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•Letter dated 29 Mar 1877 to Capt. Henderson, filed with papers under “Henderson, F”
Mitten, William
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•Letter dated 29 Mar 1877 to Capt. Henderson, filed with papers under “Henderson, F”
Mitten, William
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".
Dunsmure, Dr. James; Graham, Prof. R. (RK); [Dr. E Dunsmure?]
• 1 short handwritten narrative regarding the foundation of Hamburg Botanic Garden by Prof. C. Lehmann between 1820 and 1822. There is no author's name or date but it is an expert description of the contents of the Hamburg Botanic Garden.
Hamburg Botanic Garden
Garden, The – It’s Formation and Furnishing
•Series of Lectures – presumably by Prof. I.B. Balfour – filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers – Box 4 of “Miscellaneous Papers – lecture notes, etc”
Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley
•Copy of letter from W.J. Hooker regarding a selection of plants from the Arctic Herbarium, put into Hooker’s hands by Capt. Parry, for publication in the appendix to Capt. Parry’s 2nd voyage (1821 – 1823).
Hooker, Sir William Jackson
•(Tenerife) 3 letters, dated 1880 filed under “Henderson, Col. F”
•(Honolulu) 2 letters, dated 1866 -1867, to Dr. Thos. Anderson – items 112 & 113 in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos” – Box 2
Hillebrand, William
Ellacombe, Canon Henry Nicholson
Catalogue of hardy plants grown at Bitton Vicarage. 88 typed pages dated on cover April 1901
Ellacombe, Canon Henry Nicholson
•Helen Graham, James Irvine (ed.)‘Parties and Pleasure: The Diaries of Helen Graham, 1823-26’, Munro Press, Perth, 1957
Graham, Helen
Copy of a letter from J.H. Balfour to the Secretary of the Botanical Society (10.02.1841)
Balfour, Professor John Hutton
References relating to William Jackson Hooker
small range of letters, photocopies of letters and references relating to William Jackson Hooker as follows:
Hooker, Sir William Jackson