•Printed Memoir of Dr. Thomas Charles Hope
•Extract from the Caledonian Mercury of 27th October 1845 article by J.D. Hooker (+ photocopy)
•Copy of extract from Linnaean Society of London, General Meeting, dated 21st December 1911
Hooker, Jos. D / J. Hutton Balfour
•Letters, dated 1842, 1876 & 1880 and copy letters dated 1855 -1880 from Jos. D Hooker, to J. Hutton Balfour, are filed with “J. Hutton Balfour” papers under “Hooker, Jos. D”.
Hooker, Jos. D / I. Bayley Balfour
•Copy letters between 31 July 1901 and 23 April 1902 from I.B.B. to J.D.H. , are filed with “I. Bayley Balfour” corres. under “Hooker, Jos. D”.
Hooker, Jos. D:
i. Letters to to Dr. Thos. Anderson 1860 – 1868 in 2 vols. filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos” (110 letters) – Box 1
ii. Letters from W.J. Harvey (Dublin), dated 2 June 1860, to Hooker (? Jos. D. or ? W.J.), re;Nuttall’s Herbarium – item 182 in Box 2 of “Anderson, Dr. Thos” corres.
iii. Letter from A. Henry, dated 22 Oct 1861, to Hooker (? Jos. D. or ? W.J.), - item 115 in Box 2 of “Anderson, Dr. Thos” corres.
iv. Corres. With Sir Geo Watt filed with “Watt, Sir Geo” papers - Box.
v. 4 letters, dated 1871 – 1875 filed with “Henderson, Col. Frederick” papers –Box
vi. Letters between 1871 & 1880 to J.H. Balfour filed with “Balfour, J.H”, Supp. corres. “H”
vii. Letters, 1901 – 1903 from I. Bayley Balfour filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” under “Hooker, Jos. D.”- separate folder.
viii. Letters, dated 1886 & 1904 – 1909 to I. Bayley Balfour filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” under “Hooker, Jos. D.”- separate folder.
ix. Letter to Hooker, dated 1st of September 1902 from Richard T. Baker, (The Technological Museum, Sydney), re; copy of a work on Eucalypts presented to Director Kew, filed alphabetically in main index under “Baker, Richard T.”
x. Printed Botany Examination Papers (2), dated 9th August 1854 & 1858, set by J.D. Hooker, filed under “Hooker, Jos. D” in general index.
xi. Letters, dated 1880 – 1902 to I. Bayley Balfour filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” under “Hooker, Jos. D.”- Separate folder.
xii. Letter to Dr. Jos. D. Hooker, dated 1st May 1862, “On the Fossil Plants Discovered by Dr. Lyall in Greenland” from by Oswald Heer (Zurich).- in Hooker, J.D. folder
• letter from Joseph D Hooker to Charles Ransford, May 29th 1846, found in cuttings collection, now in Hooker, J.D. folder (15/03/2016)
This is a set of ledgers and notebooks that document seed and live plant material being sent to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, who donated them, where from and when.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)Receipt letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh to Bees Ltd, dated 05 September 1906.
Standard letter giving identification of seven specimen plants and 5 plants grown from seeds sent by Forrest from China:
No. 1, Spiraea Ulmaria
No. 2, Asphodelus fistulosus
No. 3, Polygonum molle
No. 4, Spiraea Humboldtii
No. 5, Lindelofia spectabilis
No. 6, Veronica Teucrium
No. 7, Potentilla chrysantha
The plants sent from seeds sent from China by Mr. Forrest are:
- Adenophora polymorpha
- Potentilla n.sp. near gelida
- Adenophora n.sp.
- Sedum asiaticum var.
- Silene apetala
Plants referenced: Adenophora; Asphodelus; Lindelofia; Polygonum; Potentilla; Sedum; Silene; Spiraea; Veronica
Receipt letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, Regius Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to the Co-operative Bees Ltd, Ness, Neston, dated 29 June 1906.
Standard letter giving identification of seven plant specimens:
No. 1, Spiraea Ulmaria
No. 2, Asphodelus fistulosus
No. 3, Polygonum molle
No. 4, Spiraea Humboldtii
No. 5, Lindelofia spectabilis
No. 6, Veronica Teucrium
No. 7, Potentilla chrysantha
Plants referenced: Asphodelus; Lindelofia; Polygonum; Potentilla; Spiraea; Veronica
Letter has been fire damaged with some loss.
Receipt from Dulau and Co., Foreign and English Booksellers, 37 Soho Square, London, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 24 October 1905.
Invoice for £12.6s for despatch of a seven volume set of Hooker’s Flora of British India that Balfour has ordered to be sent to George Forrest, c/o Thomas Cook & Sons, Rangoon, Burma.
The invoice is slightly scorched with some loss, though not of text.
•Letter and exchange request / book plate c.1890? French collector looking to exchange books? Reference to an Ex-Libris Society. Reaux based at 26 Rue des Dames, Paris. Letter and Card found in RBGE copy of Matthioli’s ‘De Plantis Epitome Utilissima’ 1586 [belonged to John Hope, so presumably not received by exchange with Reaux]
Reaux, Jules