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- 03/08/1906 (Creation)
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1 letter, 1 sheet, 1 page
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Letter from A. Cameron, Bees Ltd, Wapping Buildings, Cornhill, Liverpool, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, The Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, dated 03 August 1906.
A Cameron, the Manager at Bees Ltd, [he's now scoring out 'The Co-operative' on the letterhead] writes to request Balfour's opinion on plants raised from seed supplied by George Forrest and sent to RBGE on 28 June 1906.
Letter has been fire damaged with some loss.
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Permission required from RBGE.
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- English
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Letter has been fire damaged with some loss; handle with care.
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- Forrest, George (Subject)
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Archivist's note
This Forrest correspondence collection summary has been provided by library volunteer Pauline Maclean.