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List produced on RBGE embossed paper, bound together to form a book; beginning with Ranunculaceae, there are 330 pages of plants growing in the Garden in 1883 (though the 3 could also be interpreted as a 5); the book has an index at the back.
L'Herbier Boissier; Catalogue of Artocarpeae by Pierre Edmond Boissier
M/S Catalogue of Artocarpeae, "L'Herbier Boissier" by Pierre Edmond Boissier, catalogue comprising 42 mss leaves, 200 x 320mm
Boissier, Pierre Edmond
•Paper ‘On the Fossil Plants Discovered by Dr. Lyall in Greenland’, Zurich, 1st of May 1862
Heer, Oswald
•Letter to Watson from Henry Trimen (16 Jan 1876)
•Letter to Watson from Henry Roscoe (1 May 1872)
•Copy of a letter to the Linnaean Society from Watson (23 Dec 1863)
Watson, Hewett Cottrell
Monograph: Letter to William Maurlan from Isaac Bayley Balfour, dated, November 28th 1879, advising that the Commissioners of the Board of Inland Revenue had authorized an annual provision of 30 gallons of methylated spirits to Glasgow University – for the preservation of Botanical Specimens.
Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley
•Photocopy of a letter to Mr Watson, dated 16th January 1878
Trimen, Henry
•Eaton, D.L. letter to Capt Henderson dated 2 Dec 1878, Re: exchange of specimens. Filed under “Henderson, F”.
Eaton, D. L.
Frederick Morgan Webb Collection
•Copy of a letter to Webb from H.J. Geddes (4 Dec 1876)
Webb, Frederick Morgan
'Short Account of the Fossil Tree at Kinneil' by William Badger
‘Short Account of the Fossil Tree at Kinneil’, written by William Badger in July 1875. Account includes 3 sketches of the Fossil Tree, numbered 1,2 and 4.
Badger, William
•Letter to from J. Newman from to H. Watsonby (14 Feb 1871)
Watsonby, Hewett
