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RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger with 'Plants and Seeds Sent Out I' on the spine; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between March 1899 and March 1912. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front. The spine is damaged and there are a number of loose inserts inside the ledger; handle with care.

RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger with 'Despatch Book Propagating Dept. written inside; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between October 1916 and February 1920. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front.

RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between February 1921 and December 1922. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front.

RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger with 'Plants, Seeds, etc. Sent Out' on the spine; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between December 1922 and February 1924. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front.

Letter from A.K. Bulley, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, to Isaac Bayley Balfour [Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh] dated 19 August 1905.
Bulley writes to confirm he has just received the news of Forrest’s death and he feels sick that Forrest lost his life ‘in the endeavour to earn my beastly money’. Bulley encloses Forrest’s last letter and asks that it be passed to Miss Traill and the Forrest family.
Letter has been fire damaged with some loss.

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, to A.K. Bulley, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, dated 21 August 1905.
Balfour writes to Bulley to forward communications from the Foreign Office. Balfour adds that ‘Forrest is a capital letter-writer and his next one should be full of thrilling details.’
Balfour urges Bulley to remember that Forrest’s work is ‘exploration contributing to scientific knowledge and that the life he is leading is that which he longed for, he revels in it, and we could not have realised his wish for it but for your enterprising kindness in employing him.’
Letter has been scorched.

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, to A.K. Bulley, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, dated 22 August 1905.
Balfour writes to forward further communication from the Foreign Office to A.K. Bulley.

Letter from Grace R. Forrest, 'Springbank', Lasswade, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 04 September 1905.
Forrest's sister writes to Balfour to report the receipt of two letters from Forrest dated 4 and 13 July from Tsekou. She thanks Balfour for letting the Forrest family see Bulley’s letter.
Letter has some minor scorch damage.

Letter from George Forrest, China Inland Mission, Talifu [Dali], to Isaac Bayley Balfour, 'Regius Keeper', Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 11 September 1905.
Forrest writes to say that having recovered his strength he has decided to join Mr. Litton on a journey to the Salween-Irrawadi [Irrawaddy] Divide. He hopes to push as far north as 28 degrees, directly west of Tsekou - 'however there is no danger of our being disturbed by llamas [sic] as the valleys are wholly populated by Shans and Lissoos'. Forrest hopes to send many new things, but as the season is so far advanced, Forrest's mode of collecting seeds 'is bound to be what Mr. Bulley terms 'hocus pocus' i.e. gathering the seed without having seen the plant in flower wherever I go, so the best I can do is to get on to really new ground.'
Letter has been scorched with a little loss.