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Correspondence with I Bayley Balfour 1892 -1907 filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under “Hemsley, W.B.” • Letter dated 21st Feb 1867 to Dr. Thos. Anderson – item 111 in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos” – Box 2
Photocopy of letter sent by John Abercromby, Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland to Isaac Bayley Balfour, dated 21 June 1903; Asks if Balfour knows of any person or society wanting a collector of botanical specimens abroad. Recommends ‘a young fellow of the name of Forrest’ who looks ‘the right sort of man.’
Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour to George Forrest dated 03 September 1903 inviting Forrest to come to the Garden on 7 September. Assistant in the Herbarium will give him instructions as to work.
Letter from J.W. Besant, Bees Ltd., to Isaac Bayley Balfour dated 02 October 1904 advising that they have forwarded several plants raised by them from seeds sent home by ‘our Mr Forrest’ and requesting assistance in identifying these.
MacWatt, Dr John, ‘Ferns for the Rock Garden’, undated private publication or possible offprint from an unidentified journal; three copies (each 216 x 139 x 1mm), two held in a paper wrapper.