Identity area
Reference code
GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/5/5/1
Title
Botanical Excursions 1842-45; Checklists
Date(s)
- 1842-1845 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 bound volume, 2cm
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Name of creator
(1814-1883)
Biographical history
W.H. Campbell was a student of Robert Graham and one of the founding members of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh in 1836, becoming its first Secretary.
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Scope and content
'A Catalogue of British Plants; Part First containing the Flowering Plants and Ferns by J.H. Balfour, M.D.Edin., Regius Professor of Botany, Glasgow; Charles C. Babington, M.A.Cantab., F.L.S. and W.H Campbell, Secretary to the Botanical Society, 2nd ed. 1841; a few copies, alongside copies of the London Catalogue of British Plants, printed up and bound in such a way that it can be used as a checklist to record plants seen on various excursions, annotated heavily with lists and locations.