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•One letter dated 3 May 1841
Farre, Frederick JohnFarmer, Prof. B. – Imperial College of Science & Technology.
Papers and Correspondence re: Sphagnum Moss – Use as medical dressings (World War 1 & World War 2 references) - inc. W Wright Smith’s report to R.A.M.C. (War Dept.) dated 1916
Three letters
Falconer, DavidFlora of Perthshire, July-August 1928, a book of dried plants or Hortus siccus compiled as part of teacher training (summer project) at Moray House College of education, Edinburgh
Falconer, Agnes C.• Loose pages of typed, transcript translations (by Garnsay?) of 4 extracts from Goebel’s, “Experimental Morphology”; a comprehensive study of how plants can regenerate.
Goebel, Dr. Karl vonFrom the Register of Deaths in the District of Tulliallan in Kincardine an extract copy of the Death Certificate of Alexander Craig-Chrisite; Lecturer on Botany,
died 30 June 1914, aged 71 years. Extract is addressed to Henry H Johnston Esq., Stromness, Orkney
Obituary: Reprinted form "The Scottish Naturalist ," November-December 1922
5 pages written by James Ritchie inc. portrait.
List of published papers and notes (Chiefly on the Natural History of the Forth Area) by Wm. Evans 1875 - 1917.
2 ring-book volumes detailing the Bryophyte Flora of Barra
Watson, Eric Vernon•Scrapbook containing photographs and letters relating to the life and career of Ernest Frederick Gye, CGM, Foreign Office and diplomat, between 1903 and 1939. Photographs and letters.
Gye, Ernest Frederick1 sketchbook showing scenes of life in Burma (plus one sketch of Loch Eck)
Buchanan, E.M.