New reading list added to Further Reading page Kew, economic botany and empire
New book on woods in the Economic Botany Collection Extensively illustrated guide to mahogany, by Pete Gasson and Lydia White. Details from Kewbooks.com
Economic Botany Collection joins London's Museums of Health and Medicine
The EBC is delighted to join this very active member-led organisation Added 5 December 2007Survey of Economic Botany/Ethnobotany Collections Letter (Word file) and Excel files one and two from Missouri Botanical Garden.
Kew's model indigo factory on display again
After 30 years in storage, the Economic Botany Collection's remarkable 1886 model of an Indian Indigo factory is on display in the Plants+People exhibition, open every day in Museum No. 1. We are keen to know the location of any similar models. Larger picture
09.08.08 - Article appears in Calcutta Telegraph
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