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Unpublished paper, 'Contributions to our knowledge of the poison plants of Western Australia. Part I - Cygnine [Gastrolobium]' by E A Mann and W H Ince

Reference number: AP/77/6

Date: 1905

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The authors write: 'The State of Western Australia has for many years had an unenviable reputation by reason of the large numbers of indigenous plants which, by their poisonous properties, have caused heavy losses are estimated by the Agricultural Department at about £15,000 to £20,000 per annum. Mr Jas Drummond, in 1842, was the first to make a comprehensive report on these plants. Since then other references may be found from time to time. In July, 1895, the West Australian Government Bureau of Agriculture proposed to initiate a full enquiry into the properties of these plants, and placed the matter in the hands of Mr S S Dougall (Municipal Chemist).'

Annotations in pencil throughout.

Subject: Botany / Toxicology

Received 14 February 1906. Read 22 February 1906. Communicated by Norman Collie.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 79 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B as 'Contributions to our knowledge of the poison plants of Western Australia'.

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AP/77/6
Earliest possible date
1905
Physical description
Ink and coloured pencil on paper
Page extent
47 pages
Format
Typescript

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E A Mann

W H Ince

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E A Mann, W H Ince, Unpublished paper, 'Contributions to our knowledge of the poison plants of Western Australia. Part I - Cygnine [Gastrolobium]' by E A Mann and W H Ince, 1905, AP/77/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_77_6/unpublished-paper-contributions-to-our-knowledge-of-the-poison-plants-of-western-australia-part-i-cygnine-gastrolobium-by-e-a-mann-and-w-h-ince, accessed on 23 June 2025

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