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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.

Letter from Durham to E.J. Allard, head gardener, re plant seeds from Teneriffe, 1913; letters to Durham from A.W. Hill and Sir David Prain, 1914, 1915, re various plant species; 10pp manuscript draft of a paper by Durham, 'A Contribution to the study of inheritance of mice with reference to their susceptibility to transplantable tumours', nd. On the back of the final page of the draft is a manuscript note: 'Report IV Evolution Committee of Roy Soc.'.

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.