Subseries 5 - Hutton Balfour Excursion Checklists

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GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/5/5

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Hutton Balfour Excursion Checklists

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  • 1842-1869 (Creation)

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2 bound volumes, 10cm

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Balfour, Professor John Hutton
(1808-1884)

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Regius Keeper between 1845 and 1879

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives

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2 volumes titled 'Botanical Excursions', one dating 1842-1845, the other 1854-1869. Both comprise a version of Catalogue of British Plants' that have been bound in a way that allows them to be used as checklists taken on excursions. Both include lists of plants and some details noted on excursions, including locations visited.

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