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black and white photographs mounted on thick black paper.

Photographs of Bhutanese buildings.

Writing on the back

1 black and white photographs mounted on thick grey paper.

Photographs of Bhutanese houses.

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Bhutanese houses
16 Apr/49
49.A.10.7

black and white photographs mounted on thick black paper. NOTE: rough dates derived from subject descriptions in Hicks' 'Index of negatives' found in his itinerary (GB235 HJH/4/1)

Photographs of Bhutanese Royal Family with George Sherriff & Betty Sherriff. The King is wearing a gho, the traditional and national dress for men in Bhutan. The two queens are wearing a kira, the national dress for women in Bhutan.

Left to Right:

• [unidentified child]
• George Sherriff
• Jigme Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
• [unidentified child]
• Betty Sherriff
• Ashi Phuntsho Choden, 1st queen consort
• [unidentified child]
• Ashi Pema Dechen, 2nd queen consort

Children likely that of Ashi Pema Dechen and Jigme Wangchuck: Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Choki Wangmo Wangchuck (b. 1937). Prince (Druk Gyalsey) Namgyel Wangchuck (b. 1943). Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Deki Yangzom Wangchuck (b. 1946).

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Bhutanese Royal Family

1 black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper.

Photograph of a Bhutense village, Miretang [?] Hilly landscape with some buildings. People spread throughout the image.

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Bhutenese village. Misetang
13/Apr/49
49.A.10.5

• “Herbaceous Rock Garden Plants: Some introductions from the Himalaya and S.W. China” Lecture given March 1921, 1950 by W.G. MacKenzie, reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, v.75 pt.6, June 1950.
• RBGE Guidebook, 1934
• Plant catalogues:
o Hardy Plants Worth Growing; catalogue – V.N. Gauntlett & Co., Ltd., Japanese Nurseries, Chiddingfold, Surrey, No.90, c.1910 [image from RBGE on p.190]
o Trees and Shrubs catalogue – John Waterer, Sons & Crisp Ltd, Twyford, Berks – Autumn 1927- Spring 1928
o Ornamental Shrubs, Conifers and Climbers; catalogue – William Watson & Sons, Ltd., Killiney Nurseries, Co. Dublin – 1928-1929
o Choice Plants for the Rock Garden – Laird and Dickson, Pinkhill Nurseries, Edinburgh, c.1933
o Well’s Hardy Plants Catalogue – Wells Jun., The Nurseries, Merstham, Surrey – 1935-1936
o Trees and Shrubs catalogue – R.V. Roger, Pickering, Yorkshire – 1938-1939
o Hardy Heathers catalogue – Maxwell & Beale Ltd, Broadstone, Dorset – 1952-1953
• Sutton’s Seeds from Reading, England tin (lid cracked at back right corner – caution)

2 page summary. Typed. A project summary from the Natural History Museum, London's internal Science Project Information System.

[TITLE] "Biogeography of Atlantic Cryptogams" (SPIS no.:1391)

1 letter, dated 8th November 1830, regarding the donation of a chest of dried plants, the herbarium collection of Dr. Francis Buchanan Hamilton, to the University of Edinburgh, a duplicate set having been given to the East India Company, written by William Blacklock, directed by Hamilton's Trustees, to Prof. Robert Graham.

1 page. Typed.

[TITLE] List of Specimens Collected

"To be completed by the permit holder on expiry of enclosed permit"

Form asks for the name of your collection and the institute or organisation represented (if any)

Features a table with the follow: Date, species, quantity, full locality details, collector numbers."

'A Catalogue of British Plants; Part First containing the Flowering Plants and Ferns by J.H. Balfour, M.D.Edin., Regius Professor of Botany, Glasgow; Charles C. Babington, M.A.Cantab., F.L.S. and W.H Campbell, Secretary to the Botanical Society, 2nd ed. 1841; a few copies, alongside copies of the London Catalogue of British Plants, printed up and bound in such a way that it can be used as a checklist to record plants seen on various excursions, annotated heavily with lists and locations.

'A Catalogue of British Plants; including the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and Characeae' by J.H. Balfour, M.D.Edin., Regius Professor of Botany, Glasgow; Charles C. Babington, M.A.Cantab., F.L.S. and W.H Campbell, Secretary to the Botanical Society, 3rd ed. 1851; printed up and bound in such a way that it can be used as a checklist to record plants seen on various excursions, annotated heavily with lists and locations. Book is in very bad condition.