James Bisset's Flora of Japan notebooks
- GB 235 BTJ
- File
- 1866 - 1886
4 manuscript notebooks entitled Flora of Japan; 3 of flowering plants, 1 of mosses and hepaticae, relating to his plant collections and herbaria, Japan, 1866-1886.
Bisset, James
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James Bisset's Flora of Japan notebooks
4 manuscript notebooks entitled Flora of Japan; 3 of flowering plants, 1 of mosses and hepaticae, relating to his plant collections and herbaria, Japan, 1866-1886.
Bisset, James
Granny (Sea Anemone) 1828 - 1887
Granny (Sea Anemone) 1828 - 1887
Life History & associated papers filed with “Royal Botanic Garden” “Edinburgh” papers (boxes in general index)
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)
•3 letters, dated 1860 – 1864, to Dr. Thos. Anderson in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos.” – items 33, 34 & 35. In Box 2
•Letters dated 1 May (1887?) and 27 April 1887 of H Pelham and Bartholomew Price respectively, re; proposal for Hon. D. L. degree, sent to I Bayley Balfour filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under “Pelham, H” and “Price, B” respectively
Gray, Asa
"Flora of Ascension, 1889" by Henry J. Gordon
Gordon, Henry J. - Surgeon to “HMS Ganges” 1889 (Index p.33/34 & 84)
• 2 hand written copies of a 5 page paper: ”Flora of Ascension, 1889”; Report by naval surgeon Gordon during a visit by H.M.S. Ganges. Embraces the climate, topography, land plants/trees and marine vegetation. Suggests if more trees were planted the climate could become wetter encouraging more vegetation.
• 1 copy of 9 page hand written list of 156 Plant Specimens; Ascension island flora with common names and botanical ones on separate lists.
Gordon, Henry J.
•Correspondence, re: late brother’s affairs dated 1889 filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” correspondence under “Dickson, Archibald”
Dickson, Archibald
•Copy of ‘The Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries: Syllabus of Lectures on Botany’, (March 1869)
•Copy of ‘The Royal College of Science for Ireland: Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Botany’, (1872-73)
•Copy of The Royal College of Science for Ireland: Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Botany‘ (1876-77)
McNab, William Ramsay
E. Colborne Baber ‘Royal Geographical Society Supplementary Papers Vol. I. Part 1: Travels and Researches in Western China’ London, 1882
Baber, Edward Colborne
•Papers re: 1899 Forbes/Ogilvie-Grant Expedition to Socotra filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under "Socotra”
•Letter, dated 26 november 1892, re; mild climate at Loch Hown Head filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under “Grant, Ogilvie”
Ogilvie Grant, W.R.
2 letters dated 1893 to J.J. Duthie from C.W. Hope; filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under “Hope, C.W.”
Duthie, J.J.