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The file comprises handwritten notes on loose sheets and index cards, covering the discovery, identification, location and lists of alpine plants, mainly in the upland areas of Merionethshire, a set of notes for a lecture on the history of botanical and ecological studies on Cader Idris, with a schematic biography of the Snowdonia botanist E. Price Evans, literary and bibliographic references, typed and handwritten surveys, reports and newsletters relating to the ecology of certain Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in North Wales, 1968-1996, photocopies and off prints, including two papers on the flora of Cader Idris by E. Price Evans, 1932, and press articles about Evan Roberts, 1979, another Snowdonia botanist, occasional items relating to plants in Scotland and other areas of Britain, pressed and dried specimens of alpine ferns with relevant notes, and a large quantity of letters and enclosures concerning similar topics, notably from Peter Benoit (15), 1962-1995, Arthur Chater, (7), 1985-1994, Dafydd Davies (27), 1986-1997, E. Price Evans, (1), 1957, Dewi Jones (24), 1988-1997, with an enclosed typescript article on William Williams, the botanical guide of Snowdonia, Derek Ratcliffe of the Nature Conservancy Council (5), 1983, and Richard (`Dick') Roberts (7), 1985-1991.

The file comprises loose, handwritten lists of plants and their sites on Cader Idris, occasionally illustrated by rough sketches, notes on flowering times, 1958-1959, 1983-1993, outline plan of a lecture, list of slides and sketch map, notebook detailing access to botanical sites and views from the mountain, 1994, index cards with entries on the botanical discoveries of the Backhouse family, printed and photocopied articles on plant species and the early naturalist, William Bingley, correspondence from Peter [Benoit] (4) 1984, Dafydd Davies (1) 1989, Jack [Grasse] (2), 1987, all on botanical topics, and Dewi Jones (1) 1994, discussing Cader Idris guides.

The file includes references to places in Shropshire connected with A. E. Housman, sketch map, bibliography and brief biography of the poet, plants of Cader Idris, course of an old road from Strata Florida, describing architecture, wildlife and scenery en route, list of photographs wanted in connection with saltmarsh habitat, notes on the history and wildlife of Welsh hill forts, history and decline of the old, traditional life in Swaffham, Norfolk, sightings from a birdwatching hide, other, brief bird and plant notes, and suggestions for a brochure for the Bardsey Island bird observatory.

The file comprises a slide list for a lecture to discuss the plants of Cader Idris, covering habitats, lime tolerance and rare ferns.