Correspondence and papers of Roy Lancaster: folder labelled 'Kashmir'

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Correspondence relating to a 'botanising tour of Kashmir', India, led by Roy Lancaster for Dulwich Travel, Jun-Jul 1978. Includes letter from Oleg Polunin with his list of Kashmiri plants seen on an earlier trip, undated, annotated by Roy Lancaster; letter from Anthony Huxley with his list of Western Himalayan plants seen; price lists of Himalayan seeds and bulbs offered by P. Kohli and Co, Srinagar, Kashmir; lists of plants, birds and mammals seen on trip and their location; correspondence relating to plant specimens with Susyn Andrews at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Chris Page at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and Peter Yeo, Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Includes article by Roy Lancaster entitled 'Wilson's legacy' on the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, United States of America ('Gardeners' Chronicle & Horticultural Trade Journal', Aug 1980)

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