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Two photocopied letters between Claridge Druce and Bayley Balfour regarding Druce’s account of Don and the suggestion that it be published in the Notes of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Photocopied letter from Bayley Balfour to Claridge Druce accepting his manuscript for publication in the Notes of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 10/03/1903
Isaac Bayley Balfour’s George Don Collection – items relating to Jane Taylor Ewen of Mill Bank, Forfar. Including postcards and photographs showing views of Forfar.
Typed transcription – 3 pages – Notes for a sketch of the Botanists George [Jr.] and David Don of the Dove Hillock, Forfar, includes an extract of David Don’s birth in the Forfar Parish register, author – Alex. P. Stevenson, Dundee
