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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. H. Balfour
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
Library, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 98
Summary:

Thanks Balfour for receipt of a package of Scottish plants. Sends a few specimens and asks for a complete list of required plants.

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Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. H. Balfour
Date:
14 November 1840
Source of text:
Library, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 99
Summary:

Offers thoughts on a specimen, stating they are conjectural and without seeing it he cannot be clearer.

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Henslow Correspondence Project
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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.

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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.

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Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. H. Balfour
Date:
29 April 1852
Source of text:
Library, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 100
Summary:

Thanks Balfour for sending a copy of Class Book of Botany, vol. 1. Notes about teaching and students.

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Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. H. Balfour
Date:
5 June 1854
Source of text:
Library, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 103
Summary:

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Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. H. Balfour
Date:
21 October 1854
Source of text:
Library, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 104
Summary:

JSH sends list of plants from the Hitcham village herbarium and adds last programme of village horticultural society. Discusses receiving material for Ipswich and Cambridge museums and arrangement to send Balfour a section of Dracaena from La Orotava.

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Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. H. Balfour
Date:
14 October 1858
Source of text:
Library, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 105
Summary:

Discusses lists of fish and British birds and inability to attend previous meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Provides details of trip to the Paris Exposition.

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Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. H. Balfour
Date:
17 September 1860
Source of text:
Library, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 106
Summary:

Discusses recent trip to French gravel pits due to flint hatchets found there. Asks for high altitude samples for French friend’s acclimatisation study. Comments on Hooker’s trip to Middle East.

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Henslow Correspondence Project