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•Letter from W.H. Campbell to Andrew Robertson, 10 Jan 1837
Sin título• Notebook list of collection, list of plants in Whittinghame collection
Sin títuloCatalogue of Thomas Drummond’s first parcel from St. Louis, the Alleganies and New Orleans in 1832 (hand written by R.K. Greville)
Sin títuloEdinburgh School of Gardening, Corstorphine, List of rock plants for sale (1929)
Covering letter from Dr. W.M. McIntyre, dated 21st July 1985 to Librarian, RBGE offering the 'Plant List' for addition to the library's collections. Further note from Dr. McIntyre, dated 29 July 1985, acknowledging the catalogue's acceptance and receipt of a photocopy of said item for his own use.
Book of Summer class notes
Sin título•Eaton, D.L. letter to Capt Henderson dated 2 Dec 1878, Re: exchange of specimens. Filed under “Henderson, F”.
Sin título"Vorlesungen über Bakterien” Pub. Jena :Fischer,1897..
Sin títuloSanderson's Prize essay manuscript, ‘The Origin and Development of the Embryo in Phanerogamous Plants’, submitted in July 1849 as part of his Botany course for his Medical degree at the University of Edinburgh. Sanderson has illustrated the manuscript with pencil illustrations drawn from the microscope.
Impressed by the content, Hutton Balfour deemed it worthy of a prize, with part of the content read at a meeting of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh in February 1850.
•Copy of the Scrapbook of Robert Scarlett, containing mostly newspaper articles (1909-1953)
Sin título•Seller’s ‘Syllabus of Examinations on Medical Subjects’
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