Papers read before the Philosophical Society and the Chamber of Manufactures
By: by R. Schomburgk
Publisher: W.C. Cox
Published: 1873
Place of publication: Adelaide
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Victoria amazonica; Forests and forestry; Arrow poisons; Sunflowers; Ethnobotany; Silkworms; Diseases; Cereal rusts; Poisonous plants
Notes: Title on spine: Schomburgk's lectures.
Table of contents: title: Influence of forests on climate.; title: Forest reserves and planting trees on railways and ordinary roads.; title: The Victoria Regina.; title: On the cultivation of the sunflower.; title: On the Urari: the deadly arrow poison of the Indian tribes of British Guiana.; title: The culture of tobacco.; title: The cause of disease in silkworms.; title: The uses and properties of plants.; title: Rust in cereals.; title: Poisonous plants.; title: Capabilities of the various districts in the Colony.