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Official Guide To The Museums Of Economic Botany No 2 Monocotyledons And Cryptogams
1895009175London Sold At The Royal Gardens Kew Printed For Her Majesty's Stationery Office By Eyre And Spottiswoode Printers To The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty c1886-1895 1895. Hardcover. Good. pages 7-249 1-118 ; 19 cm ; OCLC 7852602 ; no title pages as bound in this apparent offprint. ; Copy of V.S. Rao ; Dr. Vallurupalli Sivaji Rao an eminant weed scientist credited with significant long-lasting contributions to the field of weed science for over 35 years was born on December 6 1940 in Gudlavalleru Andhra Pradesh India. He received Bachelors degree in Agricultural Science from Karnataka University Dharwar India in 1961 and Masters degree in Agronomy from Osmania University Hyderabad India in 1963. After working as a Research Fellow of Council of Scientific and Industrial research Government of India and Agronomist for the Rockefeller Foundation India he went to Cornell university Ithaca NY USA in 1969 and graduated with a Ph.D. degree in 1973 majoring in Weed Science. He followed it up with a three-year stint as Research Associate in the Department of Seed anad Vegetable Sciences at Cornell. His book Principles of Weed Science published in 1983 has been a very popular reference-cum-textbook in weed science in India. ; "The collections occupy three separate buildings within the Royal Botanic Gardens MUSEUM NO I overlooks the Ornamental Water and is directly opposite to the Palm Stove MUSEUM No II is at the northern end of the Herbaceous ground three minutes walk from No I MUSEUM NO III devoted chiefly to specimens of Timber and large articles unsuited for exhibition in the glazed cases of the other Museums occupies the building formerly known as the Orangery at the north extremity of the Broad Walk leading to the Ornamental Water and Palm Stove For an account of the object origin and arrangement of the Museums reference may be made to the introduction to the Guide to Museum No I The building now known as No II Museum was the original starting point of the whole series of museums at Kew The first guide to its contents was published by Sir William Hooker at his own cost in 1855 The following history of the present building is extracted from it In the year 1847 Her Majesty Queen Victoria was graciously pleased to command that those grounds at Kew which had been devoted to the kitchen and forcing department of the Palace should be added to the Royal Botanic Garden together with the stoves and other buildings An excellent brick structure occupied in part by the dwelling of one of the foremen and in part as rooms for preserving fruit for the use of the Palace was thereby vacated and it occurred to the Director that with a little alteration this might be made a deposit for all kinds of useful and curious vegetable products which neither the living plants of the Garden nor the speci mens in the Herbarium could exhibit and that such collection would render great service not only to the scientific botanist but to the merchant the manufacturer the physician a the chemist the druggist the dyer the carpenter and cabinet maker and artisans of every description who might here find the raw material and to a certain extent also the manu factured or prepared article employed in their several professions correctly named and accompanied by some account the specimen or recorded to of its origin history native country & c either attached to suggestion was communicated to the heads of the Establish ment the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods and Forests leave was asked to convert the building at first in part into a Museum and orders were given for one large room to be formed with a gallery side lights and skylight and fitted up with glazed mural and table cases The foundation of the Museum consisted of the Director's private collection pre sented by himself some few objects already belonging to the Garden chiefly fruits and seeds and some given by Mr John Smith whose son Mr Alexander Smith received the appointment of Curator ." ; 1.2 read leather with decorative papers ; wear ; else G <br/> <br/> [London Sold At The Royal Gardens Kew, Printed For Her Majesty's Stationery Office By Eyre And Spottiswoode Printers To The Quee hardcover
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