1 folder with Photocopy of personal journal of E.H.M. Cox 31st January - 29th December 1919. Covering the Burma Expedition with Reginald John Farrer (17 February 1880 – 17 October 1920)
Remarkable account of 2 people, written between 1919 and 1920 and occasionally containing language and attitudes that would be considered offensive today; E.H.M. Cox, photographer, botanist, hunter, writer, and Reginald Farrer: botanist, painter and writer. Sail to Rangoon from Liverpool. Train and boat to Myitkyina and make base; from there they make expeditions into Kachin country with a large train of coolies, Gurkhas and Indian staff. Routine [as far as possible] seems to be gathering specimens, plants and seeds, taking photos, both glass plate and roll film, drying and pressing plants. Travelling from place to place and camping for as long as they need. Long treks in the north-east highlands climbing to 10,000 ft. and more. The diary is very closely observed and personal .The writer finds he has to do much more than the above accomplishments due to non-appearance of cooks, coolies etc. The weather plays an important part in the diary due to its erratic behaviour. Interesting that they receive pretty regular mail and both write a lot in return. British District Officers play a [generally] useful part in their plant searches. [description by SM]
1 newspaper cutting with Notice of the death of Leslie John (Jack) Clendinnen on 29 January 1954 & 1 colour photograph of "Jack" Clendinnen in Garden setting
Sin título3 two sided handwritten pages of monograph ‘On the Sexuality of Algae’ by Dr. Ferdinand Cohn of Breslau dated (1855)
Sin títuloArticle on ‘British Alpine Gardens’ Gardeners’ Chronicle (July 9, 1910) by H. Correvon, Floraire, Geneva
– refers to RBGE, I.B.Balfour and R. Farrer
1 folder containing correspondence and papers regarding Tatsienlu, West China (1920-38)
Sin título•22 page, bound article written by Hamish Johnston adding new information about the Dickson nurserymen families to an article written by Priscilla Minay for the Old Edinburgh Club Vol. 1 1991. Accompanied by 2 pages of corrections to the Dickson entries in Ray Desmond’s Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists. 6 pages of email correspondence with Archive Librarian at RBGE (Feb.2011)
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•Correspondence from Rupert Smith 1941 – 1942, filed under “Smith, Rupert”
Druce, Geo. Claridge (Oxford) Letters dated 1903-1920 to Isaac Bayley Balfour
Sin títuloletters from Malcolm Dunn (Dalkeith Gdns), dated 1880 – 1893 to Isaac Bayley Balfour.
Sin títuloFarmer, Prof. B. – Imperial College of Science & Technology.
Papers and Correspondence re: Sphagnum Moss – Use as medical dressings (World War 1 & World War 2 references) - inc. W Wright Smith’s report to R.A.M.C. (War Dept.) dated 1916