Set of letters and notes between William Wright Smith, A. Grove, H.D. McLaren, F.C. Puddle, and William Edgar Evans and including references to Messels of Nymans, all relating to Frank Kingdon Ward's Lilium wardii no. 6034.

This collection consists of material created and gathered from the expeditions of F. Ludlow and G. Sherriff, thought their expeditions of Bhutan and Tibet during 1933-1949.

The collection consists of 5 sub-series: plant documents, expedition documents, diaries, correspondence and visual material.

[1] This series consists of a variety of material which includes plant and seed lists from their expedition with a large focus on Primula, Meconopsis and Rhododendrons, as well as publications gathered by Ludlow and Sherriff which cover their shared interest in the Himalayan region and it's flora and fauna. There is also a garden register donated by the Knox Finlay family detailing the progress of plants/seeds in their gardens acquired from various expeditions including Ludlow and Sherriff's between 1951-52.

[2] This series consists of a variety of expedition documents ranging from itineraries and maps to administration lists and passports.

[3] This series consists of originals and photocopies of the diaries of Sherriff and Ludlow during their expeditions.

[4] This series consists of a variety of correspondence from and to Sherriff and Ludlow over the course of their expeditions.

[5] This series consists of a variety of material including: photographic material, films and videos. Photographic material ranges from prints and negatives taken by Sherriff and Ludlow to prints of digital images taken as exhibition documentation in 2014. The films are..... There have been dvd surrogates made of the films to ensure continued accessibility.

This is a small series of items relating to the section of Rhododendron giganteum - now named Rhododendron protistum found and collected by George Forrest and his collectors in Yunnan, China on the 15th March 1931. The series consists of the specimen itself, and two of its museum labels.
For more information: (right click, open link in new tab) https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/14186

1 folder containing correspondence, map, 3 photographs and report outlining the discovery of a hybrid orchid, Rhizanthera chevallierana, on Ben Lawers by David Mardon in 1979. The folder was compiled after a search for photographs of the plant taken by Mardon in 1984. Contents include, email correspondence between Clive Stace, Adele Smith and Lorna Mitchell outlining the search for photographs and compilation of the folder (2013), report and notes compiled by David K. Mardon in 1984 outlining his find, map showing where he found it, correpondence between Douglas McKean, [Paddy Woods], R.H. Roberts and David Mardon regarding the identification of the orchid, and three photographs taken by Mardon.

•Box containing miscellaneous notes and papers (Source: Balfour, Smith and Fletcher Reference Collection)
•Box containing bound Reference Books (Source: Balfour, Smith and Fletcher Reference Collection)
•Box containing British Reprints (Source: Balfour, Smith and Fletcher Reference Collection)
•Box containing Foreign Reprints – ‘A-Q’ (Source: Balfour, Smith and Fletcher Reference Collection)
•Box containing Foreign Reprints – ‘R-Z’ (Source: Balfour, Smith and Fletcher Reference Collection)
•Box containing Primula Conference Reports: 1886, 1913 and 1928 (Source: Balfour, Smith and Fletcher Reference Collection)
•Box containing ‘The Genus Primula Gardener’s Chronicle’ (1928)
•Box containing ‘The Genus Primula’ – Typescript Papers: ‘A-E’
•Box containing ‘The Genus Primula’ – Typescript Papers: ‘F-N’
•Box containing ‘The Genus Primula’ – Typescript Papers: ‘O-Z’
•Box containing miscellaneous photographs
•Box containing a bound collection of photographs with an index
•Box containing miscellaneous photographs – Sherriff reprints by R. Adam and the Royal Horticultural Society. Etc.
•Box containing misc photographs – reprints by R.M. Adam and photos by R. Eudall
Primula/ Ludlow
•Collection of books, papers, reprints, Photographs, etc. on PRIMULA; apparently used, and added to, in succession by I.B. Balfour, W.W. Smith & H.R. Fletcher, is filed in boxes under “Primula” in Main Index
•Papers/reprints include material by I.B. Balfour, W.G. Craib, A Ernst, G. Forrest, R. Farrer, Ludlow & Sherriff (photographs), John MacWatt, W.W. Smith, F. Kingdon Ward, G. Watt, Per Wendelbo, et al.

1 ink drawing by Margaret Tebbs.

[Text on Back]
Pelargonium sp.
1 habitat x1
2 tubers x 2
3 exploded flower x3
4 stamens x6
5 ovary x10

[COVER] "Pelargonium sect. Eumorpha"
[INSIDE FRONT COVER] "Mary Gibby Department of Botany British Museum (Natural History) Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD"

[LOOSE DOCUMENT FOUND INSIDE FRONT COVER, MAP OF S.AFRICA; REPRINT FOUND INSIDE BACKCOVER: "A New Basic Chromosome number in Pelargonium (Geraniaceae) by Mary Gibby and Julie Westfold

Index [TRANSCRIBED FROM PAGE 0]
A
[PAGE] 1. NOMENCALTURAL NOTES
[PAGE] 11. P x hortorum Bailey
[PAGE] 31. Chromosome counts
[PAGE] 51. karyotypes - P. multibracteatum 2n=18

B
[PAGE] 61. Karyotypes - P. alchemilloides 2n=34
[PAGE] 71. Karyotypes - P. alchemilloides W.Cape 2n=16
[PAGE] 81. Karyotypes - P. quinquelobatum 2n=18
[PAGE] 91. Kayrotypes - "P. alchemilloides" 2n=18 GCM 1014
[PAGE] 101. Kayotypes - P. multibracteatum S+H 2n=36

C
[PAGE] 201. Hybridization notes
[PAGE] 206. Typification of P. alchemilloides s.l.

[NOTE] The karyotypes contain photographs of chromosomes and individually cut out chromosomes taped to the sheet along side drawings

2 pages. Handwritten notes on notebook paper.

[Page 1] Hoarea notes for the table 'Section Hoarea'.
[Page 2] 'Section Campytia' notes, lists a single specimen - no matching table

3 pages. Handwritten.

Chromosome counts from STEU specimens from Mary Gibby and Julie Westfold in 1983-1985.

Pelargoinum chromosome counts 3 tables, 1 per sheet with the titles:

• "Section Hoarea"
• "Section Polyactium"
• "Section Peristera"

Each table lists the species, the STEU Project Number [collection number] and the chromosome count. 'Section Perstera' table also has Chelsea Physic Garden accession numbers.

Number of counts per table

• Section Hoarea: 30
• Section Polyactium: 1
• Section Peristera: 4

8 glass lantern slides showing images of Meconopsis taken by Mrs Knox-Finlay at Keillour Lake, Keillour Castle:
Meconopsis
Meconopsis x musgravei
Meconopsis sherriff 600
Meconopsis grandis 600
Meconopsis grandis (true)
Meconopsis coxiana
Meconopsis betonicifolia praetensis
Meconopsis beamishii