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•Herbarium catalogues, including London and South Africa, and a collecting book from Sierra Leone
Sans titre•First and Second World War papers including Sir William Wright Smith’s 1916 Report.
Sans titre•Biographical note and correspondence.
Sans titre•2 copies of letters by or referring to him
Sans titre•William Steel Trust Accounts including a financial report from 1990-1992 and a report from 1999.
Sans titre•16 boxes of Gardeners’ Register
•Business records yet to be listed
•Annotated copy of William Jameson’s ‘Report Upon the Botanical Gardens of the Government, North Western Provinces’, Roorkee, Thomason C. E. College Press. (1855)
Sans titre•Correspondence (March – April 1916) and a paper titled ‘Mosses from West Ross-shire’.
Sans titreFolder containing 4 letters and 1 photo of Shaw.
Sans titre•Papers regarding the Victoria Botanic Gardens, Southern Cameroons (1916-1961)
•Papers regarding horticulture and agriculture in Southern Nigeria (1906)
•Illustrations, drawings and abstracts.