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•Letter, dated, 2 January 1900, re: (proposed) visit to Socotra, filed with “Balfour, I.B. correspondence”, under “Socotra”
Kirby, Mary E.•Correspondence filed with “Balfour, I.B. correspondence” under “Kesselring, W.”
•See also correspondence filed under “Russia” in main index.
•Pilcomayo River Expedition. Letters dated 1889 -1890 to I.B. Balfour filed with I.B. Balfour correspondence under “Kerr, J.G.” Index page 97.
Kerr, John Graham• Printed copy of Henslow's "Syllabus of Botanical Lectures"; edited and printed by Charles Babington, 22 April 1862.
• References in printed papers dated 1828, 1829 & 1830 filed under “Cambridge, University of”
• Letter dated 22nd Sep.1860, to Dr. Thos. Anderson – item 16 in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos” – Box 2
Handwritten letter on 3 sides describing “new” method of propagation- “striking on the live plant”. By cutting 4/5 through the plant stalk and binding with damp moss a new shoot grows strongly and quickly. Anderson made successful experiments with fuchsia, heliotrope, jasmine, rose, etc. showing that this method can be used both in the greenhouse and in the open in situ. He grants Patrick Neill permission to publish them in the Transactions of the Caledonian Horticultural Society.
Anderson, J.S.• One folder containing a 27 page manuscript paper titled Contribution to Natural History: Re the roots of the Bromeliaceé. Detailed examination of root behaviour in these and allied species.
Jörgensen, A.1 sheet with John Sibthorp's book plate attached to it, alongside email correspondence outlining the discovery.
Noltie, Henry J.Sanderson'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.
• Report on the Tenth International Mycology/ Plant Pathology Excursion, held in Aberdeen between August 13th and 20th, 1964. Record of site visits over the period, discusses plant diseases, list of fungi found and their locations.
International Botanical CongressCorrespondence 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
