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RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger with 'Despatch Book Propagating Dept. written inside; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between October 1916 and February 1920. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front.

Two folders relating to Farrer's second expedition to Upper Burma between 1919 and 1920 and his death there. Correspondence is mainly between Farrer and William Wright Smith, Deputy Regius Keeper at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, but also Isaac Bayley Balfour, Lionel de Rothschild, S.R. Fasoms, and post Farrer's death, Claude Barton of the Ingleborough Estate Office, Colonel Stephenson Clarke, Euan H.M. Cox, H.M. Farrer of Farrer and Co. solicitors [dealing with Farrer's estate] and Farrer's mother, Bessie requesting coloured paintings of Gentiana farreri and Lilium farreri so that glass windows may be made up for the church in Clapham.
There are also seed and plant lists, identifications and distribution lists to subscribers [though no list of subscribers was found].

This box comprises mainly correspondence to and from Reginald Farrer and Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (1888-1922) but there is also correspondence to/from Sir/Colonel David Prain, Arthur W. Hill, W.R. Dykes, George Redman of the Craven Nursery, and Edward Arnold.

The lists consist of a series of registers, lists and indices relating to the Edinburgh University Botany and Practical Botany classes held at RBGE.

Farrer Correspondence (82 letters in 2 folders) relating to Farrer and Purdom's expedition to Kansu [Gansu] province in north China between 1914 and 1915.
folder 1, letters 1-40 includes correspondence to and from Reginald Farrer, Isaac Bayley Balfour, David Prain, Arthur W. Hill, W.R. Dykes (regarding Farrer's irises from China) and George Redman of Farrer's Craven nursery.
folder 2, letters 41-82 includes correspondence to and from Reginald Farrer, Isaac Bayley Balfour, George Redman, and Edward Arnold, publisher, regarding problems with an appendix to one of Farrer's books.

RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger with 'Plants and Seeds Sent Out II' on the spine; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between March 1912 and January 1914. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front.

RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger with 'Plants and Seeds Sent Out III' on the spine; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between January and December 1914. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front.

RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger with 'Plants and Seeds Sent Out I' on the spine; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between March 1899 and March 1912. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front. The spine is damaged and there are a number of loose inserts inside the ledger; handle with care.