ross (Toowoomba), Edward Tylor (Wellington, UK), Edmund Venables (Lincoln), J.G. Vidjen (Brisbane), Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. (Paris), H.A. Wickham (Townsville) and H.C.A. Young (London).
South Australian, Tasmanian and Western Australian Letters, 1865 - 1900 (File DC/172/1-385)
South Australia (Item ff.1-163)
The principal correspondent is Richard Schomburgk, the curator of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. Other correspondents include J.C. Agardh (Lund), E.G. Blackmore, R.S. Buckland (Torrington), Roland Campbell (Millicent), A. Castle (Swansea), Thomas Clode (Venus Bay), Charles Cresswell (London), Samuel Deering (London), W.L. Dobson (Hobart), A. Englehart (Gawler), George Hawker (Adelaide), Maurice Holtze (Adelaide), Nicholas Holtze (Port Darwin), Max Koch (Mt Lyndhurst), Sir John Lefroy (Adelaide), J.S. O'Halloran (London), A. Smith (Langley), John Smith (Kew), J. Swan (Adelaide), Ralph Tate (Adelaide), Sir William Thiselton-Dyer (Kew), W. Wilson Tickle (London), F.G. Waterhouse (Eltham), Sir Samuel Way (Adelaide), Thomas Worsnop (Adelaide) and R.T. Wylde (Adelaide).
Tasmania (Item ff.164-257)
The principal correspondent is Frederick Abbott, the superintendent of the Botanical Gardens in Hobart. Other correspondents include Morton Allport (Hobart), William Archer (Cheshunt), Sir Edward Braddon (London), W.L. Dobson (Hobart), D. Morris (Kew), W.E. Gumbleton, Ronald C. Gunn (Launceston), H.H. Hayter (Melbourne), Sir Joseph Hooker (Kew), Louisa Johnstone (Isle of Wight), Sir John Lefroy (Hobart), A.J. Logan (Zeehan), D. McAlpine (Edinburgh), J.L. Miller (London), Edwin Oldfield (Hobart), L. Rodway (Hobart), Thomas Russell (Etchingham), Frederick Weld (Hobart) and W.A. Weymouth (Hobart).
Western Australia (Item ff.258-385)
Letters from George Berthoud (Drakes Brook), Mrs Edward Brockman (Bunbury), Lady Broome (Perth), D.R. Bunbury (Bunbury), David Carnegie (London), Daniel Chapman (Cossack), E. Clement (Carshalton), Collyer, Thirkell & Bell (London), J.F. Cornish (London), W.H. Cusack (Roebourne), A. Frederick Durlacher (London), Thomas Edwards (Beverley), B.T. Goadby (Albany), Edward Hardman (Perth), R.C. Hare (London), W.B. Hemsley (Jersey), Ernest Hursthouse (Perth), William Kent (Wallington), George Leake (Perth), Robert Lee (London), Kate Logue, George Maxwell (King George's Sound), Alexander Morrison (Perth), Sir George Ord (Perth), Harold Parsons (Perth), C. Josephine Prinsep (Australind), Ernst Pritzel (Berlin), Finlay Sanderson (Chislehurst), George Shenston, John Skewes (Perth), Edward Smith (Murchison River), J.R. Streeter (Rickmansworth), Alfred Thomson (London), Frank Tratman (Guildford), Henry Wakeford (London), W. Webb (Albany), Frederick Weld (Perth), Bernard Woodward (Perth) and Henry Woodward (London).
New South Wales and Victorian Letters, 1865 - 1900 (File DC/173/1-350)
New South Wales and Victorian Letters, 1865 - 1900 (Item ff.1-350)
The principal correspondents are William Guilfoyle, the curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, and Charles Moore and Joseph Maiden, the directors of the Botanic Gardens in Sydney. Other correspondents include William Archer (Melbourne), Alicia Barnard (Norwich), Peter Barlett (Melbourne), Sir Redmond Barry (Melbourne), John Bedford (Selby), George Bennett (Sydney), T.F. Bride (Melbourne), Leonie Bongralee (Sydney), Henry Canaler (Epsom), E. Carlile (London), W. Carron (Sydney), W.H. Carlatt (Sydney), Duncan Carson, J. William Clarson (Melbourne), Thomas Cole (Melbourne), Richard Comins (Norfolk Island), Alfred Corris (HMS Pearl), Daniel Curdie (Camperdown), Henry Deane (Sydney), C.S. Dumaresq (Sydney), E.J. Dunn (Melbourne), Thomas Duppuy (Melbourne), Frank Ertel (Sydney), William Farrer (Queanbeyan), Robert FitzGerald (Sydney), A.R. Fremlin (Sydney), A.F. Gode (Melbourne), F.R. Godfrey (London), J. Graves (Winchmore Hill), H. Groenwegen (Amsterdam), Brian Hooker (Harden, NSW), D. Jones (Sydney), I.H. Kay (Melbourne), Rev. William G. Lawes (Somerset, Queensland), Alfred Liversidge (Sydney), George Luchmann (Melbourne), D. McAlpine (Melbourne), Sir William Macarthur (Camden), S. MacDonnell (Sydney), P.H. MacGillivray (Sandhurst), John McLachlan (Sydney), Sir George McLeay (Sydney), G.A. Main (London), W.E. Martin (Melbourne), C.M.W. Merewether (London), Charles Moore (Sydney) and Sutton & Sons (London).
New Zealand Letters, 1854 - 1900 (File DC/174/1-687)
New Zealand Letters, 1854 - 1900 (Item ff.1-687)
The principal correspondents are Frederick Cheeseman, the curator of the Auckland Museum, and the missionary, printer and botanist William Colenso. Other correspondent include Adams & Sons (Gloucester), T.P. Arnold (London), R.H. Bakewell (Dunedin), S. Berggren (Dunedin), S. Birch (London), D.J. Blaikley (London), F. Bowden (London), F. Buchanan (Bremen), Sir Walter Buller (Wellington), Wentworth Buller (Paris), George Burnett (Whangarei), John Cadman (Timaru), William Chick (London), A.H. Church, Leonard Cockayne (New Brighton), Georg Kükenthal (Coburg) and Humphry Ward (London), E.J.M. Cranfield (London), T. Cranwell (Auckland), William Crompton (New Plymouth), S.M. Curl (Wellington), Charles Dacre (Auckland), James Dall (Collingwood), J.G. Davis (Christchurch), E.B. Dickson (Auckland), Henry Dods (London), John Dutton (Christchurch), S. Edwards (London), H. Ellascombe, John D'Enys (Penryn, Christchurch), M.A. D'Enys, James Farmer (Auckland), Thomas Gilles (London), W. Gisborne (London), Richard Gore (Wellington), H.C. Gibbons & Co. (Wellington), Arthur Green (Westport), W.S. Green (Cork), Sir George Grey (Wellington), R.C. Haldane (London), A. Hamilton (Dunedin), Walter Haynes (Wellington) and E.A. Wickstead (Wanganui).
New Zealand Letters, 1854 - 1900 (File DC/175/688-1215)
New Zealand Letters, 1854 - 1900 (Item ff.688-1215)
The principal correspondent is Thomas Kirk, who at various times was secretary of the Auckland Institute, a lecturer at Wellington College, governor of the New Zealand Institute, and Chief Conservator of Forests. Other correspondents include Frederick Cheeseman (Auckland), A.H. Church (Kew), F.M. Cowie (Wellington), Charles Hardy (Dover), G. Henderson (Bournemouth), Georgina Hetley (London), Isabel Hopkins (London), W.F. Howlett (Waipapa), F.W. Hutton (Christchurch), Henry Inglis (Kincaid), A.M. Johnson (Christchurch), Walter Kennaway (London), Robert Kingsley (Nelson), Kinross & Co. (Hawkes Bay), Richard Kippist (London) and Charles Knight (Auckland), Thomas Maude (Woodbridge), A. Morrow (Auckland), Christopher Mudd (Christchurch), G. Oliver (New Plymouth), William Percival (Dunedin), W.W. Perry (Wellington), Potter & Co. (Auckland), Thomas Potts (Ohinetahi), D. Rough (Nelson), Thomas Satchell, William Seed (Wellington), Andrew Sinclair (Auckland, Nelson), Fred Spencer (London), Edgar Spooner (Auckland), W.W. Smith (Ashburton), J.W. Stack (Kaiapoi), F. Stephani (Leipzig), Agnes Stock (Twickenham), A. Stock (Wellington), M. Strand (Surbiton), Stratford (Auckland), Rev. Richard Taylor (Wanganui, Winchester), F.R. Teschemaker (London), George Thomson (Woking), George Thomson (Dunedin), W. Tipler (Westland), Henry Travers (Wellington), F.E. Trollope (Richmond), H.S. Wales (Hokitika), A. Watkins (London), Thomas Waugh (London), Emma Weston (Muswell Hill), Bishop W.L. Williams (Napier, Gisborne) and John Winter (Brighton).
New Zealand, New Guinea and Pacific Islands Letters, 1892 - 1914 (File DC/177/1-344)
New Zealand (Item ff.1-182)
The principal correspondents are Frederick Cheeseman, the curator of the Auckland Museum, and Captain Arthur Dorrien-Smith, who collected plants in Australia, New Zealand and the Chatham Islands in 1910. Other correspondents include T.W. Adams (Canterbury, NZ), E.A. Arber (Cambridge), F. Astley-Corbett (London), B.C. Aston (London, Wellington), J.G. Bartel (Nelson), Leonard Cockayne (Wellington), George Bullock (Dunedin), Charles Burgess (Market Harborough), A.C. Bartholomew (Reading), Walter Barratt (London), Herbert Carter (Manchester), A. Zahlbruchner (Vienna), Charles Chilton (Christchurch), L.M. Coombe (Liverpool), F.A.D. Cox (Chatham Islands), Charles Dacre (Auckland), M.G. Fennell (Wakefield), Thomas Kirk (Wellington), Linda Fenwick (London), H.C. Field (Wellington), Edward Fletcher, L.S. Gibbs (London), Cecil Harington (London), E.F. Harvey (London), Sir James Hector (Wellington) and W.B. Hemsley (London), J.R. Reynolds (Market Harborough), J.R. Scott, A.C. Seward (Cambridge), S. Percy Seymour (Invercargill), Robert Shakespear (Auckland), L. Stowe (Wellington), A.G. Tansley (London), W. Malcolm Thomson (Plymouth), D. Tonnoch (Dunedin), Alfred Trapnell (Bournemouth), Henry Travers (Wellington), P. Warnford-Davis, M. Whitehead, E. Wilson (Christchurch), J. Wilson and Herbert Wright (London).
Fiji (Item ff.183-208)
Correspondents include Brown & Joske (Suva), Sir Everard Im Thurn (Suva), A.B. Joske (Reading), H.N. Joynt (London), C.P. Lucas (London), A. Rufus Powell (Suva) and Powell Bros. (Suva).
Sandwich Islands (Item ff.209-232)
Correspondents include Frederick Boue, N. Cobb (Honolulu), Henry Cooper (Honolulu), Henry Davis (Honolulu), Sir Francis Fox (London), David Haughs (Honolulu), L. Lewton-Brain (Honolulu), Sir David Prain (Kew), Joseph Rock (Honolulu), G.H. Tuttle (Honolulu), W. Vredenburg (Lalamilo) and G.P. Wilder (Honolulu).
Pacific Islands (Item ff.233-301)
Correspondents include R.M. Rudmore Brown (Edinburgh), W.S. Bruce (Edinburgh), Frederick Christian (London), H.L.W. Costenoble (Guam), Louise Dacres (Guildford), Edward Harland (Sydney), Rev. J.W. Hills (London, Watford), James Irvine (Liverpool), Isabel Jordan (Derby), H.S. Kingsford (London), Lever's Pacific Plantations Ltd. (Port Sunlight), T. Loesener (Berlin), William Mackay (London), Pacific Phosphate Co. Ltd. (London), Howard Payn (London), Sir David Prain (Kew), Ernest Rason (Waldron), W.H.R. Rivers (Cambridge), Sander & Sons (St Albans), J.L. Tillotson (Port Sunlight), Robert Williamson (Manchester) and Charles Woodford (Tulagi, Solomon Islands).
New Guinea (Item ff.302-344)
Correspondents include Reginald Bartlett (Orokolo), C.H. Binstead, G.C.M. Birdwood, T.L. Bunbury (London), George Cousins (London), Hubert Murray (London), W.J. Down (Samarai), A. Guilianetti (Cooktown), Alfred Haddon (Dublin), George Hempson (Gatton Park), Rev. J.W. Hills (London), T.A. Joyce (London), George Le Hunte (Port Moresby), William MacGregor (Port Moresby), W.R. Ogilvie-Grant (London), A.E. Pratt (London), Charles Rothschild (London), Sander & Sons (St Albans), C.G. Seligmann (London), A.F.R. Wollaston (London) and R. Williamson (London).
Pacific Islands Letters, 1865 - 1900 (File DC/178)
Fiji (Item ff.1-174)
The principal correspondent is Sir John Thurston, the Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, and Daniel Yeoward, the curator of the Fiji Botanical Gardens. Other correspondents include W.A. Bailward (London), G. Birdwood, Eliza Brightwen (Stanmore), Fielding Clarke (London), Bolton Corney (Suva), Lord Mount Edgecumbe, Sir Arthur Gordon (Nasova), A.L. Holmes (Bua), J.M. Holmes (Sydney), W.H. Moseley (Bournemouth), William Parr (Levuka, London), S.P. Storck (Rewa) and J.H. Wiseman (Suva).
Pacific Islands (Item ff.175-341)
The correspondents include Thomas Andrew (Apia), John T. Arundel (London, Auckland, Norfolk Island), J. Atkins (Norfolk Island), H.W. Bates (London), Emile Bescherelle, William Carruthers (London), T.B. Cartwright and F.W. Christian (London)...
Sandwich Islands (Item ff.342-388)
The correspondents include A.G. Burchardt Ashton (Monmouth), Henry Guppy (Falmouth, Kau), Alice Hamilton (Tunbridge Wells), A.A. Heller (Honolulu), W. Hillebrand (Heidelberg), A. Hoffnung & Co. (London), H. Whalley Nicholson (London), G.W. Parker (Honolulu), Thomas Potter (London), A.B. Purvis, John Purvis, W. Herbert Purvis (London, Hamakua, Hawaii), Charles Read (London), A. Saiger (Honolulu), Francis Sinclair (London), Isabella Sinclair (Kauai), W. Vrendenburg (Waimea) and William Wait (Kailua-Kona).
Fonds CBAK. John Baker Papers, 8 December 1883 - 12 August 1890
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Series CBAK/1. Correspondence 'Letters to J. G. Baker', 8 December 1883 - 12 August 1890
Letters to J. G. Baker, 8 December 1883 - 12 August 1890 (File CBAK/1/1)
Fonds JBK. Sir Joseph Banks Papers
Series JBK/1. Correspondence, 1766 - 1820
This series comprises the main collection of letters, primarily addressed to Joseph Banks, as well as correspondence and other papers concerning the production of flax and hemp. It also contains indexes to the main collection and to letters held at Kent Archives Office...
Sir Joseph Banks' Letters. Volume 2 (folios 1-361), 6 October 1790 - 8 November 1819 (File JBK/1/5-7)
Series JBK/2. Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, 1833 (1768-1771)
Transcript of the journal of Joseph Banks on the voyage of HMS Endeavour, commanded by Lieut. James Cook, 1768-1771. The journal was transcribed in about 1833 by the two daughters of the botanist and banker Dawson Turner (1775-1858). The transcript was amended by Turner's grandson, Sir Joseph Hooker, who published the journal in 1896.
Fonds GEB. George Bentham Papers
Series GEB/1. Correspondence: Letters received by George Bentham, May 1834 - November 1882
Series GEB/4. Botanical Papers and Manuscripts, 1841 - 1846
Memoirs of botanists (File GEB/4/17)
This bound volume contains short biographies of various Botanists, written and compiled by George Bentham. Bentham generally gave a brief background on each botanist, before expanding his contribution to the field of botany and often including personal insights and accounts...
Fonds BUR. Isaac Henry Burkill Papers, 19 September 1893 - 3 January 1937
Series BUR/1. Correspondence and Personal Papers of Henry Burkill, 19 September 1893 - 3 January 1937
Malaya: Botanical Diary, 1913 - 1924 (File BUR/1/5)
Typed transcript of the botanical parts of a diary kept by Henry Burkill when he was working in the Straits Settlements, June 1913 - Dec. 1924 (308pp.). There is an index at the end of the volume.
Plants collected in the Malay Peninsula, 1912 - 1925 (File BUR/1/5[?])
Typescript summary list of 17,650 plants collected by Burkill, his colleagues and other collectors in the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements. It is arranged chronologically, by the date of the collecting expedition, and there is a manuscript index at the end of the volume.
Fonds JDH. Sir Joseph Hooker Papers, March 1874 - January 1876
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Series JDH/1. Expeditions, March 1874 - January 1876
The Challenger Expedition of 1872-76 was organised by the Royal Society with the aim of studying the world's oceans. HMS Challenger circumnavigated the globe, sailing about 68,000 miles and making 492 deep sea soundings and 133 bottom dredges. The scientists aboard the ship included C. Wyville Thomson, John Murray, John Buchanan and Henry Moseley.
Voyage of HMS Challenger Letters, March 1874 - January 1876 (File JDH/1/14/1-2)
Henry Moseley (Sydney, Kadavu, Somerset, Amboina, Yokohama, Valparaiso) to Sir Joseph Hooker, March 1874 - January 1876 (Item ff.68-108)
Letters of C. Wyville Thompson of HMS Challenger published in Good Words, c.1874-1875 (Item ff.155-164)
Fonds [AJCP M752]. Allan Cunningham, 1826 - 1835
Congestiones plantarum minus cognitarum Australasiae (117pp.), 1834 - 1835 (File [1])
The notebook, which contains drawings as well as notes, has sub-headings referring to the botany of the shores of Shark's Bay, Western Australia, plants of Western Australia collected on the voyage of Freycinet in 1817-1820, and a few plants collected by Robert Brown on the voyage of Matthew Flinders in 1801-1803.
Florae insularum Novae Zealandiae (145pp.) (File [2])
A summary listing of 629 New Zealand plants, including the date of discovery, the place (mostly Bay of Islands) and the collector, including Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, Dumont D'Urville, William Colenso and Richard and Allan Cunningham. At the end is a list of Maori names of trees and shrubs and an index.
Florae insularum Novae Zealandiae (209pp.) (File [3])
A more detailed listing of 629 New Zealand plants, including a few drawings, preceded by a short account of botanical collecting on English and French voyages of discovery and by Allan and Richard Cunningham. There is an index at the end of the volume.
Fonds DAR. Charles Darwin Papers, January 1836
Series DAR/1. Charles Darwin Correspondence, January 1836
Letters of Charles Darwin to Professor Henslow, January 1836 (File DAR/1/1)
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Charles Darwin (Sydney) to John Henslow (Cambridge), January 1836 (Item f.36)
Impending return to England; Australia 'really a wonderful place'; journey to Bathurst; extraordinary increase in wealth of the colony; his work at Galapagos Islands; no opportunity for natural history work at Tahiti or New Zealand; achievements of missionaries in New Zealand and Australia.
Fonds [M753]. John Duthie, 11 May 1877 - January 1905
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Fonds [M753]. A.D.E. Elmer, 1907 - 1917
Philippine field notes (typescript, 1220pp.), 1907 - 1917 (File)
The field notes, numbered 7037 to 18477A, were attached to botanical specimens and were transcribed by E.D. Merrill at Berkeley, California, in 1925. Arranged chronologically, they give the date and location of each specimen. The early descriptions are relatively brief, but from about 1908 onwards they are extremely detailed.
Fonds [M754]. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1846 - 1904
Fonds [M754]. Henry Forbes Papers, 1881 - 1885
Series. Papers concerning a scientific expedition by Henry Forbes to Timor Laut (Tanimbar Islands) in 1882, 1881 - 1885
In 1881 Forbes proposed an expedition to Timor Laut, a group of islands in the Banda Sea between the Aru Islands and Timor. After some delays, he visited the islands in 1882. The papers document the interest of various British scientific expeditions in the expedition, the financial grant made to Forbes by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and disputes about the ownership and distribution of the natural history and ethnological collections assembled by Forbes. The papers include correspondence, memoranda, minutes and notes of meetings, financial papers, reports, newspaper cuttings, lists of plants and published papers by Forbes and others about the expedition. In particular, there are reports of a committee of the British Association set up to liaise with Forbes. Its members were P.L. Sclater, Howard Saunders and W.T. Thiselton-Dyer...
Fonds FOR. William Forsyth Papers, 1790
Series FOR/1. Correspondence of William Forsyth, 1790
Volume 2. Foreign Letters, 1790 (File FOR/1/2)
Unsigned document written at Norfolk Island, 1790 (Item ff.40-43)
Referring to the expedition sent to Norfolk Island by Governor Arthur Phillip, the wreck of HMS Sirius, the return of Lieut. Philip King as lieutenant-governor, the shortage of provisions, rationing, and the abundance of birds on the island.
Fonds HEM. William Hemsley Papers, 19 September 1879 - March 1916
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Fonds [M754]. John Henslow Papers, 13 April 1838 - 6 March 1839
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Fonds AWH. Sir Arthur Hill Papers, November 1927 - April 1928
Fonds JDH. Sir Joseph Hooker Papers, 1839 - March 1914
Series JDH/1. Expeditions, 1839 - 1845
This series contains primarily bound volumes relating to expeditions that J.D. Hooker was involved in, either as a direct participant or in an advisory capacity. It includes some of Hooker's original expedition journals, correspondence, botanical manuscripts and notebooks.
Subseries [M755]. Antarctic Expedition Correspondence, 1839 - 1845
Letters from Hooker to his father Sir William Hooker and other members of his family, and also Robert Brown, written from Hobart and the Bay of Islands, August 1840 - November 1841 (Item ff.24-54)
Subseries JDH/1/1. Antarctic Journal, 18 May 1839 - 28 May 1843
The journal begins with Hooker's appointment as assistant surgeon and the voyage of HMS Erebus and Terror from London to Kerguelen Island, Hobart and Sydney. It contains lengthy descriptions of the botany of both settlements, as well as the Bay of Islands in New Zealand, which Hooker first visited in August 1840. The expedition left Hobart in November 1840 and the entries are relatively brief until April 1841, after it had reached the Antarctic. The most detailed sections in the later part of the journal relate to Hooker's time at Sydney and the Bay of Islands (Sept.-Nov. 1841) and the visit of HMS Erebus to the Falkland Islands, the Hermite Islands and the South Shetland Islands in 1842.
Series JDH/2. Correspondence, May 1843 - March 1914
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Subseries JDH/2/1. Letters to Joseph Hooker, May 1843 - July 1909
Letters to Joseph Hooker. Volume 1: ACL/BAL, June 1896 - November 1905 (File JDH/2/1/1)
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Letters to Joseph Hooker. Volume 2: BAL-BIN, October 1891 - July 1909 (File JDH/2/1/2)
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Letters to Joseph Hooker. Volume 10: GRI-HOR, September 1886 - March 1900 (File JDH/2/1/10)
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Letters to Joseph Hooker. Volume 15: MAC-MUD, 6 June 1892 - 31 May 1904 (File JDH/2/1/15)
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Letters to Joseph Hooker. Volume 16: MUE-PIT, December 1893 - April 1896 (File JDH/2/1/16)
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Series JDH/1. Expeditions, 1839 - 1901
Subseries JDH/1/3. Extract from Antarctic Journal and Letters, 1839 - 1843
Subseries JDH/1/7. Antarctic Expedition, 1887 - 1901
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Fonds. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1793 - 1895
Series [M757]. Inwards and Outwards Books, 1793 - 1895
The inwards books record the receipt by the Royal Botanic Gardens of plants, seeds and other specimens from collectors, botanists and botanic gardens in Britain and throughout the world. They overlap with the original plant lists and fern lists. The outwards books record the despatch of plants from Kew to gardens and herbaria overseas...
Inwards book, 1803 - 1809 (File [3])
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Fonds [M758]. William Kerr Papers, March 1809
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Fonds [M758]. Aylmer Bourke Lambert Papers, 3 March 1820 - December 1840
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Fonds [M758]. L.V. Lester-Garland Papers
Series. Notebooks
Notebook (File [1])
Notebook containing inter alia a list of plants confined to Australia, New Zealand and islands, a list of endemic genera of New Caledonia, a list of the numbers of native species in L. Rodway's The Tasmanian flora, a list of species regarded as indigenous in Tasmania which are also found in the North Temperate Zone (Europe), a list of native species of phanerogams in New Zealand, and a list of species regarded as indigenous in New Zealand which are also found in the North Temperate Zone.
Notebook (File [2])
Notebook containing a list of plants collected by R.M. Lester-Garland at Albany, Western Australia, in October - November 1921, a list of plants sent home by G.M. Lester-Garland or brought back by R.M. Lester-Garland from New Zealand in 1922, a list of plants sent home by R.M. Lester-Garland at Christmas 1922 from or near Nietta, North Tasmania, a second list of plants from the Nietta district, Tasmania, sent by R.M. Lester-Garland, May 1923, a third list of native plants mostly from Cradle Mountain sent by R.M. Lester-Garland, April 1924, a list of plants collected by R.M. Lester-Garland from New Zealand collected in winter, August 1924, a list of plants brought home by R.M. Lester-Garland from the Windsor district, near the foot of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Oct. 1924, a fourth list of Tasmanian plants from Nietta and Point Sorell, 1926-27 and a list of a few more plants from Nietta received January 1928.
Fonds. John Lindley Papers, 11 December 1843 - 1861
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Fonds [M758]. Albert Maingay Papers
Series. Notebook on the Malay names of plants
Arranged alphabetically, the entries give the botanical name, the Malay name, weight, colour, grain, hardness, split or otherwise in drying, specific gravity, price and uses. At the end of the notebook is a newspaper cutting with a report by Maingay on timber and wood conservancy in Malaya, 20 August 1865.
Fonds. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 26 October 1839 - 1965
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Fonds [M759]. Sir Ferdinand Von Mueller Papers, 1858 - 1896
Series. Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and George Bentham (3 vols.), 1858 - 1896
Correspondence. Volume 1 (folios 1-460), 1858 - 1870 (File [1])
Letters from von Mueller, the Director of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens, to George Bentham and Joseph Hooker, the Assistant Director and later Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Von Mueller was Bentham's principal collaborator on Flora Australiensis (1863-1878).
Correspondence. Volume 2 (folios 1-351), 1871 - 1881 (File [2])
Letters from von Mueller to Joseph Hooker and George Bentham.
Fonds MUN. William Munro Papers, 9 November 1844 - October 1877
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Fonds. William Perry Papers, 7 March 1881 - 20 June 1894
Fonds [M763]. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1802 - 1937
Series. Plant Lists, 1802 - 1937
Plant Lists. Volume 3, 1853 - 1868 (File [3])
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James Macrae: Malden Island and Charles Darwin: Albrahos Island, Coral Island, Fernando Noronha (Item ff.185-186)
John MacGillivray: Lord Howe Island, 1853 (Item ff.217-220)
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Plant Lists. Volume 8, 1850 - 1872 (File [8])
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Plant Lists. Volume 12, 1871 - 1879 (File [12])
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Rev. Thomas Powell: Samoa, 1874 - 1880 (Item ff.204-222)
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William Hann: Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 1873 (Item ff.269-270)
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William Gosse: Central Australia, 1874 (Item ff.271-275)
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Plant Lists. Volume 13, 1872 - 1880 (File [13])
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Frederick Burbidge: North Borneo, Sulu Archipelago, 1877 - 1878 (Item ff.16-22)
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Plant Lists. Volume 14, 1874 - 1886 (File [14])
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Gilgit Expeditition, 1886 (Item ff.16-19)
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John Duthie: North West India, 1885 - 1886 (Item ff.20-31)
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Plant Lists. Volume 15, 1841 - 1884 (File [15])
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James Murton: Singapore, 1881 - 1882 (Item ff.59-62)
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Nathaniel Cantley: Singapore, 1882 - 1884 (Item ff.63-70)
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Plant Lists. Volume 27, 1884 - 1896 (File [27])
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Henry Ridley: Singapore, Pahang, 1889 - 1891 (Item ff.117-123)
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Charles Creagh: Borneo, 1895 - 1896 (Item ff.181-187)
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Plant Lists. Volume 28, 1829 - 1895 (File [28])
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Daniel Yeoward: Fiji, 1894 - 1896 (Item ff.195-197)
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William Wharton: Solomon Islands, 1893 (Item ff.246-249)
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Plant Lists. Volume 49: Malaya, 1890 - 1918 (File [49])
Lists of plants collected in the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, North Borneo, Sarawak, Siam, the Netherlands East Indies and British New Guinea (Papua), 1890-1918...
Odoardo Beccari: Malaya (Item ff.134-146)
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George Haviland: Sarawak, 1893 (Item ff.174-191)
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George Haviland: Borneo, 1890 - 1891 (Item ff.192-222)
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Sijfert Koorders: Celebes, 1898 (Item ff.299-300)
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Carl Lauterbach: New Guinea, 1898 (Item ff.301-303)
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Friedrich Schlechter: Malaya, 1910 (Item ff.319-323)
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Plant Lists. Volume 50: Philippines, 1890 - 1918 (File [50])
Lists of plants collected in the Philippines between 1890 and 1918. The most substantial collection was assembled by the American botanist Elmer Merrill, who was the botanist in the Bureau of Agriculture in Manila from 1902 to 1924...
Plant Lists. Volume 51: Australia and New Zealand, 1896 - 1916 (File [51])
Lists of plants collected in Australia and New Zealand between 1897 and 1916...
Plant Lists. Volume 54: Australia and New Zealand, 1915 - 1937 (File [54])
Lists of plants collected in Australia and New Zealand between 1917 and 1938. The volume was microfilmed in its entirety.
Plant Lists. Volume 57: Malaya, 1913 - 1936 (File [57])
Lists of plants collected in the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, British North Borneo, Sarawak, the Netherlands East Indies, the Philippines and New Guinea between 1919 and 1938. The volume was filmed in its entirety apart from the section on Siam...
Fonds. Sir John Richardson Papers, 24 October 1839 - 5 February 1841
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Series [1]. Letters to Sir John Franklin, 24 October 1839 - 5 February 1841
Richardson (Haslar) to Sir John Franklin (Hobart), 24 October 1839 (Item ff.68-74)
Refers to Lady Franklin's arduous journey; family news; naval matters; collection of fish made at Port Arthur by Thomas Lempriere; conversations with John Montague about Van Diemen's Land; recommends Joseph Hooker, assistant surgeon on HMS Erebus; naval appointments.
Richardson to Sir John Franklin (Hobart), 5 February 1841 (Item ff.83-90)
Family news; scientific matters; changes in medical departments of the Royal Navy; publication of Franklin's paper on a Van Diemen's Land fish; Antarctic expedition; description of a collection of fish from Port Essington; local news.
Fonds HNR. Henry Ridley Papers, 1880 - 1954
Series [M767]. Material Copied from Multiple Series, 1887 - 1918
Material copied from multiple series within the Henry Ridley Papers. The series and file numbers have been identified.
Subseries [1]. Notebooks
Aroideae Malayanae (125pp.) (File HNR/4/1)
Notes on aroids written by Ridley when he was writing Flora of the Malay Archipelago. At the end of the volume is a list of specimens from the Herbarium sent to Kew Gardens in September 1901.
Book of travels (357pp.), 1887 - 1914 (File HNR/5/4)
The book describes Ridley's journeys to the islands of Fernando de Noronha near Brazil (1887), Pahang (1891), Taiping Hills in Perak, Gua Batu Caves in Selangor (1896), Mandau River in Sumatra (1897), British North Borneo (1898), Kinta Valley in Perak (1898) and Gunung Pulai in Johore (1904).
Botanical notebook (File HNR/3/1/1)
A notebook (unpaginated) with detailed descriptions of Malayan plants' localities where they were found, and bibliographical references.
Subseries [3]. Decorations and honours
Certificates and letters conferring honours on Ridley, 1892 - 1918 (File)
They include his appointment as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (1911), and honours conferred by such organisations as the Royal Society, the Zoological Society of London, the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, the Planters' Association of Malaya, and the Rubber Growers' Association.
Series HNR/2/1. Letters to H.N. Ridley, 1 July 1884 - 1954
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Letters to H.N. Ridley. Volume 2: CLE-GUR, 1886 - 1954 (File HNR/2/1/2)
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Letters to H.N. Ridley. Volume 3: HAS-LAW, 1886 - April 1954 (File)
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Letters to H.N. Ridley. Volume 5: PAG-SIM, February 1898 - 1919 (File HNR/2/1/5)
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Letters to H.N. Ridley. Volume 6: SKE-THI, 1 July 1884 - October 1951 (File HNR/2/1/6)
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Series HNR/4. Biological and Zoological Papers
The history of the gardens in the Malay Peninsula (part manuscript, part typescript, 308 pp.) (File HNR/4/11)
Inserted in the manuscript are photographs and newspaper cuttings and also two reprints: R. Hanitsch. Letters of Nathaniel Wallich relating to the establishment of the Botanic Gardens in Singapore, Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, December 1913, and H.N. Ridley. History of the evolution of the cultivated rubber industry, Bulletin of the Rubber Growers' Association, January 1928.
Series HNR/3/3. Life of a Naturalist - Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Most of the manuscripts were incorporated in Ridley's 'Life of a naturalist'. Filmed selectively.
Series HNR/3/2. Notebooks of Henry Ridley, 1880 - 1928
The notebooks contain drafts of articles, memoranda, lists, rough notes, extracts from books and articles, diary entries and accounts of journeys. Inserted in the books are published reports and articles, newspaper cuttings (including articles by or about Ridley), photographs and sketches. There is a rough index at the beginning of each volume.
Series [M773]. Material Copied from Multiple Series
Material copied from multiple series within the Henry Ridley Papers. The series and file numbers have been identified.
T.S. Lee, G. Ramage and H.N. Ridley. Of the Island of Fernando Noronha, 1887, and accounts of other expeditions (File HNR/5/5)
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Fonds [M773]. Sir William Thiselton-Dyer, 1893 - 1918
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Series [1]. Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 24 April 1893 - 4 April 1918
Due to the method of filming, the last page of some letters may run onto the next item.
Fonds [M773]. Lilly Wigg Papers, 1786 - 1817
Fonds. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1843 - 1928
Series. Miscellaneous Reports, 1843 - 1928
The records entitled 'Miscellaneous reports' form a major part of the official archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Arranged by subjects (including countries) they comprise not just reports but also correspondence, internal memoranda, official publications, legislation and regulations, pamphlets, and journal and newspaper articles.
Phylloxera. Bordeaux Congress, 1881 - 1882 (File 1.52)
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Malay Archipelago and Philippines (86 folios), 1876 - 1921 (File 6.2)
Correspondence and scientific papers, newspaper cuttings concerning inter alia Christmas Island, specimens of Strychnos Ignatii (St Ignatius beans) from the Philippines, and Manila hemp.
Federated Malay States. Administration and products (folios 1-331), 1882 - 1905 (File 6.21)
Government gazettes, reports concerning the appointment of a Director of Agriculture and superintendents of experimental plantations. (ff. 1-66)...
Federated Malay States. Department of Agriculture (folios 1-514), 1901 - 1916 (File 6.21)
Correspondence relating to appointments in the Department of Agriculture, including the positions of superintendent of experimental plantations, economic botanist and mycologist. (ff. 1-442)...
Federated Malay States. Miscellaneous (146 folios), 1902 - 1916 (File 6.21)
Publications, government reports and correspondence relating to tropical diseases such as beri-beri and pellagra, the distribution of plant seeds and dried plants, the rubber and tobacco industries, and the eradication of water hyacinth.
Federated Malay States. Miscellaneous (354 folios), 1903 - 1928 (File 6.21)
Publications, government regulations and correspondence concerning the appointment of a Conservator of Forests and other appointments, diseases of rubber trees, the proposed Rubber Producers' Corporation, imports of seeds, the supply of Sapucaia nuts and other subjects.
Federated Malay States. Rubber research (folios 1-175), 1917 - 1928 (File 6.21)
Correspondence and official reports concerning the rubber industry in Malaya, including meetings of officials with the Rubber Growers Association.
Federated Malay States. Rubber research (folios 176-294), 1917 - 1928 (File 6.21)
Correspondence, regulations concerning the rubber industry in Malaya, including rubber research and the appointment of a director and other officers of the Rubber Research Institute.
Malaya. Gutta-percha (263 folios), 1876 - 1904 (File 6.21)
Correspondence, official publications and journal articles concerning the development of gutta-percha in Malaya, the Straits Settlements and North Borneo.
Malaya. Rubber research (342 folios), 1852 - 1908 (File 6.21)
Reports, correspondence and journal articles and other publications relating to gutta-percha, rubber cultivation in Malaya, the Straits Settlements and Borneo, Heva Brasiliensis in the Malay Peninsula, experimental tapping of Para Rubber trees, and related topics.
Singapore. Botanic Gardens (610 folios), 1874 - 1917 (File 6.21)
Government reports, regulations, journal articles and other publications and correspondence about the Singapore Botanical Library, the despatch of plants and other specimens, research, the publication of Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, and the appointment of botanists, curators, gardeners and other staff.
Singapore. Botanic Gardens (163 folios), 1911 - 1928 (File 6.21)
Correspondence and publications relating to appointments, including the director of the Botanic Gardens (1925) and the despatch of plants, and annual reports of the director (1916-28).
Straits Settlements. Cultural products (364 folios), 1869 - 1909 (File 6.21)
Report of a visit to the Cocos-Keeling Islands (1885) and papers on the rubber, tea and coffee industries, sugar cane, fibres and other products in the Straits Settlements, Johore and Selangor.
Straits Settlements. Forests, 13 May 1884 - 4 December 1900 (File 6.21)
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Robert Meade (Colonial Office) to William Thiselton-Dyer, 13 May 1884 (Item 46-65)
Sends report from Governor on conservation and cultivation of forests, and subsequent correspondence.
Robert Meade to William Thiselton-Dyer, 27 January 1886 (Item ff.81-86)
Appointment of assistant superintendent of forests at Malacca, and subsequent correspondence.
Sir Cecil Smith (Singapore) to Director, 7 December 1887 (Item 126-36)
Leave granted to Nathaniel Cantley from Botanic Gardens; position of R. Derry, and subsequent correspondence.
R. Derry (Singapore). Minute on forestry in the Straits Settlements, 3 Nov. 1893, and subsequent correspondence and minutes, 1893 - 1894 (Item ff.155-204)
Netherlands East Indies. Cultural products (146 folios), 1870 - 1906 (File 6.3)
Pamphlets, journal and newspaper articles (in Dutch and English), and associated correspondence relating to the Netherlands East Indies. The subjects include the trade and commerce of Java, cinchona cultivation in Java, cinchona bark and quinine in Java, kapok and its products, the sugar industry in Java, coffee and sugar cane diseases, Sumatran tobacco.
Borneo. Cultural products (311 folios), 1844 - 1913 (File 6.4)
Official publications, journal and newspaper articles and correspondence mostly relating to British North Borneo. The subjects include the resources of British North Borneo, coffee, cocoa and tropical products of British North Borneo, coconut planting, agriculture, tobacco production, the sugar industry, pepper cultivation and timber production in Labuan and British North Borneo.
New Guinea, Fiji and the Pacific Islands (folios 1-160), 1850 - 1928 (File 6.5)
Official reports, newspaper articles, memoranda and correspondence mostly relating to British New Guinea (Papua). The subjects include exploration in New Guinea, particularly the expedition of Henry Forbes (1885-86), the annexation of British New Guinea (1888), trade, experimental cultivation of imported coffee seeds, sisal fibres and other plants in New Guinea, forest resources of New Guinea, and Fijian plant names.
New Guinea, Fiji and the Pacific Islands (folios 161-304), 1850 - 1928 (File 6.5)
Official publications, correspondence, journal and newspaper articles on subjects such as plant collecting in the Pacific, the transfer of the Pitcairn Islanders to Norfolk Island, poison plants from the New Hebrides, fibres in the Society Islands, coffee planting in the Hawaiian Islands, cacao planting in Samoa, sugar cane diseases and Tahitian vanilla.
New South Wales and Victoria. Miscellaneous (176 folios), 1866 - 1928 (File 7.1/1)
Official publications, correspondence and articles, mostly relating to New South Wales. The subjects include Australian woods, the Dorrigo Forest Reserve, turpentine timber, the Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum of New South Wales, the Professorship of Botany at Sydney University, the Sydney Botanic Gardens, the Melbourne Botanic Gardens and the visit of Arthur Hill to Australia (1927).
Queensland and Western Australia. Miscellaneous (199 folios), 1848 - 1928 (File 7.1/2)
Official papers and publications, correspondence, articles and booklets on matters relating to economic botany in Queensland and Western Australia. The subjects include Queensland timbers, timber cultivation on Fraser Island, forest conservancy, the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, and jarrah and karri timber in Western Australia.
Queensland. Brisbane Botanic Gardens (folios 1-112), 1873 - 1919 (File 7.2/3)
Official publications, correspondence, journal and newspaper articles mainly on the Brisbane Botanical Gardens, including the receipt of plants and seeds, the dismissal of James Pink as head gardener (1886), the position of Colonial Botanist, and the condition of the Botanical Gardens.
Queensland. Brisbane Botanic Gardens (folios 113-377), 1873 - 1919 (File 7.2/4)
Correspondence, reports and newspaper cuttings relating to the Brisbane Botanical Gardens, the Queensland Colonial Botanist, botanical gardens in regional towns and the Queensland Acclimatisation Society.
Queensland. Botanical exploration, 1861 - 1865 (File 7.2/5)
Correspondence between Sir William Hooker (Kew), Sir Frederic Rogers (Colonial Office), W.G. Romaine (Admiralty), Sir George Bowen (Brisbane) and John Carnegie (Moreton Bay) concerning botanical specimens collected in Queensland...
Queensland. Cultural products (332 folios), 1876 - 1905 (File 7.2/6)
Official papers, scientific publications, correspondence, journal and newspaper articles on trade and agriculture, sugar, rubber and tobacco production, viticulture, timber, bark and fibres, tropical staples and other subjects.
Queensland. Miscellaneous papers (folios 1-107) (File 7.2/7)
Official publications, scientific publications and newspaper articles on miscellaneous subjects, including the sugar industry and prickly pear.
Queensland. Miscellaneous papers (folios 108-292) (File 7.2/8)
Official reports and other papers, legislation, correspondence and newspaper articles on miscellaneous subjects, including the procurement of plants from overseas, the Bureau of Sugar, experiment stations, cycadaceous plants, poisonous plants, prickly pear, and the Brisbane Museum.
Queensland. Plant diseases, 1878 - 1901 (File 7.2/9)
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South Australia. Botanical exploration, 22 May 1846 - 24 August 1887 (File 7.5/1)
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South Australia. Miscellaneous (177 folios), 1849 - 1927 (File 7.5/2)
Official reports, publications, journal and newspaper articles and correspondence on miscellaneous subjects including Para grass, cork oaks, China grass, olives and mulberries, and coorongite.
New South Wales. Miscellaneous (folios 1-185), 1869 - 1913 (File 7.6/1)
Official reports, journal and newspaper articles and correspondence on miscellaneous subjects, including specimens for Kew Gardens and Sydney Botanic Gardens, exchanges of books and periodicals, the resources of Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island, crop diseases, fruit trees and grasses.
New South Wales. Miscellaneous (folios 186-284), 1869 - 1913 (File 7.6/2)
Official reports, correspondence and journal and newspaper cuttings on miscellaneous subjects including pasture herbs, resins, rubber, silkworm culture, sugar cultivation and noxious weeds.
Sydney. Technological Museum, 1879 - 1889 (File 7.6/4)
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Charles Robinson (Sydney) to William Thiselton-Dyer, 16 Oct. 1879: fibres donated to Technological Museum and subsequent correspondence, 1879 - 1882 (Item ff.1-7)
William Thiselton-Dyer (Kew) to Saul Samuel, 21 May 1881: despatch of specimens to Prof. Alfred Liversidge and subsequent correspondence, 1881 - 1882 (Item ff.24-32)
William Thiselton-Dyer to Sir Saul Samuel, 18 May 1883 (Item ff.70-73)
Despatch of specimens for Technological Museum.
William Thiselton-Dyer to Sir Saul Samuel, 24 August 1883 (Item ff.82-101)
Despatch of specimens and subsequent correspondence and lists.
Joseph Maiden (Sydney) to John Jackson, 14 June 1884 (Item ff.114-125)
Procurement of Australian botanical specimens and subsequent correspondence, 1884.
Alfred Roberts (Sydney) to Assistant Director: acknowledges specimens of woods, 12 October 1886 (Item ff.181-194)
Melbourne. Sir Ferdinand von Mueller, 1853 - 1896 (File 7.7/3)
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Frederick Peel to Sir William Hooker, 4 March 1854 (Item ff.23-28)
Report of Victorian Government Botanist on vegetation of the colony.
John Ball (Colonial Office) to Sir William Hooker, 4 May 1855 (Item ff.49-50)
Report by von Mueller on journey to Omeo.
Victoria. Miscellaneous, 11 July 1865 - 1916 (File 7.7/5)
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Sir Ferdinand von Mueller (Melbourne) to William Thiselton-Dyer, Easter 1889, and subsequent correspondence and newspaper cuttings, 1889 - 1915 (Item ff.125-159)
Peter McBride (London) to the Director, 18 Nov. 1915, and earlier and subsequent correspondence, 1872 - 1916 (Item ff.166-194)
New Zealand. Flax (234 folios), 1907 - 1921 (File 8/1)
Descriptions of phormium tenax (flax) and correspondence, reports and photographs on the cultivation of flax, supply of specimens to Kew Gardens, the uses of flax, yellow leaf disease and related matters.
New Zealand. Miscellaneous (379 folios), 1864 - 1913 (File 8/2)
Official reports, correspondence, journal and newspaper articles on miscellaneous subjects, including botanic gardens and herbariums in New Zealand, plants and books sent to Kew Gardens, collections of flora, the encouragement of minor industries, legislation relating to fruit diseases, kumara (New Zealand yam), potato beetle, flax, and sericulture in New Zealand.
New Zealand and Tasmania. Miscellaneous (212 folios), 1843 - 1928 (File 8/3)
Official reports, legislation, correspondence, notes, journal and newspaper articles miscellaneous subjects, including tree seeds, New Zealand timbers, kauri gum, the Royal Society of Tasmania, fruit diseases in Tasmania, Tasmanian woods and the Tasmanian Museum and Botanical Gardens.
Fiji. Cultural products, volume 1 (182 folios), 1879 - 1902 (File 9.3/1)
Official reports, correspondence, journal and newspaper articles on miscellaneous subjects, including banana plants, banana diseases, cacao, rubber, cocoa nut and cotton.
Fiji. Cultural products, volume 2 (folios 1-233), 1879 - 1902 (File 9.3/2)
Legislation, correspondence, journal and newspaper articles on miscellaneous subjects, including diseases of plants, fibres, ginger, rubber, sugar cane and sugar cane diseases.
Fiji. Cultural products, volume 2 (folios 234-289), 1878 - 1902 (File 9.3/3)
Correspondence and newspaper articles concerning the cultivation of tobacco, the use of tonga as a remedy for neuralgia, vanilla and Fijian woods.
Fiji. Botanic Station (168 folios), 1860 - 1900 (File 9.3/4)
Correspondence, legal papers and newspaper articles on the appointment of a curator of the botanical gardens in Fiji (1889), coffee leaf disease, legal cases relating to the property of the Great Amalgam on Viti Levu (1882), and coconut cultivation.
Fiji. Botanic Station, Agricultural Department (330 folios), 1901 - 1919 (File 9.3/5)
Official reports, correspondence and journal articles on the work of the Department of Agriculture, cacao, coconut experiments, plant diseases, fibre plants, sisal hemp, banana plantations, the despatch of banana suckers from Kew Gardens and Fijian soils.
Series [M787]. Maps
Allan Cunningham (File)
Chart of the north east coast of Australia from the tropic of Torres Strait, n.d. (Item 1)
Reduced from the rough uncorrected plan formed during the Mermaid's second voyage to its north and north-west coasts by Lieut. Phillip P. King. 12" x 7 3/4".
[The Castlereagh River and marshes of the Macquarie River] (Item 5)
Botanical and geographical notes, n.d. 20 3/4" x 22 3/4".
A rough sketch of a portion of the interior of New South Wales situate between Hunter River and Moreton Bay (Item 6)
Constructed from various observations taken during the progress of journeys performed in the winter months of 1827 and 1828. Camp sites, botanical and geographical descriptions. Superimposed on a map of the interior discoveries hitherto made in N.S.W. by John Oxley, 1824. 18" x 39".
Classified maps (File)
[Gerard] Versteeg, n.d. (Item 6.5B)
Dutch expedition to New Guinea. Route taken by Versteeg. Printed map with manuscript additions. 12" x 8 1/2".
John S. Roe (Item 7.4A)
Explorations in the interior of Western Australia between September 1848 and February 1849. Two sheets. 22" x 15", 15" x 22".