SubSection WJCL/3/1 - William J C Lawrence Library: Books on Genetics, Horticulture and Plant Breeding.

Extent: 2 Books

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'.