2 labels for identifying part of the process of India Rubber / Gutta Percha production and 7 book plates on note paper forming a small collection.
Book plates: Churchill Babington, John Hutton Balfour, Henry Collins, Daniel Cresswell, Sir Compton Domvile, William Watson and 1 unidentified.
Accrual: Article: 'India Rubber' by James Collins, formerly Government Economic Botanist and Librarian, Straits Settlement, etc. as published in 'The Cottager and Artisan', September 1897, pp.107-108, published by the Religious Tract Society, London. Also, a card with a poem on it: 'The Twins' by J. Rushton, on the back of which is a Note about the opening hours of the India Office Museum.
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Taxonomy
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Scope note(s)
a division of botany that deals with the utilization of plants
Source note(s)
“Economic botany.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/economic%20botany. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.
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Hierarchical terms
Botany, Economic
Botany, Economic
NT dye plants
NT gutta percha
NT India Rubber
NT tea
Equivalent terms
Botany, Economic
UF Economic Botany