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Reprint was taken from the Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, volume XXVII, part 2, is titled 'Mosses of West Lothian (V.C. 84)' by J.C. Adam and signed 'with the Author's Compliments'. It was read at the Society meeting held on the 8th February 1917, shortly after Adam joined the Machine Gun Corp.

The letter, dated 11/11/1947, is from Felix Eugen Frisch (1879-1954), who was Professor of Botany at Queen Mary College, University of London between 1924 and 1948. He is writing in response to a parcel sent to him by Miss Muriel J. Hay, Room 39, Dept. of Botany, RBGE, EH4. She was a student at RBGE and obtained a 2nd class, BSc Hons, Botany in July 1948. He criticises the way she packaged up the slide and tubes of material she wanted him to identify, as the slide was completely broken and one of the tubes was cracked, but he was able to identify one of the specimens as Coelosphaerium naegelianum, and asks her to send more as it would repay detailed study.

The collection dates between 1769 and c2003 and comprises:

• 3 notebooks including financial records, language studies and diaries;
• 17 pieces of correspondence and handwritten notes;
• a printed compendium of Swiss flora;
• a copy of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress;
• 4 prints of notable 18th century French figures; and
• two photographs of items which belonged to Blaikie's family.

Three vellum bound notebooks covering the period 1775-1822.

Diary covering the period 1775 to 1781 including an account of a collecting trip in the Swiss Alps and a list of plants collected and sent to Fothergill and Pitcairn from Bourdigny in November 1775. The first page has been cut out.

Contains a loose and undated handwritten note in English and French on particular dates and points in Blaikie's life including residence, age and date of death. (Box 1)

Vellum bound notebook including notes of French lessons, lists of accounts, housekeeping expenses and an account of events from 1781 to 1792. (Box 1)

One green vellum bound notebook containing accounts for customers arranged by surname. A number of pages have been removed. The earliest entry is January 1789 and latest is June 1822.

Contains a loose handwritten note compiled in 2003 detailing the missing pages and method of their removal and noting that it was faxed to Pat Taylor. (Box 2)

Green vellum file, annotated ‘Claims upon the French Government by Thos. Blaikie’, containing 17 handwritten letters and notes by and to Blaikie, mainly in relation to losses incurred during the French Revolution. These include correspondence with the Office of Commissioners for Claims on France, James Lee at the Hammersmith nursery and the Foreign Office. The papers date from 1791 to 1890. (Box 1)

Letter from James Lee, Hammersmith, to Thomas Blaikie, Paris, dated 17 June 1791, regarding the cost of trees and shrubs and requesting payment.

Letter from James Lee, Hammersmith, to Thomas Blaikie, Paris, dated 7 November 1792, outlining concerns regarding payment for materials supplied and requesting assurances be given. Letter has also been annotated by Blaikie regarding payment.