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Letter from A.J. Karslake to Sir William Thiselton-Dyer; from Mahadova [Mahadowa], Lunugala, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]; 14 Nov 1883; one page letter comprising one image; folio 146

Date Updated: 5 March 2013

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Letters (Correspondence)
Creator
Karslake, A.J.
Date
18831114
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors' Correspondence 163/146
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
By this mail, Karslake is sending Thiselton-Dyer some more photographs that may interest him. They depict a Cocoa tree, a Ceara [rubber] tree and the estate showing the Cinchonas growing amongst the coffee. They are having a very hard struggle with the almost entire failure of the coffee and the terrible fall in the price of bark, but the Ceylon [Sri Lanka] planters are fighting against this and will shortly 'surprise the world' with the quantity of tea they will put into the home market. Karlsake was awarded the silver medal for his tea at the Colombo Agricultural show and hopes to get a good medal in Calcutta [Kolkata]. They planted one and three quarter million Ledger [C. ledgeriana] and hybrids on the Company's Estate last year and shall plant over a million again this year. Page 1 of 1.
Identifier
KDCAS1347
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
1 image
Pages
1

Date Updated: 28 February 2011

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Resource Type
Letters (Correspondence)
Creator
Karslake, A.J.
Date
1883-11-14
Source
Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Relation
Directors' Correspondence 163/146
Attribution
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
By this mail, Karslake is sending Thiselton-Dyer some more photographs that may interest him. They depict a Cocoa tree, a Ceara [rubber] tree and the estate showing the Cinchonas growing amongst the coffee. They are having a very hard struggle with the almost entire failure of the coffee and the terrible fall in the price of bark, but the Ceylon [Sri Lanka] planters are fighting against this and will shortly 'surprise the world' with the quantity of tea they will put into the home market. Karlsake was awarded the silver medal for his tea at the Colombo Agricultural show and hopes to get a good medal in Calcutta [Kolkata]. They planted one and three quarter million Ledger [C. ledgeriana] and hybrids on the Company's Estate last year and shall plant over a million again this year. Page 1 of 1.
Identifier
KDCAS1347
Collection name
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Archives: Directors' Correspondence
Format extent (length/size)
1 image
Pages
1
Letter from A.J. Karslake to Sir William Thiselton-Dyer; from Mahadova [Mahadowa], Lunugala, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]; 14 Nov 1883; one page letter comprising one image; folio 146 View Larger
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