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Photocopy of letter sent by John Abercromby, Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland to Isaac Bayley Balfour, dated 21 June 1903; Asks if Balfour knows of any person or society wanting a collector of botanical specimens abroad. Recommends ‘a young fellow of the name of Forrest’ who looks ‘the right sort of man.’

/1 notebook; "Noteworthy Plants at RBGE 1947"
/2 lecture notes, c.1950 - probation gardener course at RBGE
/3/1-18 exam papers taken at RBGE, 1948-1951
/4 certificate awarded at completion of course
/5 photographs taken at RBGE, 4 donated, 1 scan of Peter Michie in Palm House
/6 photograph album/notebook of shots of RBGE taken in 1930-1950 by Roland Edgar Cooper "Showing glimpses of the layout plan of 1824"
/7 "The Weather Map" - 1948 textbook used for Meteorology course

• Folder of illustrations
• Letter from J.E. Dinsmore (January 11, 1945)
• Folder of family photographs
• Map of Turkey (1973)
• Folder of various loose prints and mounted photographic/artistic material
• 2 boxes of negatives and prints
• 2 boxes of negatives and contact prints
• 1 box of transparencies
• 1 box of medals
• 3 degree certificate scrolls
• 1 box of transparencies
• 5 boxes of correspondence with contributors of Flora Turkey Accounts
• 1 vol. of Turkish meteorology
• Block of Flora of Turkey map
• Flora Iranica funding application
• 1 box of correspondence regarding collecting trips to Turkey: 1954, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1975, 1982, 1983.
• Correspondence regarding collecting trips to Morocco (1970), Algeria (1971), Iran (1974), N. Africa (1975), Brasil (1976), Ghana - cancelled (1978)
• Itineraries and maps of various plant collectors in Turkey
• 1 box containing general correspondence regarding Flora Turkey project including:
  o SRC 1961-1976 (cost of project in that time)
  o SRC 1961-1976 (grants and claims)
  o SRC reports 1982-1985
  o NATO grants
  o Composer and EUP
  o Senior Research Fellowship
  o Box containing correspondence with Edinburgh University Press and Authors, vol.1-7 Plant geography of the Middle East
• Flora of Turkey book reviews
• Synopsis of costing of Flora of Turkey project
• P.H. Davis various Articles
• Diary of a visit to Leningrad in 1959
• Seed and bulb lists (various) and subscribers
• Steedman Ramage/ Curator Bonis correspondence (access restrictions apply)
• Varia, C.V. and obituaries

•File containing 2 notebooks, titled ‘Flora Scotica’ and ‘Local Flora – Mainly West Cornwall’

•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

•Brief history of the life of Henry Harold Welch Pearson, up to 1902, and list of his publications (24.11.1902)

•Memo book titled ‘Agarics: New Records and Observations’ (1938), from Dr. Roy Watling through Alan Bennell