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Gordon, Rosemary • Thesis: a General Account of the Anatomy of Saurauja Subspinosa, 1935 66 typed pages, inc. 2 page Bibliography; 19 pages describing 22 Figures & 6 pages describing 12 Plates (Thesis Bot. IV, no plates but negatives with m.y.o. [Matthew Young Orr])
Hand written letter from J. Gordon Senior, to Reverend/Mr. Tilson, dated 10th of February 1767, re: strawberry plants – Bath strawberry/Chili Beet, Discussing the identification of the strawberry originally brought to England by the Spanish ambassador 10 years previously, falsely called the chili beet. Enclosed seed of the humming–bird plant.
2 folders relating to M. Goethe's Plant Collecting Expedition to the Andes, 1924 •Folder 1: correspondence, dated 1924 – 1925, with M. Goethe, Henry D. McLaren & Prof. W. W. Smith •Folder 2: Original handwritten list of 273 specimens of plants & seeds collected by M. Goethe
Photocopy of the article ‘The Ascent of Mount Everest' by Col. Godwin-Austin ’ reprinted form the “Surrey Advertiser” January, 22nd, 1921. Sent to Prof. Bayley Balfour with the author’s best wishes, Feb. 8, 1921
Glenarn Garden, Rhu, Dumbartonshire Owned by the Gibson family between 1922 and 1984, archive consists of: • Early Plant Book – 1 • Rhododendron Book (Bible / Stud Book) • List of Abbreviations relating to above two books • Letter from Jim Gibson to David Ingram dated 24/01/1994 regarding donation of above and history of the Garden.
letter between F.R.S. Balfour of Dawyck and Archie Gibson, 09/08/1939 relating to Sawyers of Inverewe, silver pheasants, and some informatin on rhododendron - falconeri on the Isle of Man reputedly planted pre-1847 (pre-Hooker) - was it sent by Colonel Sykes c. 1830?
communication between John Patrick of the Rhododendron Venture and Archie Gibson in 1972 regarding plants from Taiwan and the Rhododendron Venture report of 1971. Both this and the FRS Balfour letter above were donated to RBGE in 1999 by Jim Gibson.
Monograph: Letter to William Maurlan from Isaac Bayley Balfour, dated, November 28th 1879, advising that the Commissioners of the Board of Inland Revenue had authorized an annual provision of 30 gallons of methylated spirits to Glasgow University – for the preservation of Botanical Specimens.
