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•Application and testimonials for part of the Secretary /Registrar of the University College of Dundee. (see George Don Sr Collection for further information) http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/GB 235-gds • paper entitled 'Patrick Blair, Surgeon-Apothecary, Dundee, Scotland: A Memoir' by Alex. P. Stevenson, read to the Dundee Symposium, 9th February 1907 and to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 11th April 1907 - reprint was owned by Isaac Bayley Balfour and has a letter from Stevenson glued into the front cover. It refers to the Blair elephant.
The collection comprises photographs and reports related to the gathering and preparation of Sphagnum moss, in and around the Moffat/Beattock area, S.W. Scotland, which was used as a medical dressing for wounds during the First World War.
drawings and photographs used to illustrate Mann's thesis and drawings on permatrace used in other publications.
Added in 2020 (RBGEA2020/007):
3 sets of postcards depicting algae or diatoms as follows:
3 envelopes of Algal picture postcards from M. Adei; Scanning electron micrographs of diatoms (1994); Marine algae in coral reef (1993); and Algal vegetation in cold current area (1993)
pack of 12 poscards from the British Bryological Society (1994)
pack of Stereographs of the Diatom World, The Educational Association of Algae (2002)
Three letters and a description relating to the emergence of a new genus after some saussurea-type specimens collected by Siehe were studied and didn't fit into any genus in existence at that time. Correspondence between Andrew Grierson, Charles Jeffrey and Professor Wagenitz, and reference made to Peter Davis. October - November 1972
‘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.
Letter from James Lee to Thomas Blaikie outlining concerns regarding payment for materials supplied and requesting assurances be given. Letter has also been annotated by Blaikie regarding payment.