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Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, RBGE,to Arthur Kilpin Bulley, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, dated 30 April 1904, in which Balfour states that 'Forrest should be all right in the way of health, honesty, steadiness, devotion to work, general knowledge of plants. Of his gardening powers I know nothing; he has not been on our gardening staff. I should say that if he knew what you want he would do well for you...’

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour at RBGE to Arthur Kilpin Bulley, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, dated 28 April 1904, recommending George Forrest as a plant collector; 'Dear Mr Bulley, There is a man, Forrest, here who is on the look out for a billet such as you describe. I have given your letter to him and he will write to you. He was recommended to my notice by John Abercrombie [sic], the Naturalist, as a man who was collecting plants for some Society on Scotland and who wished to go abroad as a collector. I could find nothing for him in that line but took him on my staff in the Herbarium so that, whilst of use to us, he might gain a wider knowledge of plants. He has been working here for about six months and I have found him an excellent industrious and steady man. He has had opportunity here of getting to know a good deal about the plants of the world and he seems to have profitted by it. The head of the Herbarium speaks very highly of him. He is a strongly built fellow and seems to me to be of the right grit for a collector.'

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour to George Forrest dated 03 September 1903 inviting Forrest to come to the Garden on 7 September. Assistant in the Herbarium will give him instructions as to work.

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour to George Forrest dated 01 September 1903 offering Forrest temporary work in the Herbarium at RBGE.

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, RBGE, to George Forrest, Tali-fu [Dali], dated 12 September 1904, in which Balfour thanks Forrest for his Bhamo letter and hopes there will be no trouble in the districts he is going to visit; offers to send paper for drying plants. Hopes to obtain a new Herbarium building this year.

Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour at RBGE to George Forrest, Ta-li-fu [Dali], Yunnan, dated 29 June 1904, in which Balfour thanks Forrest for his arrangements regarding the transmission of Australian seeds and plants to Edinburgh. Hopes he will write from time to time and looks forward to the results of his explorations.

Folder of letters and copy letters sent at the time Forrest started working at RBGE between June and September 1903.