Correspondence pertaining to the collecting of Ellipanthus.
- GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/1
- Item
- 28/4/1911
Part of George H. Cave Collection
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Correspondence pertaining to the collecting of Ellipanthus.
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Correspondence pertaining to the return of photographic portrait of Cave
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Correspondence pertaining to work on Daphne
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
Account book (252 x 200 x 22mm) with pasted in or interleaved additions annotated in pen in John MacWatt’s hand, of various dates in the 1920s and 1930s but not in date order. Contents include newspaper and journal cuttings (many from Amateur Gardening, also Popular Gardening, The Garden, Country Life etc); reviews of The Primulas of Europe; an offprint of John MacWatt’s paper to the 1913 Primula Conference and illustrations from the papers of other speakers; letter from William Wright Smith, 8 January 1937, acknowledging the gift to RBGE of 42 lantern slides and 86 negatives of Primulas; Wright Smith’s obituary and other cuttings related to George Forrest; an invitation to a dinner to celebrate Amateur Gardening’s 50th anniversary; prints and postcards from a trip to Shetland in 1935; letter from Lady Haddington and newspaper cuttings regarding the opening of Morelands to the public for charity on 30 August 1932; and loose illustrations from The Primulas of Europe and other publications.
MacWatt, Dr. John