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•Two newspaper cuttings, 3 Mar 1913 & 4 Jan 1914, (Isaac Bayley Balfour was a member)
Sans titre•Letter to from J. Newman from to H. Watsonby (14 Feb 1871)
Sans titre•Catalogue of Micrographs of woods structure
Sans titre1 sheet with John Sibthorp's book plate attached to it, alongside email correspondence outlining the discovery.
Sans titreOne Field diary produced by the Wild Flower Society in which wild flowers are listed. Judith Basden has filled in dates and locations for ones she has found giving us a botanical record for the area mainly around Bonnyrigg.
Sans titre1 small blue notebook containing field notes for plants collected by Mary Mendum on expedition to Irian Jaya in 1992. Irian Jaya is now known as Western New Guinea or West Papua.
Sans titrePoem, written in green ink on handmade paper and inserted into a folded card with ‘a contemplation’ on it. One one side of the paper is ‘Written by Katheryn’s bench by the southern border of the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh on the afternoon of the second day of 2025. John Robertson
Together, a while
If all that remains of me
is a place for others to rest,
a place for others to think,
and to connect
and to see
and to be.
Then put my life down
to the simple achievement
of a humble wooden bench
with a quiet brass plaque,
and on it shall be written:
‘let us dance together, a while’
set away somewhere gentle
at Edinburgh’s Botanical Ceilidh.
John R. 02.01.2025
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