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Copy of a letter from J.H. Balfour to the Secretary of the Botanical Society (10.02.1841)
Sem título•File containing 3 collectors books, No. 1-300
Sem título•Large case marked ‘Orchids’ c.1840
Sem título•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]
Sem título•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
Sem título•Note of plants found in Ross-shire by Dr. John Robertson (14 Jul1847)
Sem título•Letter to W.H. Campbell form Rollo (8 April 1840)
Sem títuloA candlestick holder and mirror frame crafted from trial pieces produced when creating the rhododendron gate for the Inverleith East Gate entrance to RBGE
Sem título7 boxes containing correspondence, reports, minutes, circulars and agendas produced by the CSSF (Committee for the Study of the Scottish Flora)
Sem títuloBox containing glass plate negatives, lantern slides and microscope slides relating to William Burns's time in India, 1908-1943.
