Correspondence and papers including exchanges of letters and emails with staff and students of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, including with Professor Stephen Hopper, Tony Hall, Tony Kirkham, Lucy Hart, James Wearn, Andrew Luke, Harry Baldwin (Diploma student) and David Simpson
Correspondence relates to plant identification and provenence data, identification of plant mites, visits by Kew Diploma students to the Hillier Arboretum and to Roy Lancaster's garden in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, application to the Merlin Trust for a bursary award to study conifers in the western United States of America and the 2017 Kew School of Horticulture's graduation ceremony at which Roy Lancaster was guest of honour
Includes Kew's 'Arboretum Tree Planting Specification', Nov 2004, programme for the Kew School of Horticulture's presentation of diplomas and prizes, 2010, programme for the centenary celebration for Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, for which Roy Lancaster was asked to stand in for another speaker, Dec 2011, and paper describing plant collecting on the Salonika Front [Macedonian Front] by Kew staff while on active service during the First World War, 2015
Includes plant material attached to letter, Nov 2015. The plant material and the top of the page it is attached to have been protected with melinex