Catalogue description Economic Botany Collection

This collection comprises eight bound volumes gathering together printed paper reports, press cuttings, photographs, and manuscripts relating to Economic Botany. Some relate in particular to medicinal plants such as Leprosy Plants, African Arrow Poison and Camphor. The others relate to other uses of plants, either for consumption such as Cocoa and for a wider usage such as Palm Oil. One particular volume deals with Fruit Fly and its effect on fruit crops.

Each volume represents a single series on its own: ECB/1/1 treats with Leprosy plants (1920-1928); ECB/2/1 Africa Arrow Poison (1876-1901); ECB/3/1 Fruit fly (1896-1908) and its effect on fruit crops; ECB/4/1 Cacao (1913-1928); ECB/5/1 Efwata-kala Grass (1921-1925); ECB/6/1 Camphor (1892-1928); ECB/7/1 Pita (1902-1925); ECB/8/1 Oil Palm (1876-1913).

Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated

Restrictions on use: This collection is subject to the standard access and reproduction conditions of the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew. Access is unrestricted. Reproduction information is available on request.

Unknown. The volumes have been artificially bound together by the Library at RBG Kew.

Custodial history: It his thought that the volumes existed previously as loose records and were bound together in volumes by the RBG Library and given a subject title; some volumes contain a note mentioning that they contain 'manuscripts and reprints bound together'. They were also given a Library classification number which appears on the spine consisting of numbers and sometimes of numbers and letters, according to the subject classification they belonged to.

No further accruals expected

• Oil and gas
• Disease
• Weapons
• Africa