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•Copy of letter from W.J. Hooker regarding a selection of plants from the Arctic Herbarium, put into Hooker’s hands by Capt. Parry, for publication in the appendix to Capt. Parry’s 2nd voyage (1821 – 1823).
Hooker, Sir William Jackson
Letter to [Gage] from Prain, (11th Dec 1909)
•Manuscript letter to D. Saville from Prain to the Government Cinchona Plantation, Sureil, Kurseong (7th Apr. 1902)
Prain, David (Kew)
•Letter sent by Pennant to Sir Roger Mostyn M.P., 9th Sept 1783)
•Transcript of a letter sent by Pennant to Sir Roger Mostyn M.P. (09.09.1783), presented by Miss Carruthers, (03.11.1964
Pennant, Thomas
Copy of a letter from J.H. Balfour to the Secretary of the Botanical Society (10.02.1841)
Balfour, Professor John Hutton
Pitcairne, Dr. William (President Royal College of Physicians, London)
•Pamphlet entitled, ‘To Dr. William Pitcairne…This Small Tribute to the Memory of a Distinguished Kinsman’
Pitcairne, Dr. William
•Brief history of the life of Henry Harold Welch Pearson, up to 1902, and list of his publications (24.11.1902)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
•Book containing photographs of personalities, plants and landscapes, China
Pratt, Antwerp E.
•Memo book titled ‘Agarics: New Records and Observations’ (1938), from Dr. Roy Watling through Alan Bennell
Pearson, Arthur Anselm
•Printed Pamphlet of a ‘Supplement to the Botanic Garden Guide’ (1864)
Oxford Botanic Garden
University of Edinburgh Medal for Botany (Medical) awarded to Patricia M. James in 1954-55
medal with University of Edinburgh crest on one side and Botany (Medical) Patricia M. James 1954-55 inscribed on the reverse in a box by Alex. Kirkwood and Son.
University of Edinburgh
