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Dickson Nurserymen family; article by Hamish Johnston
•22 page, bound article written by Hamish Johnston adding new information about the Dickson nurserymen families to an article written by Priscilla Minay for the Old Edinburgh Club Vol. 1 1991. Accompanied by 2 pages of corrections to the Dickson entries in Ray Desmond’s Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists. 6 pages of email correspondence with Archive Librarian at RBGE (Feb.2011)
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•2 Letters, 1892 filed in “Balfour. I Bayley” correspondence under “Grieve, James
•Undated letter, original writer was Grieve, James (of Apple Fame) regarding history & cultivation of Violas. There are 2 photocopies of book extracts relating to Pansies & Violas.
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