- GB 235 TUR
- Collection
- 2015
•6 notebooks of sketches (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland) donated to D. Henderson and RBGE.
Turner, Alexander (Alick) J.
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•6 notebooks of sketches (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland) donated to D. Henderson and RBGE.
Turner, Alexander (Alick) J.
7 boxes containing -
•Photographic notes (1965-1966)
•Trek diaries
•Field notes
•correspondence
•Immigration papers and trekking permits
•Notes on living plants and herbarium material sent to Royal Botanic Garden Kew (1965-1966)
•List of publications and papers
•Folders of articles
•Bowl made from leaves
•2 ceremonial Ghurkha knives (handle with extreme caution - scabbard has split)
Schilling, Tony
The collection dates between 1769 and c2003 and comprises:
Blaikie, Thomas, 1751-1838, gardener
•Notebook containing manuscript essay on ‘The Fiographical Distribution of Algae’
•Copy of 'A Manual of Botany' by Le Maout and Decaisne, translated by Mrs Hooker and with an Appendix by Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1876, awarded to James Adam Terras by Prof. Alexander Dickson in July 1886 as a Special Prize for High Proficiency in the Class of Advanced Practical Botany (ELWU2) (seems likely Terras eventually donated the book to the Botanical Society Library?) (book in state of disrepair now)
Terras, James Adam
•1 file of miscellaneous correspondence with Dr. Harold R. Fletcher (1958-71)
•Copy of a letter to Taylor from H.R. Fletcher (15 Dec 1965) and an article by Taylor titled ‘Himalayan Plants in the Field’ from The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, (1948)
•Two boxes of index cards to N. Douglas Simpson’s Index (a gift from Taylor to Royal Botanic Garden Trust)
Taylor, Sir George
Swarbrick, John T. (Specialist Officer Cameroons; collecting 1958 - 1963)
•Papers regarding the Victoria Botanic Gardens, Southern Cameroons (1916-1961)
•Papers regarding horticulture and agriculture in Southern Nigeria (1906)
•Illustrations, drawings and abstracts.
Swarbrick, John T.
Stewart and Co., Seedsmen, Ltd.
•16 boxes of Gardeners’ Register
•Business records yet to be listed
Stewart and Co., Seedsmen, Ltd.
• Invitation to Royal Dinner – 400th Anniversary of the Union of the Crowns
• Invitation to the tercentenary celebration of the birth of Carl Linnaeas
• Notes written on the train to London, 4th Feb 2008 as an outline of contents for ‘Gardening the Earth’.
Blackmore, Professor Stephen
•Correspondence regarding the deposit of films and slides at RBGE
•Papers collated and donated by Christina Noble
•Correspondence
•Field books (1954-1985)
•Photographs and reprints
•Slides and cine film also held
Stainton, J.D.A.
•Herbarium catalogues, including London and South Africa, and a collecting book from Sierra Leone
Somerville, Alex