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•2 letters dated 1861 & 1863 to Dr Thos. Anderson – item 86 & 87 in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos” – Box 2 •3 letters dated 1877 -1878 to I. Bayley Balfour filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” correspondence under “Decaisne, J”
Letters dated 30 November 1898 & 2 December 1898, Re; Socotra for Chairman's address to Royal Society of Edinburgh; filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under "Socotra" - misc. correspondence folder - Box 1.
France (Museum of Natural History, Botany, Paris) Correspondence dated 1912 – 1913 on Primula filed with subject material under “Primula” (Box 1) in Main index
5 typed sets of copied field notes for “The Furse Expedition to Iran & Turkey - 1962”. A typed covering letter from C.D. Brickell, (Botanist for the Director), Royal Horticultural Society’s Gardens, Wisley, dated 26th March 1962 had accompanied the first consignment of plants from the Furse Expedition.