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Description and arrangement by G. Simpson - August 2023.

2 Boxes.

Box 1: Contains folders, GB 235/CAV/1/1 [Correspondence][GB 235/CAV/1/1 is split into two physical folders], GB 235/CAV/1/2 [Cultivation], and GB 235/CAV/1/3 [Management]. Material relates entirely to George Cave's administration of Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling, with the exception of item GB 235/CAV/1/1/1, which is a journal entry by Cave when travelling to India in 1896.

Box 2: GB 235/CAV/2 - Contains Folders that relate to various expeditions led by Cave from Lloyd botanic garden, Darjeeling, to Sikkim. Letters, Maps, Diaries, Notes.

Letter from James Lee to Thomas Blaikie enquiring after his health and suggesting possible courses of action to recover debts.

Page showing the first in a series of three pages outlining the vast number of volumes of Flora of Turkey being produced by Peter Davis. This page shows volumes 1 to 14 in a set of cabinets, hand drawn using coloured pencils, with a cut out picture of a cat with ribbon attached for a bow, and a further picture of a cow cut out to create an artwork on the back wall. (Decoupage / Collage)