Seeds - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 65647 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Hibiscus abelmoschus | Entry Book Number | ||
Artefact Name | Seeds | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | Dominica | TDWG Region | Dominica | ||
Parts Held | Seeds | Geography Description | Dominica | ||
Uses | SeedsUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
Donor | Botanic Garden Dominica | Donor No | |||
Donor Date | 00/00/1925 | Donor Notes | |||
Collector | Collector No | ||||
Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
Number Components | Publication | ||||
Notes: | Label source: Letter 28, 1926 XVI p.173 - Sample of Musk Ochra seeds from Bot Gard Dominica (letter No 798 of 31st Dec 1925) submitted for report. The sample has been submitted to Messrs Bowyer & Bartleet. Produce Brokers, 147 Fenchurch Street London EC, ., who report that a consignment of two barrels each containing 1cwt of the seed from Grenada realised 2s 6d per lb at a recent Drug Sale in London. The present demand for these seeds is fairly good, but somewhat restricted. A better quality than the sa, mple submitted is occasionally received from the Seychelles. The firm mentioned would be prepared to handle any seeds exported from Dominica. |