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The correspondents are friends, colleagues and others in the Cambridge and scientific communities. Most are letters of congratulation. Included are a few letters to Beatrice Bateson discussing the appointment. At A.30 is a list of the correspondents by A.G. Cock.

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.

Correspondence with various individuals and organisations re investigations of sugar beets, chiefly the problem of 'bolting'. The correspondents include Sutton & Sons, J. de Vilmorin and K. Tjebbes.

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.

Large volume used for recording plant-breeding experiments. Contains pencil notes: entries in the hands of Bateson and his colleagues. Sketches sometimes accompany the notes. Parts of the book are in the form of a log; other entries list seeds or seedlings received. Foliated '1-158'; not all pages used. An index to the contents is at the front (before the foliated pages begin). 26 letters to Bateson, dated 1913-1925, are pasted into the volume in various places. (4217-4245). Many of the correspondents appear to have sent seeds to Bateson for cultivation. Some further pages of notes, photographs and, occasionally, printed matter are also found pasted in.

Correspondents include A.W. Hill and members of the Sutton family (owners of the Royal Seed Establishment, Reading).