- GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/16
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- 12/9/1912
Part of George H. Cave Collection
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Part of George H. Cave Collection
Correspondence pertaining to Smith's work on Sikkim material, remounting
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Correspondence pertaining to the collecting of Ellipanthus.
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Description and arrangement by G. Simpson - August 2023.
2 Boxes.
Box 1: Contains folders, GB 235/CAV/1/1 [Correspondence][GB 235/CAV/1/1 is split into two physical folders], GB 235/CAV/1/2 [Cultivation], and GB 235/CAV/1/3 [Management]. Material relates entirely to George Cave's administration of Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling, with the exception of item GB 235/CAV/1/1/1, which is a journal entry by Cave when travelling to India in 1896.
Box 2: GB 235/CAV/2 - Contains Folders that relate to various expeditions led by Cave from Lloyd botanic garden, Darjeeling, to Sikkim. Letters, Maps, Diaries, Notes.
Cave, George H.
Identification of Specimens Collected by G. H. Cave in the Zemu and Llonakh Valleys of Sikkim, 1947
Part of George H. Cave Collection
ledger, Lists of plant names, where collected in Sikkim, date of collection of specimen and seed
Part of George H. Cave Collection
141 pages. Bound ledger with printed columns, labelled: 'Serial Number', 'Name of Plant', 'Divin. of Sikkim', 'Where collected', 'Date of Coll. of specimen', 'Serial No. in Herbm.', 'Serial No. in Ind. Gdn.'
Pages arranged by plant family.
Notebook, ms. lists of plants (provisional checklist of plants of Sikkim, Darjeeling)
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Notes of itinerary route into Sikkim [Cave + Watt tour 1925?]
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Date May 1925. - Material is not dated with a year but is most likely 1925 on account of item CAV/2/2/1 (Letter of permission for Cave and Watt to travel 15 days in Sikkim) - this itinerary was originally filed alongside the letter (2/2/1)
16th Darjeeling to Jorebungalow
17th Jorebunglow to ‘Tonglo’, now Tonglu
18th to Sandakphu
19th to ‘Phallal’? - Phalut
20th to Dentam
21st to ‘Peirnionchi’ - now Pemayangtse Monastery?
22nd to ‘Timi’ or Temi
23rd to ‘Shomdang’ or now Samdong
24th to ‘Gangtok’, Gangtok
25th to ‘Karponang’, Pusum (Karponang bungalow enroute to Nathula Pass, east of Gangtok)
26th Changu
27/28th? Gnathang
29th Rhenak
30th Kalimpong