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• A catalogue of the plants gathered on the islands of North Uist, Harris and Lewis during a botanical excursion, (August, 1841). • Copy of Syllabus Botanical Lectures (1862) • Two letters to Parnell dated 1847 and 1848 • Two letters to the Botanical Society dated 1841and 1843
W. Thiselton-Dyer's correspondence dated 1905-1909 filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under “Dyer, W. Thiselton” cross-ref in entry (IBB) W. Thiselton-Dyer's correspondence with Sir Geo. Watt filed with “Watt, Sir Geo.” Papers under “Dyer, W. Thiselton” cross-ref in entry (WSG) W. Thiselton-Dyer's letters dated 10:7:1877 filed in “Balfour, J. Hutton” “Supp. corresp.” cross-ref in entry (JHB)
•Box containing accounts, minutes book and miscellaneous correspondence •Box containing circulars and miscellaneous correspondence •Box containing letters from subscribers •Box containing miscellaneous correspondence and plant lists by Andrew Murray
• Two boxes of papers and correspondence • Box of original manuscripts in English of ‘First Step in Botany’, published in Bengali (1876) • Box containing three books of correspondence • Box of notes on Botany in Manipur • Box of books and correspondence on Gossypium • Box containing his diary from 1878, a notebook of P. Neill Fraser’s and a text book with specimens inside it. • Box containing notebooks and plant lists • Three boxes of cotton papers and correspondence • Box containing papers on commercial products of India • Box containing correspondence regarding commercial products of India • Folder containing two of the same photograph, one mounted, one not, of Abies Smithiana, Noghanda-Bagi Forrest, Sisula • Numerous boxes of glass plate negatives
•Various copies of Isaac Bayley Balfour’s Family Tree •Copy of the Balfour family photo album •1 box of miscellaneous papers regarding the Balfour family tree
1 folder with the handwritten title "Skeleton Leaves Madeira 1854" - inside are 6 pages on blue folded paper containing skeletonised leaves inserted into cuts in the paper. Leaves include magnolia, ivy, oak, coral or erythrina crista-galli, sword coral, Portugal rose tree, common custard apple, lemon and citron. Who compiled it and wher it came from is currently unknown. Also in the box are three loose leaves, found in the archives store, origin unknown.
