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Plant Donation Ledger with 'Plants Received' written inside. The ledger dates from 1826 to 1845 and documents donations of plants (numbered 1-9 before the system of numbering is abandoned) from around Britain and the World. There is a chronological index at the back which lists the donors.

Plant Donation Notebook with 'Botanic Garden Plants Received; Jan'y 1863 to 1868' on the cover. The notebook dates from January 1863 to January 1868 and documents donations of plants from around Britain and the World. There is no index.
This book appears different to the others and may have been a separate or supplementary notebook kept in parallel to a ledger which has been lost. There are numerous inserts, including letters to James McNab (the notebook may have been his); a seed back at page 120, and a loose page; handle with care.

Plant Donation Notebook with 'Plants Received; 1868 to 1876' on the spine. The book has been rebound in red buckram. The notebook dates from January 1868 to December 1876 and documents donations of plants from around Britain and the World. There is no index.
This book appears different to the others and may have been a separate or supplementary notebook kept in parallel to a ledger which has been lost. There are six inserts in a pocket at the back of the rebound book, including letters to James McNab indicating the notebook may have been his.

Plant Donation Ledger with 'Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh; Donations of Plants' on the spine and 'Plants and Seeds 1877-1885' added inside the cover. The notebook dates from January 1877 to January 1887 and documents donations of plants from around Britain and the World. There is no index.
There is an insert at the back.

Plants, Cuttings and Seeds Donation Ledger which dates from February 1892 to June 1893 and documents donations of plants from around Britain and the World. There is an alphabetic index at the front.

Poem, written in green ink on handmade paper and inserted into a folded card with ‘a contemplation’ on it. One one side of the paper is ‘Written by Katheryn’s bench by the southern border of the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh on the afternoon of the second day of 2025. John Robertson

Together, a while

If all that remains of me
is a place for others to rest,
a place for others to think,
and to connect
and to see
and to be.

Then put my life down
to the simple achievement
of a humble wooden bench
with a quiet brass plaque,
and on it shall be written:
‘let us dance together, a while’
set away somewhere gentle
at Edinburgh’s Botanical Ceilidh.

John R. 02.01.2025