All but one of the letters are to Bateson from various individuals, expressing regret at Allard's death, with 2pp typescript of an obituary (and printed version), probably by Bateson. Included are 5pp manuscript notes in an unidentified hand, headed 'Mr Allard'. There is a single letter from Allard to Bateson, 1910, re arrangements for his employment at the John Innes Horticultural Institution. Included also are photocopied pages from 'Gardeners' Chronicle', 1909-1911, containing references to Allard.

Copies of letters, chiefly from Bateson, to Directors etc of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Most of the letters not by Bateson are from staff and Council members of the John Innes Horticultural Institution, including E.J. Allard, D.M. Cayley and B.T. Rumble. A list of John Innes Horticultural Institution correspondents is at the front. The correspondence has been kept in the order in which found.

Copies of reports, notes and papers circulated for meetings, with correspondence, relating to a programme of vegetable seed trials. Some papers have been annotated by Bateson.

The correspondence covers various plant-breeding trials and experiments, including those on primula, mangel and calceolarias, and related matters. The correspondents include Arthur W. Sutton and Leonard G. Sutton.

Copy of the published version of the paper, extracted from the Linnean Society Journal, 'Botany', Vol. 24.

9pp typescript fair copy.