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Folder containing 4 letters and 1 photo of Shaw.

•Papers regarding the Victoria Botanic Gardens, Southern Cameroons (1916-1961)
•Papers regarding horticulture and agriculture in Southern Nigeria (1906)
•Illustrations, drawings and abstracts.

•A revised copy of ‘The Scottish Naturalist: Revision of the Uredineae and of the Ustilagineae of Scotland’ (1899) submitted to the Scottish Cryptogamic Society,
• Some correspondence and information regarding a proposed memorial for him.

•Letter to from J. Newman from to H. Watsonby (14 Feb 1871)

•Catalogue of Micrographs of woods structure

•Correspondence with Jonn Mackay (1800-1801), G.A. Walker Arnott (1828), P. Neill (1828), J. McNab (1834), R. Graham (1826), and also referenced to correspondence with G. Don (1802-1812) and W.M. McNab (1818 and 1823).

1 photo album marked 'Vol 2' containing 42 prints of alpine plants; 2 separate prints mounted on card (Cyclamen repandum and Primula reidii); and 3 RHS certificates dated 1947, 1959, and 1964

drawings and photographs used to illustrate Mann's thesis and drawings on permatrace used in other publications.

Added in 2020 (RBGEA2020/007):

3 sets of postcards depicting algae or diatoms as follows:

• 3 envelopes of Algal picture postcards from M. Adei; Scanning electron micrographs of diatoms (1994); Marine algae in coral reef (1993); and Algal vegetation in cold current area (1993)
• pack of 12 poscards from the British Bryological Society (1994)
• pack of Stereographs of the Diatom World, The Educational Association of Algae (2002)

2 labels for identifying part of the process of India Rubber / Gutta Percha production and 7 book plates on note paper forming a small collection.
Book plates: Churchill Babington, John Hutton Balfour, Henry Collins, Daniel Cresswell, Sir Compton Domvile, William Watson and 1 unidentified.
Accrual: Article: 'India Rubber' by James Collins, formerly Government Economic Botanist and Librarian, Straits Settlement, etc. as published in 'The Cottager and Artisan', September 1897, pp.107-108, published by the Religious Tract Society, London. Also, a card with a poem on it: 'The Twins' by J. Rushton, on the back of which is a Note about the opening hours of the India Office Museum.

1 sheet with John Sibthorp's book plate attached to it, alongside email correspondence outlining the discovery.