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The book contains numbered sessions of creating microscope slides. The plant subject is listed along with the process used to create the slides and, in many cases, the slides' recipients. According to RBGE microscopist F. Christie, looking at the notes it appears to be plant fixation and histology prior to the preparation of microscope slides for light microscopy. Each part of the plant would need to be treated differently according to how easy it was to slice. The notes refer to the whole process of preparing the slides so for example, some of the samples didn’t cut very well first time but when soaked overnight produced better sections. This information would have saved a lot of experimentation in the future if the process was to be repeated.
The book was thought to By Matthew Young Orr's but his dates at RBGE do not match up with the dates of staff receiving the slides: John Anthony, Jimmy Keenan, Mr Roberts, Dr Blyth, Douglas Henderson, John Macqueen Cowan, Mr Lyle, P. Davies (Peter Davis?), Alexander Nelson, Dr Burns, Mr Green (Peter Green?), B.L. Burtt and Andrew Grierson. The book may have been created by Orr? But perhaps more likey Heather Prentice, Ella Stott, Willie Dickson or Archie McLeod?
The book was an unused 1941 diary.

Seed Donation Notebook with 'Seeds [etc?] [1859-1862]' on an RBGE Museum label on its cover which dates from 1859 to 1864 and documents donations of plants from around Britain and the World. There is no index and the notebook seems to be a more informal version of the Seed Donation Ledgers; similar to ones seen in the Plant Donations Subseries; it may have belonged to John Hutton Balfour or James McNab, but has a number of different examples of handwriting inside.
There are inserts; handle with care.

RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between February 1924 and April 1925. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front.
There are loose inserts in the ledger - handle with care.

Seed Donation Ledger with 'Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Donations of Seeds' on its spine which dates from 1876 to 1882 and documents donations of plants coded OG-TF from around Britain and the World. There is an alphabetic index at the front.
There are inserts in the ledger; handle with care.

RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger with 'Plants, Seeds, etc. Sent Out' on the spine; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between December 1922 and February 1924. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front.

RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between February 1921 and December 1922. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front.

Plants, Cuttings and Seeds Donation Ledger which dates from February 1892 to June 1893 and documents donations of plants from around Britain and the World. There is an alphabetic index at the front.

Seed Donation Ledger with 'Seed Book' on its spine and cover which dates from 1863 to 1876 and documents donations of plants coded FH-OF from around Britain and the World. There is an alphabetic index at the front.
The ledger has been titled more than once in different hands; the names J. Fernie 1868 and J. Tod 1863 have been written into the guttering inside the cover.
There are inserts in the ledger including a letter to James McNab and one from Isa. Foggo; handle with care.

RBGE Plants and Seeds Despatch Ledger with 'Despatch Book Propagating Dept. written inside; the ledger lists plants sent to various locations around Britain and the World between October 1916 and February 1920. There is an index, arranged alphabetically, at the front.

Seed Donation Ledger with 'Seed Book 1849-1863' on its spine and cover which dates from 1849 to 1863 and documents donations of plants coded A-FG from around Britain and the World. There is an alphabetic index at the front.
There are inserts in the ledger, including letters to John Hutton Balfour and James McNab; handle ledger with care.