Correspondence and papers of Roy Lancaster: folder labelled 'Dutch Correspondence 1986-2007'

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Correspondence mainly with plant growers in the Netherlands, including letters from Roy Lancaster subsequently sent as faxes. Includes correspondence with H.J. van de Laar, Gert Fortgens, Dick van Gelderen, Kees and Mark Bulk and Rinus Zwijnenburg of Boskoop, Carla Teune, curator of the Botanic Garden of the University, Leiden, Piet Oudolf of Hummelo and staff at the State University of Utrecht; summarised plant lists from Dutch nurseries; guide in English to the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, 1993; Dutch newspaper article relating to Roy Lancaster's book 'In Search of the Wild Asparagus', 1999; photographs, undated [c.1990-1992]; multilingual tourist guide to Boskoop, 1990s, and copy of 'De Boomkwekerij' (Tree Nursery) magazine, Sep 1991; details of an Acer Symposium organised by the University of Utrecht, Oct 1989; publicity and a programme for the 'Flora Nova 87' show held in Boskoop

These papers were originally housed in a single folder which was repackaged into two folders

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