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•Typed copy note of Information about his life given by Miss Maughan, 4th March1908
Maughan, E.J. (MEJ)
Maughan, Miss•Typed note of information about his life given by Miss Maughan, 4th March 1908.
Maughan, Miss•Refs. To botanical exchanges filed under “Mackechnie, Robert”
Mathieson, Wilfrid•1 Box containing 4 ledgers (transferred to folders) of lists of identifications of plant material and pathologies made by Orr between 1925 and 1952.
Orr, Mathew Young1.Correspondence with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under “Gardeners’ Chronicle”
2.Correspondence with “Balfour, J. Hutton” papers under “Gardeners’ Chronicle”
•Copy of the first page of a paper by I.B. Balfour titled ’The Pandaneae of the Mascarene Islands’, 1875
1 small blue notebook containing field notes for plants collected by Mary Mendum on expedition to Irian Jaya in 1992. Irian Jaya is now known as Western New Guinea or West Papua.
4 Small collecting books – Sabah 1998 and 2000, Philippines and the Living Collections at RBGE. These contain original collecting notes including localities and descriptions which are potentially useful for future reference if anything is unclear on specimen labels.
2 small diaries – one of fieldtrip to Sulawesi in 2000 and one to the Philippines in 1998 or 1999– useful as reference for locations and logistics but also as Mary’s personal archive.
1 small notebook - with mix of collection information and general notes
1 page letter. Typed.
Attached to letter from M. Gibby to H. Rasbach (2 May 1990)
Gibby, Professor MaryPlastic page with negative of chromosomes, images taken by Mary Gibby
[LABEL ON BAG] Mary Gibby 9023
Contains
Some of the pages have labels.