Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1866 - 1886 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 box containing 4 manuscript notebooks
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented to RBGE Library by James Bisset's son, Major W. Bisset, Nov 1929
Content and structure area
Scope and content
4 manuscript notebooks entitled Flora of Japan; 3 of flowering plants, 1 of mosses and hepaticae, relating to his plant collections and herbaria, Japan, 1866-1886.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission required from RBGE
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
James Bisset's digitised herbarium specimens at RBGE can be seen here (right click, open link in new tab): https://data.rbge.org.uk/search/herbarium/?family=&genus=&species=&coll_name=Bisset%2C+J*&coll_num=&barcode=&country_name=®ion=&major_taxon=&cfg=vherb.cfg&keywords=