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Title
Date(s)
- 1829 - 2009 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 folder, 5cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
"Grahame, an assistant in his family’s ironmonger’s business, botanised on his own and with great dedication compiled a very useful list for a limited area around Duns which is now lodged in the library of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh." - taken from Michael Braithwaite's 'A Short Flora of Berwickshire" (right click, open link in new tab:) https://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Short_Flora_of_Berwickshire_2014.pdf
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Items were on the Library shelf. As they are manuscripts, decision was taken in 2018 to transfer them to the Archives.
Item 2, List of Mosses and Liverworts of Berwickshire was already in the Archives and catalogued separately - collection was brought together and numbered in November 2023, LP)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
4 items:
GRG/1 - 'A list of the flowering plants, ferns, mosses and liverworts of Berwickshire (Watsonian vice-county 81)' by G. Grahame, unpublished, c.1945-1956
GRG/2 - 56 page Manuscript Notebook –'A List of the Mosses and Liverworts of Berwickshire (Watsonian Vice-County 81)' by G. Grahame, c.1953 (added to collection in November 2023, was already in Archives, but catalogued separately)
GRG/3 - 'A list of the flowering plants and ferns of N.E. England and S.E. Scotland, 1829-1970', unpublished, 1970
GRG/4 - included in the folder are some notes on the VC81 list by Michael Braithwaite, 2009 who incorporated the records in the BSBI VC81 database; 'Notes on G Graham's 'List' for VC 81 Berwickshire held by RBGE' (also covers VC68, VC72, VC78, VC79, VC80, VC82, VC83
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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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Name access points
- Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (Subject)