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Letter from the Co-operative Bees Ltd. Nurseries (E.H.?), Ness, Neston, Cheshire, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, F.R.S., Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 24(?) July 1905.
Bees Ltd write to acknowledge receipt of Balfour's letter identifying plants and seeks his opinion on a plant received under the name of Geum virginianum. Sending fresh specimen of Geum and also of a species of Verbascum raised from seeds received from M. [Walter] Siehe.
Plants referenced: Geum; Verbascum
Letter slightly charred with slight loss, though not text.

Letter from George Litton, H.M. Consulate, Tengyueh, via Bhamo, Burma, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 15 August 1905.
Litton writes to inform Balfour of the murder of George Forrest at Tsekou as a result of attack by Tibetan lamas on 20 July. He will do all in his power to secure an inquiry.
Letter has been fire damaged with some loss.

Letter from Sir Eldon Gorst, Foreign Office, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 17 August 1905.
Gorst is directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne 'to state that he has been requested by Mr. Litton, His Majesty's Consul at Tengyueh, in the provinces of Yunnan, to inform you that there seems unfortunately little doubt that an Englishman named Forest [sic] was murdered on July 21, in the course of the disturbances which have lately occurred in the region of the Upper Mekong.’...
Letter has been charred with some loss, though not of text.

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, to A.K. Bulley, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, dated 17 August 1905.
Balfour writes to express his grief at the death of George Forrest and regret at the loss of ‘a born collector’. ... 'We have lost a really good man from whom I had looked for great horticultural prizes.'

Letter from William James Embery, China Inland Mission, Tali-fu [Dali], Tengyueh via Bhamo, Upper Burma, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 17 August 1905.
Embery, the Missionary based at the China Inland Mission at Dali writes to report that George Forrest is alive and hopes to reach the mission on 21st [August].
"Dear Sir, It is a very great joy to me to have to communicate to you the news I have to tell, rather than the news we feared would have to be sent to you. Doubtless you are aware that the district of Tsekou in which Mr. George Forrest has been "collecting" lately, has been in a disturbed state for some time. Things have reached a crisis and reports (reckoned upon as reliable) have been current here for several days that our friend Mr. Forrest, with the French Catholic priests, had all been massacred. Our hearts have indeed been sad, but today we received a letter from Mr. Forrest telling us that he was on his way to us here and hopes to arrive about the 21st inst. He says he escaped after a fearful struggle and experience lasting for 21 days, being hunted like a mad dog for 9 days on the hills, suffering terrible privation, then fell in with some friendly people who brought him on his way for quite a distance. Two of the French priests he says have been massacred, and it is indeed a marvel that he himself escaped. He wished me to communicate the news to you by first mail. Rest assured we will look after him well when he gets here and we thank God for thus marvellously delivering him. Mr. Forrest will be writing you himself later, but in the meantime we rejoice with you over today's good news. Believe me, Yours sincerely W.J. Embery
Letter appears to be similar to a carbon copy and is on very thin paper which has crumpled along the left hand side, has water staining and also some charring, leading to loss of paper and some text.

Letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, to Sir E. Gorst, The Foreign Office, Downing Street, London S.W. dated 18 August 1905.
Balfour, unaware at this point that Forrest has survived, writes to acknowledge Gorst's letter of 17 August and asks that Forrest’s mother or himself be informed of result of enquiry into Forrest’s death.
Letter is fire damaged with some loss.

Telegram from Sir Eldon Gorst, Foreign Office, handed in at Parliament Street at 5:18pm, to Professor Balfour, Keeper of the Royal Gardens, Edinburgh, received at Goldenacre Post Office at 5:55p on 19 August 1905.
'Further telegram received from Consul Gunnan [sic - Yunnan] stating Forrest is alive and safe. Gorst.'

Telegram from Traill; presumably Miss Clementina Traill, Forrest's fiancee, handed in at Portobello Post Office at 8:25pm, to Balfour, Inverleith House, received by Edinburgh Office at 8:28pm, 19 August 1905.
'Many thanks for kindness letting me know good news. Traill.'

Telegram from Forrest family, likely Miss Grace R. Forrest, George's sister, handed in at Lasswade Post Office at 8:17pm, to Balfour, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, received at Edinburgh Office at 8:21pm[?], 19 August 1905.
'Overjoyed to have good news many many thanks'

Letter from George Litton, H.M. Consul at Tengyueh, via Bhama, to Isaac Bayley Balfour [Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh], dated 19 August 1905.
Litton writes to confirm that George Forrest is safe in the Chinese camp at Wei Hsi: 'Dear Sir, I write a line to confirm the news wh you will already have heard that Forrest by some miracle has escaped. We have definite news of him today, safe on the 13th in the Chines camp at Wei Hsi ‘…after horrible experiences’. Thank God for that. You will not think that I wrote the news of his death without good reason. It was confirmed from numerous official and unofficial sources and there were supposed to have been eye witnesses! I am more pleased than I can say. I expect he will have a wondrous tale to tell.'
Letter has been damaged by fire with some loss, though not of text.