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1 photo album marked 'Vol 2' containing 42 prints of alpine plants; 2 separate prints mounted on card (Cyclamen repandum and Primula reidii); and 3 RHS certificates dated 1947, 1959, and 1964

19 photographs, mainly of plants including orchids - Sarcochilus, Dendrobium, Spiranthes, Aeginetia, Dipodium, Impatiens and Rhododendron

7 boxes containing correspondence, reports, minutes, circulars and agendas produced by the CSSF (Committee for the Study of the Scottish Flora)

1 box containing constitution, reports, field reports of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Cryptogamic SectionCryptogamic Society of Scotland (1875 - 1935) (incorporated into the Botanical Society of Edinburgh in 1935).
1 box containing laws, lists of members, conference reports (1903-1937) and photographs

5 boxes of slides, totalling around 400 slides, and an envelope "Botanic Garden Notes" (now in Box 1) of news clippings relating to the opening of the Glasshouses.

1 folder containing correspondence and papers regarding Tatsienlu, West China (1920-38)

Correspondence dated/ 1900 re: Socotra (Ogilvie-Grant, William Robert expedition) specimens filed with "Balfour, I.Bayley" papers under "Socotra"

minimal:1 File, 49 loose leaf pages of hand written notes titled; "West African Notes of Dr. J. M. Dalziel, late of China, Gold Coast & Kew".

3 misc. items with references to: Charles Robert Darwin

1. Copy of Tribute to Dr. Wm Pitcairne, Pres Roy. Coll. Phys. (original complete copy filed under "Pitcairne, Dr. Wm.)
2. Copy of Edinburgh University Darwinian Society; Syllabus for Session Nov. 1891 – Mar. 1892 (original filed with "Balfour, J.B.," correspondence under "Darwin"
   3.Syllabus of Three Lectures; “Charles Darwin and his Works” by Prof. Ray Lankester

2 typescripts:
1st script]"Dr. Dunsmure's M.S", Titled: "Evidently note of Prof R. Graham's lecture 'Plant Life'. 25 pages signed on page 24 as James Dunsmure.
2nd script] 29 pages - headed "Richard" on 'Vascular tissues'.
10 pages - headed "Darwin" - comparing plant anatomy to animal circulatory, vascular, glandular, muscular & nervous systems.
3 pages - headed "Mr. Knight" - on sap & buds.
2 pages - headed "Decadolle & Sprengel" - on cells and root.
2 pages -headed "Thomson" on sap.
2 pages - headed "Smith" on bark.
1 page - headed "Dutrochet" 1 paragraph in French referencing tissue permeability in plants.
3 pages referencing "Caesalpinus".