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•2 Letters, 1892 filed in “Balfour. I Bayley” correspondence under “Grieve, James
•Undated letter, original writer was Grieve, James (of Apple Fame) regarding history & cultivation of Violas. There are 2 photocopies of book extracts relating to Pansies & Violas.
Grieve, James
•Handwritten direction to the site of his grave
•Unbound duplicate drawings of Diatoms originally at the end of a collection of Greville’s Papers
•Catalogue written by R.K. Greville of first parcel from Thomas Drummond from St. Luis, Alleganies & New Orleans 1832 filed under “Drummond, Thomas” folder (DRU)
Greville, Robert Kaye
•3 letters, dated 1860 – 1864, to Dr. Thos. Anderson in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos.” – items 33, 34 & 35. In Box 2
•Letters dated 1 May (1887?) and 27 April 1887 of H Pelham and Bartholomew Price respectively, re; proposal for Hon. D. L. degree, sent to I Bayley Balfour filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under “Pelham, H” and “Price, B” respectively
Gray, Asa
Granny (Sea Anemone) 1828 - 1887
Granny (Sea Anemone) 1828 - 1887
Life History & associated papers filed with “Royal Botanic Garden” “Edinburgh” papers (boxes in general index)
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)
•Obituary of Robert James Douglas Graham, from the Year Book R.S.E., 1950-51 by William Wright Smith.
Smith, Sir William Wright
•Helen Graham, James Irvine (ed.)‘Parties and Pleasure: The Diaries of Helen Graham, 1823-26’, Munro Press, Perth, 1957
Graham, Helen
Gordon, Rosemary
• Thesis: a General Account of the Anatomy of Saurauja Subspinosa, 1935
66 typed pages, inc. 2 page Bibliography; 19 pages describing 22 Figures & 6 pages describing 12 Plates (Thesis Bot. IV, no plates but negatives with m.y.o. [Matthew Young Orr])
Gordon, Rosemary
Hand written letter from J. Gordon Senior, to Reverend/Mr. Tilson, dated 10th of February 1767, re: strawberry plants – Bath strawberry/Chili Beet, Discussing the identification of the strawberry originally brought to England by the Spanish ambassador 10 years previously, falsely called the chili beet. Enclosed seed of the humming–bird plant.
Gordon, J. Senior
Goodier, R (colour slides from the area of the Flora Zambesiaca)
• Box of colour slides from the area of the Flora Zambesiaca
Goodier, R
Goethe, M. (Expedition to the Andes, 1924 )
2 folders relating to M. Goethe's Plant Collecting Expedition to the Andes, 1924
•Folder 1: correspondence, dated 1924 – 1925, with M. Goethe, Henry D. McLaren & Prof. W. W. Smith
•Folder 2: Original handwritten list of 273 specimens of plants & seeds collected by M. Goethe
Goethe, M.
