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Add. MS c/59/99
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Letter from D. Prain to J. G. Frazer
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- 23 Feb. 1918 (Creation)
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey - Forwards typescript copies of two letters concerning Erythrophloeum, from C. A. Wheelwright, Union of South Africa, Department of Native Affairs, Pietermaritzburg to I. B. Pole Evans, Chief, Division of Botany, Pretoria dated 30 July 1917 sending specimens, and a letter from Evans to Prain dated 24 Dec. 1917 sending a specimen of the bark of Erythrophloeum guineense obtained from Mr Honey of the Municipal Gardens, Lourenço Marques in Swaziland; Prain indicates he has asked for specimens from both Swaziland and Natal to verify they are both from Erythrophloeum.