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Wm Paul & Son's Catalogue of Roses, Waltham Cross, Herts (Pauls' Nurseries), printed by John Baxter & Son, Edinburgh

Wm Paul & Son's Catalogue of Roses, Waltham Cross, Herts (Pauls' Nurseries), printed by by John Baxter & Son, Edinburgh

Charts for winter and spring beans 1985, near -isogenic lines 1984-1985, 2 floppy discs.

WJC Lawrence, Roy Hay, AM Smith and RL Scarlett about the carotene and vitamin content of carrots

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).

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.

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 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.