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•Obituary of Robert James Douglas Graham, from the Year Book R.S.E., 1950-51 by William Wright Smith.
Smith, Sir William WrightGranny (Sea Anemone) 1828 - 1887
Life History & associated papers filed with “Royal Botanic Garden” “Edinburgh” papers (boxes in general index)
•3 letters, dated 1860 – 1864, to Dr. Thos. Anderson in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos.” – items 33, 34 & 35. In Box 2
•Letters dated 1 May (1887?) and 27 April 1887 of H Pelham and Bartholomew Price respectively, re; proposal for Hon. D. L. degree, sent to I Bayley Balfour filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under “Pelham, H” and “Price, B” respectively
•Handwritten direction to the site of his grave
•Unbound duplicate drawings of Diatoms originally at the end of a collection of Greville’s Papers
•Catalogue written by R.K. Greville of first parcel from Thomas Drummond from St. Luis, Alleganies & New Orleans 1832 filed under “Drummond, Thomas” folder (DRU)
•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.
•Box of correspondence, posthumous papers, 1935-54 (New Zealand)
Guthrie-Smith, Herbert• 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•Correspondence dated 1912 -1913 on “Primula”, filed with subject material under “Primula”, Box 1 in main index
Harley, AndrewA candlestick holder and mirror frame crafted from trial pieces produced when creating the rhododendron gate for the Inverleith East Gate entrance to RBGE
Lonie, Harry• Booklet, “Laws of The Harveian Society of Edinburgh; instituted 12th April 1782”, with Chronological Lists of Presidents (including D. Rutherford (1787 & 1818), J.H. Balfour (1852) and R. Graham (1825)) and Members since 1782 with Rules of Membership.
Harveian Society of Edinburgh