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1931 National Auricula Society Northern Section; Medal for a Group of Primulas (38mm diameter), cased.

1931 National Auricula Society Northern Section; Medal for Collection of Primulas (38mm diameter), cased.

1 page letter. Handwritten.

attached to 5 other letters.

Memo from Isaac Bayley Balfour to Mr John F. Jeffrey, Keeper of the RBGE Herbarium dated 03 September 1903 advising that George Forrest will begin work on Monday [7 September] between 9 and 10 am; note has been annotated by J.F. Jeffrey to acknowledge contents, and again on 7 September 1903 by Henry Hastings to confirm that Forrest had started work.

•Memoir of Dr Thomas Charles Hope, Late Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh by Thomas Stewart Traill (from Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. xvi, part iv; 1848
•Copy of letters to Sir J.E. Smith, dated January 1784 – May 1785 filed under “Smith, JE.”

Memorandum from A.K. Bulley on S. Marshall Bulley and Son Memorandum notepaper, to Isaac Bayley Balfour at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 02 October 1905, describing the communication of 17 August from Mr Embery, China Inland Mission, Talifu [Dali] [GB 235 FRG/1/1/1/1905/26]; that Forrest was expected there in four days and would be well cared for. ‘The 1st “nice” plant fr[om] F[orrest] has just been determined at Kew – Cyananthus incanus var. leiocalyx. Yellow fl[ower]s. In Robinson’s Eng[lish] Fl[ower] Garden C. incanus is described as having light blue fl[ower]s.’
Plants referenced: Cyananthus incanus var leiocalyx
The memo is slightly charred.

Printed document by by the Royal Society of New Zealand - 'A Memorial to the late Dr. Leonard Cockayne C.M.G., F.R.S.' dated 28th August 1935

•Box containing Menzies Bequest (1842-43), miscellaneous papers, correspondence and lists.
•Newspaper article titled ‘Renaissance Man’ about Archibald Menzies, celebrating the 250th anniversary of his birth, from the Courier and Advertiser, 14.08.2004

Paper identification card/landing pass, issued 14 September 1944 by the 'Master' (Captain) of the S.S. For McDonnell. It is a fill in card with blank spaces and printed text.

The S.S. Fort McDonnell, was completed in August 1944, as part of the 'Blue Funnel Line.' She was a Victory ship built by Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., built for the Built for the Ministry of War Transport. Renamed several times after World War II starting in 1947.

'No. on Articles' refers to the corresponding line in the ship's official articles/ships logs that matches this identification card.

TRANSCRIPTION

bold = printed text

Blue Funnel Line

The Bearer Dr. J.H. Hicks

whose signature appears on the back hereof, is a member of the crew of - S.S./M.V. [STAMP] S. S. Fort McDonnell

[SIGNATURE] [F. Gray?] Master

Date of issue [STAMP] SEP 14 1944

(see Reverse side)

[REVERSE SIDE]

SIGNATURE [SIGNATURE] JH Hicks

No. on Articles 25

11 binders of Mike Richardson's coprolitic fungi collection notes, taken from samples of animal dung between c. 1996-2020, from locations around the U.K., Iceland and the Falkland Islands.