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4 manuscript notebooks entitled Flora of Japan; 3 of flowering plants, 1 of mosses and hepaticae, relating to his plant collections and herbaria, Japan, 1866-1886.

•B. Daydon Jackson, General Secretary, Linnean Society 1902 – 1926; correspondence filed under “Linnean Society”

1 newspaper cutting with Notice of the death of Leslie John (Jack) Clendinnen on 29 January 1954 & 1 colour photograph of "Jack" Clendinnen in Garden setting

Papers correspondence re: Dutch Elm Disease, filed in Box “Dutch Elm Disease” – “Papers 1893 – 1953”.

•Papers correspondence re: Dutch Elm Disease, filed in Box “Dutch Elm Disease” – “Papers 1893 – 1953”.

Correspondence dated, 1874 - 1879 filed under "Henderson, Col. F"

•Information and references to John Hutchinson at, Kew in heavily annotated press clipping. Correspondence re: this extract is filed with “Balfour, I.B.” papers under “Hutchinson”
•George Sherriff/ Dr. J Hutchinson, Correspondence (via Peter Cox) filed under “Ludlow & Sherriff” “misc. corres.” Box 10 in main index
•Some correspondence is filed with Sir. Wm. Wright Smith papers under, “Smith, Sir. Wm. W.”; “Rhododendron Corres.”, material boxed alphabetically in these boxes.

•Materials related to his book ‘Flora of Forfarshire’ – 16 page handwritten monograph ‘Catalogue of Mosses Collected in Forfarshire and Perthshire; including 155 species and varieties belonging to 26 genera.’ bound in card cover. Inset at the end is a copy of a letter from Alex. P. Stevenson, stamped 17 Jun 1903, referencing James Donald – Hampton Court Gardens.
•Note from W.W. Smith, dated 23 Dec 1931 referring to Gardiner’s own copy of his book ‘Flora of Forfarshire’. The copy was lent by Alexander Hutcheson and is believed to be unique, as having mounted specimens of plants interleaved and named by Gardiner himself. The copy referred to in the note is in the Library of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
•Lent by Alexander Hutcheson – an advertisement for a proposed 2nd edition of “Gardiner’s Flora of Forfarshire”, which was never published.
•Letter written by William Gardiner to his wife Elizabeth from Castleton of Braemar, dated 26 July 1844, on one of his botanical excursions; acknowledging receipt of a P.O. money order.
•Letter dated 30 Jan 1896 from James Scrymgeour to Alexander Hutcheson re: Wm. Gardiner.
•“The Flora Of Forfarshire”, Gardiner, William, London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, 1848.
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•Correspondence dated 1893 with J.J. Duthie & 1899 with I.B. Balfour (re: Col. F. Henderson collection) filed with “I. Bayley Balfour” papers under “Hope, C.W.”

• correspondence from Mr A.R.B. Hope, family tree, and copy of the John Kay portrait of John Hope with biography presented by the family of Ann Hope (1914-2007)