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Unattributed copy extracts, in pencil, of a letter to 'Nature' by George Douglas Campbell, 1823-1900, 8th Duke of Argyll, concerning the opposing theories of Charles Darwin and French zoologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 1744-1829, on the question of acquired characteristics becoming hereditary. Manuscript.

Miscellaneous papers including correspondence between Montpellier University and French botanist Charles Henri Marie Flahault, 1852-1935, with various notes by Patrick Geddes. Endorsed 'Summary (M. Flahault) Personal Evolution Theory'. Manuscript.

Loose pages with diagrams and notes by [ ], giving a detailed study of plant aerial surface hairs and leaves - their stomata, epidermis, phyllotaxes and branching. Manuscript.

Notebook endorsed 'Seabraes' containing reports on the feasibility of creating gardens at Seabraes, the Old Steeple and churches, Dundee and developing the grounds of University College, Dundee [c. 1890]. Enclosed: 2 newspaper cuttings regarding the Seabraes scheme [one from 'The People's Journal', 26 April 1890]; list of names, possible subscribers to a fund for a Botanic Garden [c. 1890-1894]; with 4 hand drawn sketches, presumably proposed designs for botanic gardens. Manuscript and printed.

Note by [Marcel Hardy] on six difficulties regarding the theory of evolution, On reverse of printed ballot sheet for the 1890 elections to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Manuscript.

Bundle of papers on the movement of plants, either drafts and notes for a chapter on the same subject, or notes from a chapter. Possibly for 'The Evolution of Sex' as handwriting appears to be Geddes's and Thomson's and one item is endorsed 'Dundee 1889'. Manuscript.

Address by Gardiner at Newcastle. Manuscript.

Notes compiled over a period of 30 years by Patrick Geddes on psychology. Subjects include: the psychology of the sexes; education of will; the concepts of genius, talent, individualism, etc. Manuscript and typescript.

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Notes collated with [Marcel Hardy] on 'Facts of Census' of [1881]; table charting population growth from 1801-1851, with sketched comparison table of 'hectares' to 'population' of England and Scotland; with generalisations and comparisons with foreign countries. Manuscript.

Includes: newspaper cutting, reporting a talk by Geddes on evergreens delivered to the Edinburgh Botanical Society; article on larches extracted from unidentified periodical, May 1889; encyclopaedia article on evergreens [possibly by Geddes]. Manuscript and printed.

Notes by [Marcel Hardy] on ascomycetes and other fungi, based on notes of the botanist, Professor Charles Flahault, 1852-1935. Paginated. Incomplete. Manuscript.

Notes by Patrick Geddes on pathology and variation in evolution in folder endorsed 'Diathesis in Variation' [hereditary or constitutional predisposition to a disease]. Manuscript.

Unattributed draft review of 'The evolution of botany' by American scientist Frederick J. Wulling, 1866-1947. Possibly incomplete. Typescript.

Topics of lectures include: 'Making of seeds', 'Scattering of seeds', 'Life of seeds', 'Chemistry of seeds' and related questions [by J. A. Thomson]. Manuscript.