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•Note of plants found in Ross-shire by Dr. John Robertson (14 Jul1847)
Robertson, John
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•Note of plants found in Ross-shire by Dr. John Robertson (14 Jul1847)
Robertson, John
•Letter from W.H. Campbell to Andrew Robertson, 10 Jan 1837
Robertson, Revd. Andrew
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Laboratory Notes
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.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)
List produced on RBGE embossed paper, bound together to form a book; beginning with Ranunculaceae, there are 330 pages of plants growing in the Garden in 1883 (though the 3 could also be interpreted as a 5); the book has an index at the back.
•Letter to W.H. Campbell from Rutherford (8 January 1840)
Rutherford, Revd. A
•Copy of the Scrapbook of Robert Scarlett, containing mostly newspaper articles (1909-1953)
Scarlett, Robert
Selbourne Society (1885 – 1939)
•Two newspaper cuttings, 3 Mar 1913 & 4 Jan 1914, (Isaac Bayley Balfour was a member)
Selbourne Society
•Seller’s ‘Syllabus of Examinations on Medical Subjects’
Seller, Dr.
'Short Account of the Fossil Tree at Kinneil' by William Badger
‘Short Account of the Fossil Tree at Kinneil’, written by William Badger in July 1875. Account includes 3 sketches of the Fossil Tree, numbered 1,2 and 4.
Badger, William