Monograph on Figs

• Reference:GB 235 FIG
• Dates of Creation:1847
• Name of Creator:
  Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  Minimal; monograph, catalogue & letter

• Scope and Content

  •Monograph on Figs - draft M/S from I.B.B.'s papers.
  •M/S Catalogue of Artocarpeae – L’Herbier Boissier Received with Monograph on Figs in “Balfour, I.B. papers” , filed under “Boissier, P.E.”
  •Letter dated 14 March 1847 to G. A. Walker-Arnott filed under “Miquel, A. W.” (Miquel, F. Anton Wilhelm) in main index

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Son of John Hutton Balfour, Isaac Bayley Balfour was Regius Keeper at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh between 1888 and 1922, specialising in Rhododendrons and Primulas and making improvements to the RBGE's teaching and laboratory facilities.

• Access Information

  Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/

• Note

  Son of John Hutton Balfour, Isaac Bayley Balfour was Regius Keeper at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh between 1888 and 1922, specialising in Rhododendrons and Primulas and making improvements to the RBGE's teaching and laboratory facilities.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Permission required from RBGE.

• Additional Information

  published

• Subjects

  Ficus