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Copy of a letter from J.H. Balfour to the Secretary of the Botanical Society (10.02.1841)
Sans titre•File containing 3 collectors books, No. 1-300
Sans titre•Large case marked ‘Orchids’ c.1840
Sans titre•Letter and exchange request / book plate c.1890? French collector looking to exchange books? Reference to an Ex-Libris Society. Reaux based at 26 Rue des Dames, Paris. Letter and Card found in RBGE copy of Matthioli’s ‘De Plantis Epitome Utilissima’ 1586 [belonged to John Hope, so presumably not received by exchange with Reaux]
Sans titre•Letter from Richardson to unknown 2 Sep 1841, describing a meeting of the British Association regarding a grant for preparing maps for illustration of the geographical distribution of plants & animals, which had lapsed, due to inconsistencies
Sans titre•Note of plants found in Ross-shire by Dr. John Robertson (14 Jul1847)
Sans titre•Letter to W.H. Campbell form Rollo (8 April 1840)
Sans titreA candlestick holder and mirror frame crafted from trial pieces produced when creating the rhododendron gate for the Inverleith East Gate entrance to RBGE
Sans titre7 boxes containing correspondence, reports, minutes, circulars and agendas produced by the CSSF (Committee for the Study of the Scottish Flora)
Sans titreBox containing glass plate negatives, lantern slides and microscope slides relating to William Burns's time in India, 1908-1943.
