John Hutton Balfour- Manuscript labelled 'Branches in Exogens, etc.'
- GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/2/6/4
- File
- undated
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
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John Hutton Balfour- Manuscript labelled 'Branches in Exogens, etc.'
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
•Copy of letter to F.M. Webb, 4th of December 1876
•Correspondence from James Groves re: Henry Groves dated 1922 with Sir George Watt filed under “Watt, Sir. George” papers
Groves, James
Correspondence pertaining to H.M. Office of Works War Memorial (WWI), including correspondence from Lady Balfour, list of RBGE staff who joined H.M. Forces, invitation to and programme for War Memorial Unveiling (7 February 1923); postcard with photograph of grave of James M. Hampson, Garden Labourer (killed in action 8 March 1918)
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)
RBGE Registry - SD/51/1/Pt2 - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - War Memorial Extension, 1939-1945
Correspondence relating to the WW2 extension to RBGE's First World War Memorial
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)
•Application and testimonials for part of the Secretary /Registrar of the University College of Dundee. (see George Don Sr Collection for further information) http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/GB 235-gds
• paper entitled 'Patrick Blair, Surgeon-Apothecary, Dundee, Scotland: A Memoir' by Alex. P. Stevenson, read to the Dundee Symposium, 9th February 1907 and to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 11th April 1907 - reprint was owned by Isaac Bayley Balfour and has a letter from Stevenson glued into the front cover. It refers to the Blair elephant.
Stevenson, Alexander P.
Anne Neilson Cumming Course attendance and results
Note: Anne Neilson Cumming attended two term courses; Autumn & Spring 1918-1919 for Arts. First Class Examination 92%; Second Class Examination 66%; Passed for Arts March 1919; Demonstrated to Medical Class during the Summer of 1919, 1920 and 1921.
Cumming, Anne Neilson
Arthur Francis George Kerr Siam Expedition papers
• 3 hand drawn maps & 1 printed map of an Expedition in Siam (1921), Chengmai district, N. Thailand, to be found in Archive Box I-K. 2 expeditions were taken during 1921. Routes followed day by day marked in red. Jan-April and late April –Jun. Printed map of the Kingdom of Siam and neighbouring states pre-1939
• Hand written list of plants extracted from a copy of J.G. Koenig's ‘Journal of a Voyage from India to Siam and Malacca in 1779’ (April 26th 1931), in folder in Archive Box I-K. Plants noted at Ban Pak nam, Siam. Some plants introduced since his visit.
Kerr, Arthur Francis George
Article on ‘British Alpine Gardens’ Gardeners’ Chronicle (July 9, 1910)
Article on ‘British Alpine Gardens’ Gardeners’ Chronicle (July 9, 1910) by H. Correvon, Floraire, Geneva
– refers to RBGE, I.B.B. and R. Farrer
Correvon, Henry
E. Colborne Baber ‘Royal Geographical Society Supplementary Papers Vol. I. Part 1: Travels and Researches in Western China’ London, 1882
Baber, Edward Colborne
Ballantyre, Lord Bernard Fergusson (Ephemera)
•Correspondence with James Keenan, (1962-1972)
Fergusson, Bernard Edward