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•2 Pharmacognosy notebooks from the University of Glasgow, Pharmacy degree (1946-48)
•1 First Class degree certificate of merit in Botany (1946-47)

Folder of notes comprising Ian Hedge's attempts to discover more about a set of Egyptian specimens in the RBGE Herbarium, mostly incorporating the name of Delile [or Delille, Delisle], but sometimes also, Vahl, Desfontaines, Lippi, Vaillantes or Zorsbial [Forskal?] 'Scattered throughout the Edinburgh herbarium are a number of specimens, probably a few score, which appear from the evidence of the labels, to be an early Egyptian collection. In common with some other of the older collections they are often mounted on sheets which have other specimens and labels on them.' The file includes letters written to other institutions by Ian Hedge with their responses between 1983 and 1986.
The collection also includes a set of correspondence between ,B.L. Burtt and Dr Hagerup, Copenhagen, dating to 1955 and relating to similar/connected collections made by Schumacher, Vahl and Forskal.

Photocopy of handwritten; 'List of plants in Drumlanrig Gardens 1837'
Inc. 'Stove Plants' numbered, 1-5765. Un-numbered entries from Jasmium - Viburnum.'Vines in Hothouses, nos. 1-60'. 'Peaches & Nectarines in Hothouses, 2 pages'. 'Fruit Trees as Plants on Walls 12 pages'. 'Standard Apples 5 pages'.

From the Register of Deaths in the District of Tulliallan in Kincardine an extract copy of the Death Certificate of Alexander Craig-Chrisite; Lecturer on Botany,
died 30 June 1914, aged 71 years. Extract is addressed to Henry H Johnston Esq., Stromness, Orkney

Obituary: Reprinted form "The Scottish Naturalist ," November-December 1922
5 pages written by James Ritchie inc. portrait.
List of published papers and notes (Chiefly on the Natural History of the Forth Area) by Wm. Evans 1875 - 1917.

•Papers from 1893-1953 (including papers of Dr. Malcolm Wilson)

Letters dated 30 November 1898 & 2 December 1898, Re; Socotra for Chairman's address to Royal Society of Edinburgh; filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under "Socotra" - misc. correspondence folder - Box 1.

References in papers filed “Swarbrick, J.T” – Report on Victoria Botanic Garden, Cameroons.

The undernoted papers, which are filed under “Trotter, Capt. H.” are those referred to in the appended extract from Mrs. J.W. Hely-Hutchison’s letter of 26th Feb. 1947:
[1] List of seeds and plants imported from America 1760 and sold by Mrs. Drummond, Seed Merchant, Lawn Market, Edinburgh
[2] List of fruit trees required for Mortonhall (Mortoun Hall), 1772

• correspondence from Mr A.R.B. Hope, family tree, and copy of the John Kay portrait of John Hope with biography presented by the family of Ann Hope (1914-2007)