Seed Donation Ledger with 'Seed Book' on its spine and cover which dates from 1863 to 1876 and documents donations of plants coded FH-OF from around Britain and the World. There is an alphabetic index at the front.
The ledger has been titled more than once in different hands; the names J. Fernie 1868 and J. Tod 1863 have been written into the guttering inside the cover.
There are inserts in the ledger including a letter to James McNab and one from Isa. Foggo; handle with care.
A series of ledgers detailing donations of plants to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The series stops in 1893 when a new system of accessioning plant donations seems to have been adopted.
Sem títuloPlant 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.
Sem títuloPlant 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.