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McNab, Gilbert information

  • GB 235 MNG
  • File
  • 1850 - 1851

•Card 1 - Material re Gilbert McNab contained in guard book filed under “McNab, Wm.” (brother) – individual box
•Card 2 - McNab, Gilbert W. (Jamaica) – 2 letters dated 7 Jun 1850 & 11 May 1851 respectively, filed in “Balfour, J.H.”, supplementary correspondence (boxes) under “McNab, Gilbert W.”

McNab, Gilbert

Gardiner, William

  • GB 235 GWM
  • File
  • 1808 - 1852

•Materials related to his book ‘Flora of Forfarshire’ – 16 page handwritten monograph ‘Catalogue of Mosses Collected in Forfarshire and Perthshire; including 155 species and varieties belonging to 26 genera.’ bound in card cover. Inset at the end is a copy of a letter from Alex. P. Stevenson, stamped 17 Jun 1903, referencing James Donald – Hampton Court Gardens.
•Note from W.W. Smith, dated 23 Dec 1931 referring to Gardiner’s own copy of his book ‘Flora of Forfarshire’. The copy was lent by Alexander Hutcheson and is believed to be unique, as having mounted specimens of plants interleaved and named by Gardiner himself. The copy referred to in the note is in the Library of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
•Lent by Alexander Hutcheson – an advertisement for a proposed 2nd edition of “Gardiner’s Flora of Forfarshire”, which was never published.
•Letter written by William Gardiner to his wife Elizabeth from Castleton of Braemar, dated 26 July 1844, on one of his botanical excursions; acknowledging receipt of a P.O. money order.
•Letter dated 30 Jan 1896 from James Scrymgeour to Alexander Hutcheson re: Wm. Gardiner.
•“The Flora Of Forfarshire”, Gardiner, William, London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, 1848.
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Gardiner, William

Maxwell, Sir John Maxwell Stirling-

  • GB 235 MAX
  • File
  • 1866 - 1856

•Some correspondence filed filed with Sir Wm. Wright Smith papers under “Smith, Sir Wm. W.”, “Rhododendron Corresp”, material boxed alphabetically in these boxes

Stirling-Maxwell, Sir John Maxwell

Japanese Expedition (prospective c. 1859 -1860)

  • GB 235 JPN
  • File
  • 1859 - 1860

Japanese Expedition (prospective c. 1859 -1860). Consideration papers filed under “British Columbia Botanical Association” in main index

British Columbia Botanical Association

William Milne papers

  • GB 235 MWM
  • File
  • 1859 - 1860

•Proposed engagement for expedition to Japan – Correspondence, etc. re: consideration (1859 – 1860) filed under “British Columbia Botanical Association” in main index.

Milne, William

Mackay, James Townsend

  • GB 235 MJT
  • File
  • 1775 - 1862

•File containing typed miscellaneous notes regarding his life and work

Mackay, James Townsend

Greville, Robert Kaye

  • GB 235 GRK
  • File
  • 1832 - 1866

•Handwritten direction to the site of his grave
•Unbound duplicate drawings of Diatoms originally at the end of a collection of Greville’s Papers
•Catalogue written by R.K. Greville of first parcel from Thomas Drummond from St. Luis, Alleganies & New Orleans 1832 filed under “Drummond, Thomas” folder (DRU)

Greville, Robert Kaye

Mueller, Ferdinand von (Melbourne) 1825 – 1896

  • GB 235 MUE
  • File
  • 1864 - 1867

18 letters, dated 1864-1867, to Dr. Thos. Anderson – item 154-167(inclusive), in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos.” – box 2

Mueller, Ferdinand von

Sanderson, John Scott

  • GB 235 SJS
  • File
  • 1869

•Prize essay, ‘The Origin and Development of the Embryo in Phanerogamous Plants’ (July 1869)

Sanderson, John Scott

Paterson, William

  • GB 235 PWM
  • File
  • 1810 - 1870

•Envelope containing historical data on Paterson, including copies of newspaper articles, from Ian S. Taylor by favour of George Storrar (February 1979), mostly relating to the creation of “Paterson’s Victoria White Seedling Potato’

Paterson, William

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