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Note of plants received from Kew. Receipt, dated 8/4/1940, of “Lilium ochraceum Franch” collected by H.B.G. Garret Also Saxifraga bergenoides & megalantha collected by F.K. Ward & Dioscorea bulbifera v. anthrophagorum collected by J.H. Burkhill.
The undernoted papers, which are filed under “Trotter, Capt. H.” are those referred to in the appended extract from Mrs. J.W. Hely-Hutchison’s letter of 26th Feb. 1947: [1] List of seeds and plants imported from America 1760 and sold by Mrs. Drummond, Seed Merchant, Lawn Market, Edinburgh [2] List of fruit trees required for Mortonhall (Mortoun Hall), 1772
•1 file of miscellaneous correspondence with Dr. Harold R. Fletcher (1958-71) •Copy of a letter to Taylor from H.R. Fletcher (15 Dec 1965) and an article by Taylor titled ‘Himalayan Plants in the Field’ from The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, (1948) •Two boxes of index cards to N. Douglas Simpson’s Index (a gift from Taylor to Royal Botanic Garden Trust)
•List of seeds and plants imported from America in 1760 and sold by Mrs Drummond, Seed Merchant, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh •List of fruit required for Mortonhall, 1722 and an abstract from J.W. Hely-Hutchison’s letter regarding the list.
