Logan Botanic Gardens, Stranraer, Wigtownshire
•2 boxes of papers marked ‘Acquisition’
•1 box of papers marked ‘Deed of Gift from Trustees’
Logan Gardens Trust
•1 file containing miscellaneous correspondence (1965-67)
•1 file containing miscellaneous correspondence and minutes of the trustees meetings (1961-63)
•2 different rough drafts of ‘A Guide to the Gardens’ (Logan Gardens)
Logan House
•2 boxes of papers marked ‘Sale to Sir Ninian Buchan-Hepburn’ London, Royal Botanic Society
•Regulations and lists of members (1877)
Regulations for the Preliminary Scientific (M.B.) Examination, 1st Feb 1886
•Syllabus of a Course of Ten Lectures on Botany by George Masse
Box of photographs of Sikkim including plants and locations, taken by Colonel Duncan George Lowndes between around 1935 and 1937, filed alongside correspondence to R.E. Cooper regarding the photographs, and lists of plants sent to RBGE (accompanying herbarium specimens) and notes to and from James Sinclair regarding some of his plant identifications.
Sans titreThis collection consists of material created and gathered from the expeditions of F. Ludlow and G. Sherriff, thought their expeditions of Bhutan and Tibet during 1933-1949.
The collection consists of 5 sub-series: plant documents, expedition documents, diaries, correspondence and visual material.
[1] This series consists of a variety of material which includes plant and seed lists from their expedition with a large focus on Primula, Meconopsis and Rhododendrons, as well as publications gathered by Ludlow and Sherriff which cover their shared interest in the Himalayan region and it's flora and fauna. There is also a garden register donated by the Knox Finlay family detailing the progress of plants/seeds in their gardens acquired from various expeditions including Ludlow and Sherriff's between 1951-52.
[2] This series consists of a variety of expedition documents ranging from itineraries and maps to administration lists and passports.
[3] This series consists of originals and photocopies of the diaries of Sherriff and Ludlow during their expeditions.
[4] This series consists of a variety of correspondence from and to Sherriff and Ludlow over the course of their expeditions.
[5] This series consists of a variety of material including: photographic material, films and videos. Photographic material ranges from prints and negatives taken by Sherriff and Ludlow to prints of digital images taken as exhibition documentation in 2014. The films are..... There have been dvd surrogates made of the films to ensure continued accessibility.
Sans titre7 folders of illustratons, along with Garven's list of the illustrations, a copy of Garven's portrait (held at Glasgow University) and a copy of Garven's obituary from the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Sans titreA candlestick holder and mirror frame crafted from trial pieces produced when creating the rhododendron gate for the Inverleith East Gate entrance to RBGE
Sans titreSeries of notebooks recording the flowering times (phenology) of certain plants grown at RBGE
Sans titreLiterature Card Index showing references to plants found in V.C. 83, and box of around 306 35mm slides of British plants taken by Beattie.
Sans titreList 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.
7 boxes containing correspondence, reports, minutes, circulars and agendas produced by the CSSF (Committee for the Study of the Scottish Flora)
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