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Letter from Grace R. Forrest, 'Springbank', Lasswade, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 08 September 1905.
Grace writes to Balfour to return Bulley's letters.

Letter from George Forrest, China Inland Mission, Talifu [Dali], to Isaac Bayley Balfour, 'Regius Keeper', Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 11 September 1905.
Forrest writes to say that having recovered his strength he has decided to join Mr. Litton on a journey to the Salween-Irrawadi [Irrawaddy] Divide. He hopes to push as far north as 28 degrees, directly west of Tsekou - 'however there is no danger of our being disturbed by llamas [sic] as the valleys are wholly populated by Shans and Lissoos'. Forrest hopes to send many new things, but as the season is so far advanced, Forrest's mode of collecting seeds 'is bound to be what Mr. Bulley terms 'hocus pocus' i.e. gathering the seed without having seen the plant in flower wherever I go, so the best I can do is to get on to really new ground.'
Letter has been scorched with a little loss.

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, to A.K. Bulley, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, dated 20 September 1905.
Balfour promises to send copies of all the photographs relating to Forrest plants that RBGE produce. Balfour is finding it difficult to identify the rhododendrons sent by Forrest from descriptions only but hopes that Dr Henry [of the Paris Herbarium?] will be able to assist. ‘I have one twig from Forrest of a veritable “blue” Rhododendron. I hope you have seed of it.' Balfour states that he wishes Bulley would allow his name to appear on the herbarium labels as he is the sponsor of the collection. He reports receiving letters from Litton amplifying the news already received via telegram; they are with Forrest's family but Balfour will send them to Bulley when he can.
Letter has been scorched with some loss, there is also some water damage.

Letter from Grace R. Forrest, 'Springbank', Lasswade, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 24 September 1905.
Grace writes to Balfour returning letters that had been passed to her by Miss Traill. 'The news contained in the first one is terrible, and it is only the knowledge that he has escaped that enables us even now to read it without great heartbreak.'

Postcard from A.K. Bulley, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, The Regius Keeper, Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, dated 24 September 1905.
Bulley writes to advise Balfour that he does not expect to receive any seeds of the plants from Tsekou this year, blue rhododendrons included.

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, to George Litton Esq., H.B.M. Consul, Teng Yueh [Tengchong], dated 25 September 1905.
Balfour thanks Litton for his letters and his kindness to George Forrest. 'Truly his escape seems to have been miraculous and we are now anxiously looking forward to his letters giving us the story of his adventures'; ‘He is all you say of him and his collections are indeed marvellous for their perfection. What he has already done is great and gives promise of even greater things in the future - but what that will be we cannot judge until we hear what has really happened to him and what his present state is.’
Letter has been scorched.

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, to George Forrest, c/o Messrs Cook & Son, Tourist Agency, Rangoon, Burmah [sic] [Yangon, Myanmar] dated 26 September 1905.
Balfour writes sending the latest photographs of plants collected by Forrest and replies to his queries on species of clematis, thalictrum, delphinium, new aconites (nos. 270 and 280) and corydalis.
Plants referenced: clematis; corydalis; thalictrum; delphinium; new aconites
Forrest numbers referenced: F270, F280
Last page of letter scorched with some loss and minor water damage.

Letter from George Forrest, The Consulate, Tengyueh, S.W. Yunnan, China, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, 'Regius Keeper', Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland, dated 01 October 1905.
Forrest writes to Balfour to provide a very full account of events at Tsekou [Cigu] from 13 July and his subsequent flight with the two missionary fathers and many Christian Tibetans; [The content of this letter may be deemed especially distressing] Forrest describes delays and deception by the Besse [Headman] of Chamey; the despair of the missionaries and eventual decision by Forrest to strike off alone; the pursuit by lamas; arrival after eight days at a Lissoo village where he was fed tsampa cakes and tea, resulting in stomach problems; further hardships on journey to Yeh Chih but notes the magnificence of the flowers and his hope of returning to ‘the flower garden of the world’; kindness of the Besse of Yeh Chih; news of the brutal murder of Pere Bourdonnec and Pere Dubernard; the journey to Hsia Wei Hsi and of meeting up with Pere Monbeig; description of the Chinese clothing provided for him; eventual arrival in Talifu on 25 August.
The full text of the letter is available at (right click, open link in new tab) https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/28455 .
The letter has suffered fire damage, with some loss including text.

Sketch map in ink showing Forrest's escape route from Tsekou [Cigu] on the 19th July to ~4th August at Yeh Chih [Yezhi]. The map was drawn by Forrest, presumably some time after the event, but is stored alongside the letter of the 10th October 1905, to which it relates.

Sketch map in pencil showing Forrest's escape route from Tsekou [Cigu] on the 19th July to ~4th August at Yeh Chih [Yezhi]. The map was drawn by Forrest, presumably some time after the event, but is stored alongside the letter of the 10th October 1905, to which it relates. This may be an earlier version of the ink map (GB 235 FRG/1/1/1/1905/54).