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3 page letter. Typed.

1 page letter. Typed.

• Printed copy of Henslow's "Syllabus of Botanical Lectures"; edited and printed by Charles Babington, 22 April 1862.
• References in printed papers dated 1828, 1829 & 1830 filed under “Cambridge, University of”
• Letter dated 22nd Sep.1860, to Dr. Thos. Anderson – item 16 in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos” – Box 2

Handwritten letter on 3 sides describing “new” method of propagation- “striking on the live plant”. By cutting 4/5 through the plant stalk and binding with damp moss a new shoot grows strongly and quickly. Anderson made successful experiments with fuchsia, heliotrope, jasmine, rose, etc. showing that this method can be used both in the greenhouse and in the open in situ. He grants Patrick Neill permission to publish them in the Transactions of the Caledonian Horticultural Society.

1 page letter. Handwritten.

File containing correspondence from J.R. Anderson regarding photographs and notes by C.C. Pemberton on abnormal growths of trees growing near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. N.B. In Anderson's first letter there is a reference to the fate of John Jeffrey in 1851 as recorded by Anderson's father.
the file contains letters from Anderson, copies of letters between Anderson and Pemberton, around 50 of Pemberton's photographs showing the tree growth and a report from Borthwick with his interpretation of the photographs.

• James Robert Anderson, 1841-1930, the son of A.C. Anderson, left Fort Nisqually in 1850 to attend school in Victoria for two years. He returned in 1858 and remained until his death. He was an accountant and businessman, and from 1894 until 1908, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture. He had a keen interest in natural history. His father, Alexander C. Anderson, was an early B.C. land surveyor. (right click, open link in new tab) https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/anderson-james-robert-1841-1930]
• Chartres Cecil Pemberton, 1864-1943, was a barrister, law clerk to the legislature, aboriculturist and realtor (right click, open link in new tab) https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/pemberton-c-c

1 page letter. Typed. 4 pages of sketches of CR Fraser-Jenkins specimens

1 page letter. Typed.

Journal entitled 'Volume Second of my Journal commencing with my departure from Bombay in the Cyclops, May 5th 1860' in which Dubuc describes the voyage with stops at Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope, Tenerife, Portugal, to Portsmouth. Describes visiting Edinburgh and Professor Balfour [John Hutton Balfour], Mr Davis, Dr. M. Thomson and Dr. Lorimer.
1861, Describes joining the Megaera troop ship sailing for Gibraltar.
Copy of text from Dr. Scott's journal - Notes of a visit to Kiranea, Sandwich Islands.
April 1861; boards H.M.S. Cossack; voyage to the Cape of Good Hope
Died near Cape of Good Hope(?) January 1862.
Dubuc was an Assistant Surgeon on these ships and his journal is full of descriptions of medical procedures, but also of the plants and animals he saw on his voyages. He would often draw what he saw and would paste inserts from news journals into the diary too. There are 3 inserts of pressed plants, one produced in 1863 after his death. In general, inserts made by Dubuc have been recorded and left in the journal, inserts made after his death, likely by his mother Mary Ann Dubuc have been removed to form the series of letters and newspaper cuttings at no2 in this collection. Mary Ann has pasted some insertions relating to her son into the journal after his death.

Journal written by Emilius Dubuc outlining his voyage from Bombay [Mumbai] on H.M.S. Cyclops commencing May 5 1860, accompanied by a series of letters added to the journal by Dubuc's mother, Mary Ann Dubuc, plus a transcription of the journal likely created by Bob Galt in the 1990s/early 2000s.