Science – botany – Kew Gardens Extract of a letter from Sir Joseph Banks dated September 1st 1814 recommending the appointment of two botanical collectors at the Cape of Good Hope and other Distant parts abroad for the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, printed Parliamentary Paper HC374, in which Banks proposes sending two botanists to the Cape for a season with one to travel on to Australia. He also reports on the progress at Kew. 3pp folio in good condition. Parliamentary papers from this period are rare