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Botany, Plant Collecting

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The acquisition of plant specimens for the purposes of research, cultivation, or as a hobby. Plant specimens may be kept alive, but are more commonly dried and pressed to preserve the quality of the specimen.

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Botany, Plant Collecting

Botany, Plant Collecting

NT Vasculum

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Botany, Plant Collecting

UF plant hunting
UF plant collecting

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Botany, Plant Collecting

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26 Archival description results for Botany, Plant Collecting

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Correspondence from Smith discussing prospects for the further collection of specimens with Rumu and Riba

GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/15 · Item · 31/7/1912

Part of George H. Cave Collection

Correspondence from Smith, thanking Cave for received seed packets

GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/12 · Item · 13/3/1912

Part of George H. Cave Collection

Correspondence from Smith, thanking Cave for seed and requesting further material

GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/17 · Item · 28/10/1912

Part of George H. Cave Collection

Correspondence from Smith, thanking Cave for the sending of 5 specimen boxes. Correspondence on what pertains to a 'Science Degree', questions on the value of a degree

GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/14 · Item · 23/5/1912

Part of George H. Cave Collection

Correspondence from Wright Smith to Cave, asking on behalf of third part for information on Sikkim Flora.

GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/5 · Item · 4/10/1911

Part of George H. Cave Collection

Correspondence pertaining Smith's forwarding of J. S. Gamble's letter regarding East Himalayan Bamboo, contains list by Mr. Gamle on 'Bamboos of the genus Arundinaria

GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/8 · Item · 2/12/1911

Part of George H. Cave Collection

Correspondence pertaining Smith's request of Cave's note regarding 'Maling bamboo', Request for further Ellipanthus material, Requests Information on the locality which Hooker regres to as 'Mon Lepcha', Wright Smith outlines further work done at Kew on Cave's material

GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/7 · Item · 30/11/1911

Part of George H. Cave Collection

Correspondence pertaining to duplicates of Cave's and Ribu and Rumu's collected material, Sent from Royal Botanic Garden, Sibpur

GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/2 · Item · 30/6/1911

Part of George H. Cave Collection

Correspondence pertaining to how collected material is attributed to either Cave or Ribu and Rohmoo

GB 235 CAV/1/1/7/5 · Item · 7/3/1957

Part of George H. Cave Collection

Correspondence pertaining to Smith's month at home - London-, Work done at Kew relating to collected material from Sikkim, Sent from Kew herbarium

GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/4 · Item · 20/9/1911

Part of George H. Cave Collection