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Award of Rejection on Claim of Thomas Blaikie
Part of Thomas Blaikie collection
Copy of the Award of Rejection in the claim of Thomas Blaikie, issued by the Commissioners of Liquidation, Arbitration and Award.
Commissioners of Liquidation, Arbitration and Award
Award of Merit Certificate for a Group of Primulas (153 x 230mm) awarded to Dr John MacWatt.
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
1931, May, Royal Botanical and Horticultural Society of Manchester and the Northern Counties, Spring Show; Award of Merit Certificate for a Group of Primulas (153 x 230mm) awarded to Dr John MacWatt.
Award of Merit Certificate (299 x 220mm) for Primula forbesii rubra awarded to Dr J MacWatt.
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
1930, May, Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit Certificate (299 x 220mm) for Primula forbesii rubra awarded to Dr J MacWatt.
Field Notes and Diary Entries
Ash Dieback Disease - Chalara Fraxinea
Personal communication between Roger West and Ian Murray M.P. regarding outbreak of Ash Dieback Disease, Chalara fraxinea - includes Parliamentary question and small report.
West, Roger
Ascreavie Seed Sowing Record 1951-1983
36 pages of copied seed sowing records made at Ascreavie by David Smith
Smith, David
Artworks (formerly framed) that were in possession of John MacWatt
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
Article on ‘British Alpine Gardens’ Gardeners’ Chronicle (July 9, 1910)
Article on ‘British Alpine Gardens’ Gardeners’ Chronicle (July 9, 1910) by H. Correvon, Floraire, Geneva
– refers to RBGE, I.B.B. and R. Farrer
Correvon, Henry
• Obituary, reprinted from "The North Western Naturalist" September 1943; a 3 page obituary by George Taylor which includes a portrait of A.H. Evans.
• Three items from Botanical Society of Edinburgh archives relating to Evans’s biography and bibliography – correspondence between William Wright Smith, George Taylor, Alex Cowan and J.T. Johnstone including a typed letter from George Taylor to Professor William Wright Smith (6 April 1943) regarding Evans's biography and bibliography; a handwritten note from Alex Cowan to Professor William Wright Smith (12 April 1943) regarding Evans's notification of death and clarification of a date; and a cover note from William Wright Smith to librarian J.T. Johnstone.
Evans, Arthur Humble
Arthur Francis George Kerr Siam Expedition papers
• 3 hand drawn maps & 1 printed map of an Expedition in Siam (1921), Chengmai district, N. Thailand, to be found in Archive Box I-K. 2 expeditions were taken during 1921. Routes followed day by day marked in red. Jan-April and late April –Jun. Printed map of the Kingdom of Siam and neighbouring states pre-1939
• Hand written list of plants extracted from a copy of J.G. Koenig's ‘Journal of a Voyage from India to Siam and Malacca in 1779’ (April 26th 1931), in folder in Archive Box I-K. Plants noted at Ban Pak nam, Siam. Some plants introduced since his visit.
Kerr, Arthur Francis George
