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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. H. Balfour
Date:
4 November 1850
Source of text:
Library, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 101
Summary:

JSH discusses election of a new Curator for Cambridge University Botanic Garden and encloses report to the Vice Chancellor to be passed on to James Stratton as testimonial.

Thanks Balfour for inclusion of some of his tables in the Manual of Botany and points out errors of genera and species in the tables based on Lindley and Bentham.

Asks for a sample of ‘woody fibre’ used in India for his museum.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
William Whewell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 November 1850
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 354
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
William Whewell
Date:
8 November 1850
Source of text:
Trinity College Cambridge Whewell Add.Ms.a.68: 39
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. H. Balfour
Date:
11 November 1850
Source of text:
Library, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 102
Summary:

Apologises for previous letter pointing out an error in Balfour’s Manual of Botany based on JSH’s tables of genera and species, in turn based on Lindley. Error was corrected in Balfour’s text.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
Leonard Horner
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
20 November 1850
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 170
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project