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Account book (217 x 184 x 28mm), marked ‘PRIVATE LEDGER’ on spine, with additions pasted in and annotated, generally in ink, in John MacWatt’s hand. Contents, dated 1913 on, include handwritten copies or drafts of articles for The Garden, newspaper and journal cuttings (many from The Garden, also Gardener’s Chronicle, Popular Gardening, Amateur Gardening, etc), prints of Primulas, sometimes with annotations attributing the photograph to Amy Cameron; cuttings from The Times of India Illustrated Weekly (1923,1926) including photographs of Major-General R.C. MacWatt, (John MacWatt’s younger brother); cuttings from various publications regarding Chelsea 1927 and the associated Royal visit; and an official copy of a War Office letter 22 April 1918, confirming the appointment of Mr J. MacWatt as Medical Officer and temporary Captain in the Berwickshire Volunteer Regiment.

MacWatt, Dr John, ‘Some of the Rarer Primulas’, 46-48, contained in The Hardy Plant Year Book 1912 (216 x 140 x 6mm). The first yearbook produced by the newly-formed National Hardy Plant Society. Apart from a number of reports and articles, it contains a list of office-holders (John MacWatt is listed as a Vice-Chairman and a member of the Scientific Committee), a list of members, the first annual report, various rules and regulations, and advertisements.

MacWatt, John M.B., some notes on ‘History of the Auricula’, April 1928, proof copy (originally one sheet, 428 x 124mm, printed one side only, now in 2 pieces) from National Auricula Society Northern Section Annual Report 1928, 14-16.

Cuttings of John MacWatt's contributions to newspapers

Set of cuttings taken from newspapers and relating to Dr John Macwatt, including his obituaries.

ARNOTT, S, ‘Primula Rushie’, short note (cutting 95 x 64mm) from an unidentified journal, referring to a comment in the 1912 article ‘Some of the Rarer Primulas’ by Dr John MacWatt