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Book of newspaper cuttings and notes relative to the H.M.S Challenger (1873-76)
Box of Challenger photographs
‘The Challenger Expedition, 1872-1876: A Visual Index’ by Eileen V. Brunton, 2nd Ed, The Library, The Natural History Museum, London (2004)

• 1 box containing 4 folders of correspondence, inc. letter to Capt Henderson dated 2 Dec 1878, Re: exchange of specimens.

•Copy of Milford’s obituary printed in the ‘Quarterly Bulletin of The Alpine Garden Society’, Vol.8, No.4, December, 1940, Vera Higgins, MA (ed.) pp.14-15
•Note book containing field notes from an expedition (1934-35)
•Correspondence regarding Milford (1992 -2002)
•Copies of a newspaper article mentioning Milford’s expedition to Durban, South Africa, ‘Rare Wild Flowers Collected: Botanist from England Tour Basutoland’, The Natal Mercury, 25/03/1935
•Photograph of ‘Helichrysum Milfordiae’
•Wooden box containing glass plate negatives

•2 boxes of correspondence with Dr. Fletcher from 1963-70, regarding setting up Hawaii –Pacific Tropical Botanic Garden.

A candlestick holder and mirror frame crafted from trial pieces produced when creating the rhododendron gate for the Inverleith East Gate entrance to RBGE

•Box of correspondence, posthumous papers, 1935-54 (New Zealand)

•Two boxes of papers, relating to Glasgow Botanic Garden covering the period 1817-83

Subject matter is mainly plants and trees - some of which are the negatives of the photographs used to produce the album Remarkable Trees of Ayrshire which is held in the RBGE Library – together with some images from Royal Arboricultural Society of Scotland annual summer excursions (1896-1902).

The collection also reflects other aspects of Paxton’s photographic interests: these included architectural studies, particularly of tower houses and other historical subjects, both in Scotland and during private travels to Worcestershire, Hampshire, Devon and the Chanel Islands; experiments with light; a fascination with capturing images of water in all its moods; and albums related to his membership of Talbot Circulating Album Club. It is also rich in portraits of family and friends and lively studies of their leisure pursuits.

Collection includes Paxton's bound photographs of 'Remarkable Trees in Ayrshire' presented to the RBGE in December 1894 at the request of Regius Keeper Isaac Bayley Balfour.

Some examples of his photography have been attached to this description. They are not to be reproduced without permission from RBGE.

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