Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1928 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
a book of dried plants
Context area
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Repository
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Flora of Perthshire, July-August 1928, a book of dried plants or Hortus siccus compiled as part of teacher training (summer project) at Moray House College of education, Edinburgh
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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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.
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
A hortus siccus is an arranged and bound collection of preserved plant material. The RBGE Library holds a collection of bound volumes of this type, the oldest of which dates from 1702.
The collection is searchable via the Library Catalogue (Advanced Search by Item type = Hortus Siccus). (Right click, open link in new tab: https://rbge.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl)