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Letter to George Sherriff from K. Biswas (10 June 1949). Requesting photograph of Sherriff and Ludlow with a "short note on the nature of collections of the Himalayan plants..." For incorporation into a book on "Plants of the Eastern Himalaya..." 1 page.

HR Fletcher research notes, 1 page for the book "Quest of Flowers"

George Sherriff diary 1949, volume 2

This file contains the 1949 diary of G. Sherriff. The dairy consists of two bound volumes. Volume 1 contains a number of page markers and some folded paper within the inside cover. The folder paper consist of: an itinerary; a list of seeds from Bhutan; a letter from K. Biswas requesting a photograph of Ludlow and Sherriff as well as details of their expeditions, so that he might include them in his book 'Plants of the Eastern Himalaya'. Volume 2 contains a number of letters interleaved in the back pages of the bound book. These are: a letter from RBGE; a written note; a clipping from the Illustrated London News with colour photographs of 'Aquatics in Kashmir'; a reprint form the Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 'Note on Cordyceps from Tibet'.

This series 3 sub-series: letters; greetings cards and scans of letters. They contain a variety of correspondence from or relating to the expeditions of Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff. The types of correspondence vary from letters, both professional and personal, to greetings cards. There are also a number of printed versions of letters that have been scanned.

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, RBGE, to George Forrest, Tali-fu [Dali], dated 12 September 1904, in which Balfour thanks Forrest for his Bhamo letter and hopes there will be no trouble in the districts he is going to visit; offers to send paper for drying plants. Hopes to obtain a new Herbarium building this year.

Letter from George Forrest, Talifu [Dali], Yunnan, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, RBGE, dated 28 October 1904, in which he states he has been to Tzekou [Tsekou; Cigu] in Tibet, on the Mekong; gives itinerary of journey and details of seeds collected, about 100 species, including primulas, three species of androsace but only one gentian. Consignment has gone to Mr Bulley and also 150 or 200 specimens to Prof Balfour. Asks him not to tell Bulley about the specimens which ‘I am collecting for my own pleasure and in my spare time and they are a free gift to you.’