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A collection of material from and relating to the plantsman and primula specialist Dr. John MacWatt including photographs, paintings, scrapbooks, papers, nursery catalogues, articles, medals and certificates.
MacWatt, Dr. John
Artworks (formerly framed) that were in possession of John MacWatt
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
MacWatt collection- Plant Portrait Prints
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
MacWatt collection- Photographs of the garden at Morelands
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
MacWatt collection- Photographic prints of people
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
Photographic prints related to the life and work of John MacWatt
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
Order of service for the funeral of Elizabeth Margaret Logan Farquharson (18 August 1915 – 24 May 2023), at Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, 8 June 2023; booklet (211 x 147mm), wrapper with colour illustrations, printed in black on white card, remainder in black on white paper, 8 pages including wrapper.
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
‘List of Game shot by the Heir-Apparent and Sir Charles MacWatt in Tanganyika, East Africa; November,1932 – January, 1933.’, printed on one side of a single sheet of cream paper (229 x 163mm).
Documents related to the John MacWatt collection
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
List of plants on Dr MacWatt’s stand at the Scottish Rock Garden Club’s Spring Show 1937
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
List of plants on Dr MacWatt’s stand at the Scottish Rock Garden Club’s Spring Show 1937, handwritten in ink on a double spread of lined account book paper (329 x 203mm).
