RBGE Archive

GB 235 AEL
Item
1964

Paul Aellen was a visitor to the RBGE Herbarium in the Winter of 1964, one of the earliest to the new building opened in June of that year. He worked very diligently in a quiet way on the top floor, researching Turkish Chenopodiaceae. To the amazement of the herbarium staff, just before he returned home to Basle he handed over this delightful and amusing account of his observations on the microcosm of life in theherbarium with photographs, magazine cuttings and beautifully witty pencil and ink sketches.

Aellen, Paul (1896-1973)

Rhododendron species “green shooters”, F979 [Rhododendron decorum]

GB 235 RJF/2/3/52
Item
31/05/1919

Part of Reginald Farrer Collection

Farrer, Reginald John

Letter from James Lee to Thomas Blaikie

GB 235 BLT/2/4
Item
1802-11-29

Part of Thomas Blaikie collection

Letter from James Lee to Thomas Blaikie enquiring after his health and suggesting possible courses of action to recover debts.

Lee, James, 1754-1824, gardener

RBGE Plant Labels

GB 235 HDE
Fonds
1900 - 1970

Plant labels found by members of the RBGE Horticulture Department and transferred to the Archives:
1: Magnolia acuminata, United States - found to the east of the copse, RBGE; a label intended to hang from the tree, this type of label had the impressed letters painted white by hand, then the entire label was hand painted black - would have been surrounded by a metal holder which has since decomposed - probably dates to around 1940?
2: Ilex laevigata; a temporary label found during excavations for the new Alpine House, 2012 - small label attached to wire which would have been pushed into the ground - probably dates to c.1960?
3: Viburnum dilatatum, c.1960? - temporary label from new Alpine House area.
4: Viburnum farreri - 'layers' - found in Nursery, troughs area - used when 'layering' viburnum - obtaining shoots from roots or branches.
5: Alpinia calcarata
6: Rhododendron hodgsonii
7: LA47

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Horticulture Department