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•Letter to P. Neill Fraser (7 Nov 1904)
Wright, [A.A.]•Notebook containing an article for ‘Theosophist’ Aug – Nov 1917, titled “Francis Bacon and the Cipher Story”
Woodward, F.L•E.R. Wilding, ‘Index to the Genus Rhododendron ’Bucks, 1920
Wilding, E.ROne Field diary produced by the Wild Flower Society in which wild flowers are listed. Judith Basden has filled in dates and locations for ones she has found giving us a botanical record for the area mainly around Bonnyrigg.
Wild Flower Society•Catalogue of Micrographs of woods structure
Weale, James A.•Letter to from J. Newman from to H. Watsonby (14 Feb 1871)
Watsonby, Hewett•Letter to Watson from Henry Trimen (16 Jan 1876)
•Letter to Watson from Henry Roscoe (1 May 1872)
•Copy of a letter to the Linnaean Society from Watson (23 Dec 1863)
medal with University of Edinburgh crest on one side and Botany (Medical) Patricia M. James 1954-55 inscribed on the reverse in a box by Alex. Kirkwood and Son.
University of Edinburgh•Photocopy of a letter to Mr Watson, dated 16th January 1878
Trimen, Henry
Paul Aellen was a visitor to the RBGE Herbarium in the Winter of 1964, one of the earliest to the new building opened in June of that year. He worked very diligently in a quiet way on the top floor, researching Turkish Chenopodiaceae. To the amazement of the herbarium staff, just before he returned home to Basle he handed over this delightful and amusing account of his observations on the microcosm of life in theherbarium with photographs, magazine cuttings and beautifully witty pencil and ink sketches.
Aellen, Paul (1896-1973)