Primula darialica, Amy Cameron image (147 x 90mm)
- GB 235 MCW/4/3/12
- Stuk
- undated
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
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Primula darialica, Amy Cameron image (147 x 90mm)
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
University of Edinburgh Elementary Botany Class List
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
letter dated 10/08/1920 from Farrer, Nyitadi, to Ernest Gye
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Writes of long descent from Moku-ji, stung by bees- wearying and enjoying relaxing reading his new books and letters he has received. Concerned about Ingleborough and asking if the seeds he sent are growing? The book, Empty House, he has been writing, he intends to send to Ernest Gye, instructing where to get two copies of the manuscript typed, one to be taken to A.S. Watt, agent and other to be read by E. Gye and Jumps [Euan H.M. Cox] then sent out to Peking where R. Farrer will amend it further - proposes a timescale for this process. The book is about his last 3 years of travelling. Pleased Jumps is going to start a literary career in London and will have his company.
Zonder titel
letter dated 29/01/1919 from Farrer, Ingleborough, Yorkshire, to Celia Noble
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Impassioned letter to Celia, acknowledging her prior attachment, makes out this is his reason to flee to Burma-Tibet. ‘Now must flee for a perilous safety into the Alps of Burma-Tibet where whatever claws of tigers or bears…’
Zonder titel
Correspondence from Smith, thanking Cave for received seed packets
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
Letter from Thomas Blaikie to Lords Commissioners of HM Board of Treasury
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Letter from Thomas Blaikie to the Lords Commissioners of HM Board of Treasury – a memorial of events during the French Revolution, impact on him and costs incurred (with some pencil edits). Also a note from Thomas Blaikie to Mr Mackenzie.
Zonder titel
Letter from Grace Forrest to Isaac Bayley Balfour
Part of George Forrest Collection
Letter from Grace Forrest to Isaac Bayley Balfour dated 18 November 1904 sending a copy of her brother’s diary of his journey from Bhamo to Tali [Dali]. Her last news was from Tibet where ‘Mr Litton and he were suffering greatly from the changes of atmosphere’.
Stanza 17 of 'The Old Country Doctor'
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers