Bound manuscript entitled 'Sect. 7. Cattle, Green Crops' , c 1790
Scope and Contents
A large bound manuscript volume entitled 'Sect. 7. Cattle, Green Crops'. Given the title, this text, whilst complete in itself, must be part of a multivolume set.
Section headings:
- 'The Soil & Climate of the Highlands'
- 'The State of the Highland Cattle during Winter'
- 'The grasses and green Crops proper to be cultivated in the Highlands'
- 'Crops for dry Provender: 1. Clover &am; Ryegrass; 2 Phleum Pratense Cats tails grass, or Timothy grass; 3 Holcus Lanalus. Soft grass; 4 Avena Elatior. Tall Oat grass; 5 Aira Caerulia'
- 'Crops for Green Forage: 1 Turneps; [2] Turnep Cabbage”; 3 Cabbage; 4 Borecole; 5 Mangel Wurzel'
- 'General Remarks'
Dates
- Creation: c 1790
Creator
- Walker, John, 1731-1803 (professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh and clergyman) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
A large folio volume bound in contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, front board detached. 29 leaves with text to versos only, plus several blanks.
Extent
1 bound MS volume
Custodial History
The paper is watermarked ‘Curteis & Son’. Curties bought the lease to the papermill at Carshalton in 1776. Around a decade later, he was working with his son, so this manuscript probably dates from around 1790.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased in October 2018 (along with Coll-205/8). Accession no SC-Acc-2018-0210.
Physical Description
A large folio volume bound in contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, front board detached. 29 leaves with text to versos only, plus several blanks.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in January 2019, using information from the seller.
Creator
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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