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Ref NoMCR/1/2/1
Alt Ref NoMR/49
geographical classification 1.27
TitlePhylloxera: Berne Convention
DescriptionManuscript letters, printed documents and press cuttings regarding the Berne Convention Respecting Measures To Be Taken Against Phylloxera Vastatrix. Includes letters to Joseph Hooker and Thiselton-Dyer, with letters from Thiselton-Dyer.

Volume is arranged in the following sections:

---- General Correspondence ----
(Ff1-126) Papers regarding the Berne Convention including the authority of the Royal Horticultural Society to authorise the export of live plants from Britain. Includes correspondence between the Foreign Office and Kew, and letters by A Groke, Chairman Royal Horticultural Society, and Horace Rumbold, among others. With copy of memorandum by Joseph Hooker regarding the destruction of vines at Kew. Includes the following printed documents:

- CONVENTION INTERNATIONALE POUR LES MESURES A PRENDRE CONTRE LE PHYLLOXERA VASTATRIX

- RÈGLEMENT D'EXÉCUTION CONCERNANT LES MESURES CONTRE LE PHYLLOXERA. (DU 18 AVRIL 1878)

- CONVENTION PHYLLOXÉRIQUE INTERNATIONALE. (CONCLUE LE 3 NOVEMBRE 1881)

- MESSAGE DU CONSEIL FÉDÉRAL A L'ASSEMBLÉE FÉDÉRALE CONCERNANT LA RÉVISION DE LA CONVENTION PHYLLOXÉRIQUE INTERNATIONALE. (DU 6 DÉCEMBRE 1881).

---- Regulations of Foreign States ----
Papers regarding the regulations of the following countries relating to the prevention of phylloxera vastatrix.

-- Austria-Hungary --
(Ff127-129).

-- Belgium --
(Ff130-160) Includes printed document:

- MINISTÈRES DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES ET DE L'INTÉRIEUR. CONVENTION PHYLLOXÉRIQUE DE BERNE. MESURES D'EXÉCUTION (Bruxelles: Imprimerie AD. Mertens, 1882).

-- France --
(Ff161-201).

-- Germany --
(Ff202-290) Includes letters from Max Leichtlin.

-- Greece --
(Ff291-296).

-- Holland --
(Ff297-306).

-- Italy --
(Ff307-314).

-- Luxembourg --
(Ff315-316).

-- Portugal --
(Ff317-318).

-- Roumania [Romania] --
(Ff319-325).

-- Russia --
(Ff326-335).

-- Spain (See also under Portugal) --
(Ff336-340).

-- Switzerland --
(Ff341-347).

-- Turkey --
(Ff348).
Date14 Mar 1877-13 Jul 1893
SubjectPhylloxera
Plant parasites
FormatManuscript papers
Published documents
Press cuttings
Collection TitleMiscellaneous Reports
LevelFile
Extent1 volume
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Associated persons and organisations
CodeNameDates
DS/UK/89Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817-1911); Knight; Botanist and second director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew1817-1911
DS/UK/90Thiselton-Dyer; Sir; William (1843-1928); Knight; British botanist and third director of Kew1843-1928
DS/UK/392United Kingdom; Royal Horticultural Society; 1804 -.1804 -.
DS/UK/321United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Foreign Office; 1782-19681782-1968
DS/UK/393Rumbold; Sir; Horace (1829-1913); 8th Baronet1829-1913
DS/UK/395The International Phylloxera Convention; 18811881
DS/UK/396The International Phylloxera Convention; 18781878
DS/UK/397Groke; A (fl 1880); Chairman of the Royal Horticultural Societyfl 1880
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