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•Map of Sikkim and a box containing photographs and negatives (1948-1950) and also a letter to Henry Noltie from D. Jeremy Wood regarding the photos (19 Jul 1995).
1 folder with the handwritten title "Skeleton Leaves Madeira 1854" - inside are 6 pages on blue folded paper containing skeletonised leaves inserted into cuts in the paper. Leaves include magnolia, ivy, oak, coral or erythrina crista-galli, sword coral, Portugal rose tree, common custard apple, lemon and citron. Who compiled it and wher it came from is currently unknown. Also in the box are three loose leaves, found in the archives store, origin unknown.
•6 binder boxes of artwork produced between c.1915 and c.1920, mainly Primulas and Rhododendrons •Extract from Snelling’s obituary by the Earl of Morton, taken from the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, 1973, vol.98, p.139, mounted onto card.
5 boxes of slides, totalling around 400 slides, and an envelope "Botanic Garden Notes" (now in Box 1) of news clippings relating to the opening of the Glasshouses.
•Correspondence regarding the deposit of films and slides at RBGE •Papers collated and donated by Christina Noble •Correspondence •Field books (1954-1985) •Photographs and reprints •Slides and cine film also held
