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8 typed leaves, 210 x 320mm of experimental notes on investigations connected with mould developing cheeses. The paper demonstrates experiments with various moulds/yeasts and the resultant cheese types. Refers to Raulin mixture and Penicillium glaucum. Conclusion is added to show results after 2 years.

1 folder with Photocopy of personal journal of E.H.M. Cox 31st January - 29th December 1919. Covering the Burma Expedition with Reginald John Farrer (17 February 1880 – 17 October 1920)
Remarkable account of 2 people, written between 1919 and 1920 and occasionally containing language and attitudes that would be considered offensive today; E.H.M. Cox, photographer, botanist, hunter, writer, and Reginald Farrer: botanist, painter and writer. Sail to Rangoon from Liverpool. Train and boat to Myitkyina and make base; from there they make expeditions into Kachin country with a large train of coolies, Gurkhas and Indian staff. Routine [as far as possible] seems to be gathering specimens, plants and seeds, taking photos, both glass plate and roll film, drying and pressing plants. Travelling from place to place and camping for as long as they need. Long treks in the north-east highlands climbing to 10,000 ft. and more. The diary is very closely observed and personal .The writer finds he has to do much more than the above accomplishments due to non-appearance of cooks, coolies etc. The weather plays an important part in the diary due to its erratic behaviour. Interesting that they receive pretty regular mail and both write a lot in return. British District Officers play a [generally] useful part in their plant searches. [description by SM]

1 newspaper cutting with Notice of the death of Leslie John(Jack) Clendinnen on 29 january 1954 & 1 colour photograph of "Jack" Clendinnen in Garden setting

3 two sided handwritten pages of monograph ‘On the Sexuality of Algae’ by Dr. Ferdinand Cohn of Breslau dated (1855)

Article on ‘British Alpine Gardens’ Gardeners’ Chronicle (July 9, 1910) by H. Correvon, Floraire, Geneva
– refers to RBGE, I.B.B. and R. Farrer

•Copy of letter to F.M. Webb, 4th of December 1876
•Correspondence from James Groves re: Henry Groves dated 1922 with Sir George Watt filed under “Watt, Sir. George” papers

•2 letters, dated 1801 & 1803, from Thomas Horsfield in Batavia to Dr. Roxburgh, Calcutta, previously filed under “Roxburgh, Dr. Wm.” At this time, Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indies, and corresponds with Jakarta, Indonesia today.
Second letter relates to Thomas Horsfield exploring the vegetation of Java, learning of indiginous knowledge of medicinal plants and his thoughts of publishing a 'Plantae Javanicae Rariores', which he eventually did.

•1 page of a draft of ‘A Survey of the Anatomy of the Rhododendron Leaf in relation to the Taxonomy of the Genus’, written by Hayes, Keenan and Cowan (copy in Index Box I-K) - original draft filed with J.M. Cowan papers
•Folder containing- 11 page report titled ‘Battleby House: A Survey of Some Important Trees ’ (J. Eric Robson, October 1970),
•3 copies each of Battleby Estate Management Plans 2 & 3 & “Trail” plans
•28 page Report on “Battleby House Estate” by J Keenan, 19 October 1972; referencing 119 tree species
•2 copies of two page ‘Battleby Report Continuation’ (J Keenan, 19 June 1973), duplicate copies tree records, 29 – 40, 79-107 &108-119
•4 letters to Keenan from Peter J. Bickmore, Projects Advisory Officer for the Countryside Commission for Scotland, (letters from 1971-73) and one from Tom Huxley, Assistant Director of Resource Management for the Countryside Commission for Scotland, (1972) (Folder in in Index Box I-K)

• 3 hand drawn maps & 1 printed map of an Expedition in Siam (1921), Chengmai district, N. Thailand, to be found in Archive Box I-K. 2 expeditions were taken during 1921. Routes followed day by day marked in red. Jan-April and late April –Jun. Printed map of the Kingdom of Siam and neighbouring states pre-1939
• Hand written list of plants extracted from a copy of J.G. Koenig's ‘Journal of a Voyage from India to Siam and Malacca in 1779’ (April 26th 1931), in folder in Archive Box I-K. Plants noted at Ban Pak nam, Siam. Some plants introduced since his visit.

•Folder containing rough work and correspondence relating to the transcription of work regarding the Flora of Turkey, part of The University of Edinburgh’s Botany Unit onto floppy discs (1979)