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•1 file of miscellaneous correspondence with Dr. Harold R. Fletcher (1958-71)
•Copy of a letter to Taylor from H.R. Fletcher (15 Dec 1965) and an article by Taylor titled ‘Himalayan Plants in the Field’ from The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, (1948)
•Two boxes of index cards to N. Douglas Simpson’s Index (a gift from Taylor to Royal Botanic Garden Trust)

Telegram from Traill; presumably Miss Clementina Traill, Forrest's fiancee, handed in at Portobello Post Office at 8:25pm, to Balfour, Inverleith House, received by Edinburgh Office at 8:28pm, 19 August 1905.
'Many thanks for kindness letting me know good news. Traill.'

Telegram from Forrest family, likely Miss Grace R. Forrest, George's sister, handed in at Lasswade Post Office at 8:17pm, to Balfour, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, received at Edinburgh Office at 8:21pm[?], 19 August 1905.
'Overjoyed to have good news many many thanks'

Telegram from Sir Eldon Gorst, Foreign Office, handed in at Parliament Street at 5:18pm, to Professor Balfour, Keeper of the Royal Gardens, Edinburgh, received at Goldenacre Post Office at 5:55p on 19 August 1905.
'Further telegram received from Consul Gunnan [sic - Yunnan] stating Forrest is alive and safe. Gorst.'

Telegram from Sir Eldon Gorst, Foreign Office, handed in at Whitehall, To A.K. Bulley, received at Neston, Cheshire on the 21 August 1905: 'Latest information states that Forrest has arrived safe at Weishi [sic] and was to have been sent under escort on the 14th inst. to Tali [Dali] Gorst' with annotations by A.K. Bulley: 'I don't know whether you have had this, Just return it, A.K.B.'

•Duplicate copy of his thesis: ‘Perennial Cultivation of Cotton with Special Reference to the cultivation of Ratoons in Egypt’ (1927).

•Notebook containing manuscript essay on ‘The Fiographical Distribution of Algae’
•Copy of 'A Manual of Botany' by Le Maout and Decaisne, translated by Mrs Hooker and with an Appendix by Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1876, awarded to James Adam Terras by Prof. Alexander Dickson in July 1886 as a Special Prize for High Proficiency in the Class of Advanced Practical Botany (ELWU2) (seems likely Terras eventually donated the book to the Botanical Society Library?) (book in state of disrepair now)

Garden, The – It’s Formation and Furnishing
•Series of Lectures – presumably by Prof. I.B. Balfour – filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers – Box 4 of “Miscellaneous Papers – lecture notes, etc”