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GB 235 FRG/1/1/1/1905/22
Title
Letter from the Co-op Bees Ltd., Ness, to Isaac Bayley Balfour
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- 24/07/1905 (Creation)
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1 letter, 2 sheets, 2 pages
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Letter from the Co-operative Bees Ltd. Nurseries (E.H.?), Ness, Neston, Cheshire, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, F.R.S., Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 24(?) July 1905.
Bees Ltd write to acknowledge receipt of Balfour's letter identifying plants and seeks his opinion on a plant received under the name of Geum virginianum. Sending fresh specimen of Geum and also of a species of Verbascum raised from seeds received from M. [Walter] Siehe.
Plants referenced: Geum; Verbascum
Letter slightly charred with slight loss, though not text.
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Permission required from RBGE.
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- English
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Letter slightly charred; 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.