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2 boxes containing archives of St Helena, including letters from George Benjamin, notebooks, pictures and correspondence

1 box containing constitution, reports, field reports of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Cryptogamic SectionCryptogamic Society of Scotland (1875 - 1935) (incorporated into the Botanical Society of Edinburgh in 1935).
1 box containing laws, lists of members, conference reports (1903-1937) and photographs

1 folder containing correspondence and papers regarding Tatsienlu, West China (1920-38)

Cuttings of John MacWatt's contributions to newspapers

Set of cuttings taken from newspapers and relating to Dr John Macwatt, including his obituaries.

Contains a historic plant specimen collected in 1847 & a letter.

Letter from Robert Sim to Robert Scott, Chatsworth gardener. Letter with frond believed to have been taken by R. Scott to Calcutta when he became curator. The specimen was sent to R. Sim by George Dickie (Prof. of Botany at Aberdeen University)

Sim described Cystopteris dickieana in Gardeners’ and Farmers’ Journal, series 2, 2: 308. 1848. This appears to be a rare publication, with no online version currently available.

Envelope annotated by Christopher Fraser-Jenkins (c 2005) and sent to Dr Mary Gibby.

[FROM ENVELOPE: For E herbarium. Letter from R. Sim (Nursery) to Robert Scott, Calcutta Bot Gard. in 1847 sending a Cystopteris fragilis subsp. dickieana that he was sent by Dickie (rescued from pile of dumped old papers, thrown out for burning, at Calcutta in an outhouse)]

[Transcription of Letter by H. Nolte]

10th Novr. 1847

Dear Sir,

I have this day again forwarded my bill to Mr Paxton hoping he will think of it.

I shall herein inclose a priced list of my Lady ferns, according to your request.

Many thanks for your trouble respecting foreign Lichens &c. Mr Gibson’s promised ones will be truly acceptable.

Enclosed in this you will find specimens of a new British Cistopteris (Dickiana) forwarded to me by the discoverer Dr Dickie of Aberdeen, & which I consider to be very distinct.

I remain Dear Sir

Very sincerely yours

Robt. Sim

Mr R. Scott

[END]

Address mainly concealed but presumably reads [Mr R Scott, Chatsworth Gard]ens, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Foots Cray postmark and Penny Brown stamp

[END]

Docketed on verso: Cistopteris Dickiana. Postmarks for [illeg] and Chesterfield

1 page letter. Handwritten. From CR Fraser-Jenkins to M. Gibby about 3 'funny ferns.' Enclosed is 3 pressed fern specimens of Cystopteris fragilis

1 was collected by R.J. Murphy with a det by CR Fraser-Jenkins
the other 2 are with a note from David Tenant, who collected them and a det from CR Fraser-Jenkins.

Additional notes appear on the envelope.