Letter from Arthur Kilpin Bulley, 8A Rumford Place, Liverpool, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 16 October 1905.
Bulley writes to acknowledge receipt of Forrest’s Cyananthus photos and a brief letter from Forrest. ‘The first of his Gentians has just come into flower – not very showy – small purple fl[ower]s. It is 59 in the first consignment. You don’t appear to have any record of it under this number.’ Bulley invites Balfour to come and look over Forrest’s seedlings on his journey south.
Plants referenced: Cyananthus; Gentian
Letter has been fire damaged with some loss of text; handle with care.
Letter from A.K. Bulley, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, RBGE, dated 21 February 1905.
Bulley is searching for a head of the Nursery at Ness. Refers to Forrest’s difficulties with heat and cold. ‘Next year he should have a very good time of it. I like him.’