Contents of an original envelope so inscribed. Correspondence to Bateson, with his manuscript notes. Further manuscript notes are on 'Dahlia' by R.C. Punnett and 'Savoy cabbages' by H.C. Pugsley. Correspondents include L. Doncaster.

Contains pencil notes in Bateson's hand recording plant breeding experiments. Used from both ends. A note 'Sutton's 12 July 1902' is inscribed inside the front cover.

Contents of two files which are described separately.

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.'.

The correspondence consists almost entirely of letters from Gregory to Bateson covering various plant-breeding work. Principal topics include Primulas and 'giant' plant varieties. Divided into 3 folders for ease of reference.

Bateson's brief correspondence with 'The Times' (the Editor etc), 1914, relates to an article the paper was intending to publish about the John Innes Horticultural Institution; correspondence from Rose Haig Thomas to Bateson, 1908-1911, nd, details some experiments on plant breeding (Primula included).