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Guest Post from Jasmine Shadrack 'on transcribing'
Dr Jasmine Hazel Shadrack Dr Alexander Anderson’s Plant Catalogue really is a thing of beauty. Not only does it do an excellent job of...
Christina Welch
Apr 14, 20252 min read


Glue and Ink
This post relates to the dried and pressed specimens of plants that were sent to London by Anderson and are housed in the Herbarium of...
Christina Welch
Apr 6, 20252 min read


Soufriere Tree
Enough money has been raised to start the Botanical Illustrations for the Guidebook, so a huge thanks to those who have donated. This...
Christina Welch
Mar 31, 20251 min read


Cough cures
I currently have a very nasty cold hence being late with this blog. So this blog is about some of the medicinal cures for coughs that...
Christina Welch
Mar 24, 20251 min read


Garifuna, Balliceaux & the Botanical Garden
This week the St Vincent Grenadines Government acquired the island of Balliceaux . The site is hugely important to the Garifuna of St...
Christina Welch
Mar 9, 20252 min read


Yaws: Enslaved African and Indigenous cures
The World Health Organisation say this of Yaws.' Yaws forms part of a group of chronic bacterial infections commonly known as the endemic...
Christina Welch
Mar 2, 20253 min read


Indigenous and enslaved African horticulture and medicinals, & Anderson
In transcribing the manuscripts written by Alexander Anderson (d.1811), notably two extended plant catalogues, the importance of local...
Christina Welch
Feb 23, 20252 min read


Transcription and more transcription
The Guidebook will contain information that has never been transcribed and published before. The transcription process is still ongoing...
Christina Welch
Feb 16, 20253 min read


Update on funds received
Huge thanks to those who have donated some money; we have made a start with £230 so far from 5 individuals - I can't thank you enough....
Christina Welch
Feb 10, 20251 min read


Why the passionflower?
You may have noticed that on every page of the website and on the JustGiving page there is a passionflower drawing that has been written...
Christina Welch
Feb 3, 20251 min read


Why this project?
Image: the St Vincent and Grenadines Botanical Garden taken by Welch, 2023 In 2020 I was in St Vincent and the Grenadines with a...
Christina Welch
Jan 17, 20252 min read
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