Autograph Letter Signed, thanking his correspondent for the specimen received on return from a botanical trip to the Highlands, identifying the plant as Nostoc Commune, a species of Alga, and describing its habitat
by BALFOUR, John Hutton
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About This Item
83 Great King Street, Edinburgh, 15 August 1846. 2 pp. 7 x 4 inches, with signature on integral leaf, in good condition. John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884), botanist, Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden and Queens botanist for Scotland. He was the first in Edinburgh to introduce classes for practical instruction in the use of the microscope.
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- Julian Browning Rare Books & Manuscripts (GB)
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- Title
- Autograph Letter Signed, thanking his correspondent for the specimen received on “return from a botanical trip to the Highlands”, identifying the plant as Nostoc Commune, a species of Alga, and describing its habitat
- Author
- BALFOUR, John Hutton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- 83 Great King Street, Edinburgh, 15 August 1846
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