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Correspondence to Bateson on various botanical studies, including Nolana.

Correspondents include E.R. Saunders.

Contents of an original envelope inscribed 'Stocks'. At D.174: correspondence to Bateson from E.R. Saunders re plant crossing experiments, 1906-1911; correspondence to Bateson from Sutton & Sons re plant stock trials, 1908. At D.175-D.176: manuscript experimental notes and data, 1919, nd. Mostly by Bateson, some also by E.R. Saunders.

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.