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•Correspondence filed with “Aberconway, Lord” papers under “Smith, Sir. Wm.” – “Rhododendron Corres” - “Aberconway, Lord”

Mount Everest Collection
Correspondence 1921 – 1922 filed under “Smith, Sir Wm. Wright” in “Kew corres.”
Box under “Mt Everest”

•Correspondence 1905 – 1909, 7 letters filed with “Balfour, I.B.” papers under “Macvicar, S.M.”

•Folder containing a covering letter dated 26 June 1933 from Logan Turner to W. W. Smith requesting the preservation of an autograph notebook belonging to John M. McFarlane in the library of the Dept. of Botany, Edinburgh. The notebook contains ‘Remarks on the Fossil flora of Edinburgh and Neighbourhood, by John M. McFarlane, session 1877 and a pencilled copy of transcript of Foster & Balfour’s “Embryology”
•McFarlane, John M. (Edinburgh & USA) correspondence dated 1888 – 1905, filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under, “McFarlane, John M.”

Folder containing two copies of the catalogue for ‘The Botanical Paintings, 1932-1982’ exhibition and 2 sets of 8 postcards, and 2 cards (merchandise) of Botanical plates from the exhibition.

•Some correspondence is filed with Sir William Wright Smith papers under “Smith, Sir William W.” “ Rhododendron Correspondence,” material boxed alphabetically in these boxes

1. Five page, Autograph document: Copy of Testament Dative & Inventory of the goods and gear of the late Malcolm McCoig, gardener at the Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, dated 1st April 1789
2. One page, Autograph document: Letter from Henry Paton (Genealogist) to Prof. Balfour, dated 7 March 1908, re: the Testament of Malcolm McCoig – to clarify a name referenced in the document (possibly Ludovick Gerardi)
3. Printed book extract referring to a proposal to publish a “Flora Edinburgensis” by Malcolm McCoig c.1811

•3 letters dated 1879 – 1880 under “Henderson, Col F.”

•Some correspondence filed filed with Sir Wm. Wright Smith papers under “Smith, Sir Wm. W.”, “Rhododendron Corresp”, material boxed alphabetically in these boxes

•Refs. To botanical exchanges filed under “Mackechnie, Robert”