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Folder of loose papers: Paper: 'John Innes Horticultural Institution, A Brief History' by CD Darlington, marked confidential, annotated, 33 pp., dated 16 July 1953. Untitled paper on the future of the glasshouse industry and horticulture by WJCL, 7 pp. typed and 10pp. hand written, 15 Sep 1966. Paper: 'Genetics and the John Innes Institute 1910-1950' by WJCL, 12 pp., Bayfordbury, Sep 1962. Misc. papers: 'Conversion Units', 1 p., n.d c 1960s; 'Functions of Council', 1 p., n.d c 1960s. Photographs: 5 black and white prints of JIHI scientists, mainly at their desks: John Newell, Henry Harris, John R S Fincham, Norman W Simmonds and WJCL, all 1963 (also in the JIC photo collection A-Z).

'Lawrence Papers, 1929-1938': hardback bound volume of papers by W J C Lawrence 1929-1938, in 4 sections: Fruit, Dahlia, Cytology and Theoretical Genetics and Pigments, mainly reprints with some cuttings of articles from magazines and journals. 'Lawrence Papers, 1936-1953': hardback bound volume of papers by W J C Lawrence 1936-1953, in 4 sections: Composts, Plant Genetics including Pigments, Training of Gardeners and J.I.H.I, cuttings, reprints and typed articles. 'Lawrence Papers, 1951-1963': hardback bound volume of papers by W J C Lawrence 1951-1963, in 5 sections: Genetics, Glasshouses, Growth Rooms, Culture and Historical, reprints and cuttings. Contains some loose material: reprint: 'The Artificial Illumination of Seedlings' by WJC Larwence and A Calvert, 1954; photocopy of article: 'Techniques for Experiments with Pot Plants, by WJCL in 'Plant and Soil VI', no. 4, Aug 1955 x 2; 'Influence of glasshouse shape in east-west propogating houses', by WJCL, G F Sheard and P H Brown, from 'Experimental Hort., No. 2, n.d, c 1957; booklet reprint 'Aspects of Environmental Control in Glasshouses and Growth Rooms', by WJCL, XVIth International Horticultural Congress 1962'; page of the 'Reveille' containing a biographical article on WJCL by Vincent Maroni, 26 Jul 1969; papers of the 'Rural Electrification Conference 1965' with article/talk by WJCL and discussion notes; 'Artificial Seed Production of Streptocarpus 'Constant Nymph'' by Dr A C Zeven in 'The Gloxinian', 1971 (the 'Constant Nymph' was cultivated by WJCL); loose pages of 'The Grower', 1964 - 1969 containing articles and letters by WJCL.

Set of books by WJC Lawrence: Lawrence, WJC 'Practical Plant Breeding' (1937, 1st ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC 'Practical Plant Breeding' (1942, 2nd ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC 'Practical Plant Breeding' (1951, revised 3rd ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC and Newell, J 'Seed and Potting Composts, with Special Reference to Soil Sterilization' (1939, 1st ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC and Newell, J 'Seed and Potting Composts, with Special Reference to Soil Sterilization' (1941, revised 2nd ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC and Newell, J 'Seed and Potting Composts, with Special Reference to Soil Sterilization' (1942, revised 2nd ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC and Newell, J 'Seed and Potting Composts, with Special Reference to Soil Sterilization' (1943, revised 2nd ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC and Newell, J 'Seed and Potting Composts, with Special Reference to Soil Sterilization' (1945, revised 3rd ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC and Newell, J 'Seed and Potting Composts, with Special Reference to Soil Sterilization' (1946, revised 3rd ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC and Newell, J 'Seed and Potting Composts, with Special Reference to Soil Sterilization' (1948, revised 3rd ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC and Newell, J 'Seed and Potting Composts, with Special Reference to Soil Sterilization' (1952, revised 4th ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC and Newell, J 'Seed and Potting Composts, with Special Reference to Soil Sterilization' (1962, revised 5th ed., London), George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Signed and dated by WJCL. 2 copies. Lawrence, WJC, 'The Young Gardener' (1943, 1st ed., London), George Allen and Unwin. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC, 'The Young Gardener' (1947, 3rd impression, London), George Allen and Unwin. Signed and dated by WJCL. Lawrence, WJC, 'Training for Horticulture', (1953, 3rd ed., London, first published as 'The Young Gardener, 1943), George Allen and Unwin. Signed and heavily annotated with corrections, Proof copy? Lawrence, WJC, 'Better Glasshouse Crops' (1949, 1st ed., London), Bradford & Dickens. Signed by WJCL.

'Report of the Third International Conference 1906 on Genetics' The Royal Horticultural Society, London. Obituary of Mr W C F Newton by ADH reprinted from 'Nature', 7 Jan 1928. 'Conference on Polyploidy', John Innes Horticultural Inst. (19 Jan 1929). Punnett, RC 'Early Days of Genetics' (1950) reprinted from Heredity Vol. 4 1950. 'Knott's Mathematical Tables' (1956). 'Proof Correction' booklet (1958). Darlington, CD 'The Genetics of Society' (1963) reprinted from 'A Symposium on Race', Honolulu 1963. Bennett, Erna 'Plant Introduction and Genetic Conservation: Genecological Aspects of an Urgent World Problem' (1965) reprinted from Scottish Plant Breeding Station Record 1965. Darlington, CD 'Determined But Lonely', a review of 'The Life of BBS Haldane' by Ronald Clark, reprinted from 'Nature', Vol. 220, 1968. Darlington, CD 'What We Do Not Know About Chromosomes' reprinted from 'Chromosomes Today', No. 2 1969. Darlington, CD 'Haldane's Influence', review of 'Haldane and Modern Biology', Dromamraju (Ed), reprinted from 'Nature', Vol. 222, 1969. Darlington, CD 'The Evolution of Oxbridge' by (1970), reprinted from 'Question', Jan 1970. Darlington, CD (and collaborators), 'Bibliography 1926-1971' Oxford 1971). Montcrieff, Rose-Scott 'The Classical Period in Chemical Genetics. Recollections of Muriel Wheldale Onslow, Robert and Gertrude Robinson and J B Haldane (1981) reprinted from Notes and Records of the Royal Society, Vol. 36, No. 1, Aug 1981. Inscribed 'For WJCL with many memories of the halcyon days from the Swan'. Lawrence, WJC and Mather, Sir Kenneth 'Morely Benjamin Crane 1890-1983', reprinted from Biographical Memoirs of the Royal Society, Vol.31, Nov 1983. Bundle of JII booklets and leaflets including 'The John Innes Horticultural Institution 1910-1935'; 'The John Innes Horticultural Institution 1910-1960'

From the collection of the late WJC Lawrence: Books on genetics, horticulture and plant breeding; 3 volumes of bound papers by Lawrence entitled 'Lawrence Papers', 1929-1938, 1936-1953 and 1951-1963; set of published books by WJCL; folder of loose papers: 'JIHI, A Brief History' by CD Darlington, untitled paper on the future of horticulture by WJCL, 'Genetics and the JII' by WJCL, misc. papers and photographs; stack of prints glued on paper; misc. booklets.

William J C Lawrence Library: Books on Genetics, Horticulture and Plant Breeding, many signed, inscribed and/or annotated with insertions of additional material. Kendall Hayes, Herbert and John Garber, Ralph (1921) 'Breeding Crop Plants' 1st ed., New York, McGraw-Hill. Front piece contains inscription: 'Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Mutual Improvement Society, The Hooker Memorial Prize awarded to Mr W J C Lawrence on the vote of the members for the most valuable contributions to the interest and profit of the Society during the session 1922-1923', signed by the Director, Arthur Hill and Chairman, J Coults. Isiiihara, Dr Shinobu (n.d. c 1960) 'Tests for Colour Blindness' Koshiba Press, Tokio Contains a series of 16 plates to test colour-blindness, n.d., c 1960; includes loose papers: original instructions in Japanese; paper 'Sense and Nonsense', typed, 3 pp.; 'You, Your Children and Heredity', handwritten, 3 pp.; hand drawn family genetics diagram x 4; leaflet: 'Stilling's pseudo-isochromatic Charts for testing colour perception'.

Set of books by or belonging to Kenneth Mather, signed and dated by Mather, some inscribed to WJC Lawrence, includes material inside books (correspondence, reviews, notes etc.): Mather, Kenneth, (1938) 'The Measurement of Linkage in Heredity' (Rough Proof), London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, signed and annotated. An unbound proof copy stamped 1950 inside. Mather, Kenneth, (1943) 'Statistical Analysis in Biology', First Ed., London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., inscribed with dedication to WJC Lawrence, signed and dated. Vries, Hugo de, (1907) 'Plant-Breeding, Comments on the Experiments of Nilsson and Burbank', Chicago, The Open Court Publishing Co., inscribed 'With the authors compliments' and signed by (undecipherable), 1907, K Mathers (1951) and other notes. Beer, G R de (Ed.), (1938) 'Evolution, Essays on Aspects of Evolutionary Biology presented to Professor E S Goodrich on his Seventieth Birthday, Oxford, Clarendon Press, inscribed 'K Mather 1947'. Pearson, E S & Wishart, J (Eds), (1942) '"Students" Collected Papers, University College London, Cambridge University Press, inscribed 'K Mathers Aug 1943': Collection by "Student" William Sealey Gossett. Inside book: reprint of paper 'The Hudson-Gossett Correspondence ' by G C Arnold from 'The New Zealand Statistician' April 1985. Finney, D J (1947) 'Probit Analysis', Cambridge, University Press, inscribed 'K Mather, June 1947'. Inside book: typed review of Finney's book by Mather, 8 pp; correspondence between K Mathers and R W Marsh, 'Annals of Applied Biology', Research Station, Long Ashton, Bristol discussing the Finney review and a previous review by Mather of 'The New Genetics of the Soviet Union', 5, 7 May, 14, 15, 17, 19 Jun, 4, 21 Jul, 9 Sep 1947. Goodspend, T H (1954) 'The Genus Nicotiana', Massachusetts, Chronica Botanica House, inscribed 'Kenneth Mather 1955'. Inside: typed review by Mather, 2pp. Hayes, H K, Immer, F R and Smith, D C (1955) 'Methods of Plant Breeding', 2nd Ed., London, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., inscribed 'K Mather 1956'. Inside: letters between K Mather and C D Darlington, asking Mather to review book, comments on Goldschmidt differing opinions on evolution, 17, 22 May 1956, typed review, 2pp, publisher's cards. Lewis, E B (Ed) (1961) 'Selected Papers of A H Sturtevant, Genetics and Evolution', San Francisco, W H Freeman and Co., (review copy from publisher), inscribed 'Kenneth Mather, December 1961' and other notes. Inside: publisher's cards, letter from publisher requesting review for the journal 'Heredity', typed review by Mather, Nov 1962, 3 pp, reprint of review by William K Baker in Science 1962, Vol 135, other notes, 1 p.

Photographic prints (black and white): the glasshouses at Bayfordbury, 1950; plants in various stages of growth/light conditions, 1936-1953; diagrams and graphs of glasshouse and light effects on growth, nd c 1950.