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Hill, Sir Arthur William (Kew)
Correspondence with I. Bayley Balfour, 1908 -1922 filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under “Hill, Arthur W.”
•Correspondence with Sir William Wright Smith, 1921 – 1941, filed with “Smith, Sir Wm. Wright” papers under “Hill, Sir Arthur William” in white folder in Box annotated “Kew Correspondence"
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•Helen Graham, James Irvine (ed.)‘Parties and Pleasure: The Diaries of Helen Graham, 1823-26’, Munro Press, Perth, 1957
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Photocopy letter from John Abercromby to Isaac Bayley Balfour
Part of George Forrest Collection
Photocopy of letter sent by John Abercromby, Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland to Isaac Bayley Balfour, dated 21 June 1903; Asks if Balfour knows of any person or society wanting a collector of botanical specimens abroad. Recommends ‘a young fellow of the name of Forrest’ who looks ‘the right sort of man.’
Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour to George Forrest
Part of George Forrest Collection
Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour to George Forrest dated 03 September 1903 inviting Forrest to come to the Garden on 7 September. Assistant in the Herbarium will give him instructions as to work.
Letter from J.W. Besant, Bees Ltd., to Isaac Bayley Balfour
Part of George Forrest Collection
Letter from J.W. Besant, Bees Ltd., to Isaac Bayley Balfour dated 02 October 1904 advising that they have forwarded several plants raised by them from seeds sent home by ‘our Mr Forrest’ and requesting assistance in identifying these.
•(Tenerife) 3 letters, dated 1880 filed under “Henderson, Col. F”
•(Honolulu) 2 letters, dated 1866 -1867, to Dr. Thos. Anderson – items 112 & 113 in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos” – Box 2
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•1 box containing papers relating to an expedition to East Africa, Ruwenzori Mountains, (1932); papers seem to be those generated by RBGE Herbarium as opposed to Humphreys himself.
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Copy letter from Elizabeth Farquharson to Ben Wilson, Duddo
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
Letter from Mary to Elizabeth Farquharson
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
John MacWatt's Published Works
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
John MacWatt's published works.
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