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- 1862 - 1940
•Box of correspondence, posthumous papers, 1935-54 (New Zealand)
Guthrie-Smith, Herbert
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•Box of correspondence, posthumous papers, 1935-54 (New Zealand)
Guthrie-Smith, Herbert
• 1 short handwritten narrative regarding the foundation of Hamburg Botanic Garden by Prof. C. Lehmann between 1820 and 1822. There is no author's name or date but it is an expert description of the contents of the Hamburg Botanic Garden.
Hamburg Botanic Garden
Hand coloured multi block wood engravings featuring Reginald Farrer
2 limited edition hand coloured multi block wood engravings showing the plantsman Reginald Farrer created in 2015 by artist Abigail Rorer of the Lone Oak Press. There is also accompanying correspondence detailing the donation.
Rorer, Abigail
Harley, Andrew (c. 1872 – 1950)
•Correspondence dated 1912 -1913 on “Primula”, filed with subject material under “Primula”, Box 1 in main index
Harley, Andrew
Harry Lonie objects created from trial pieces for the East Gate entrance rhododendron gates
A candlestick holder and mirror frame crafted from trial pieces produced when creating the rhododendron gate for the Inverleith East Gate entrance to RBGE
Lonie, Harry
Harveian Society of Edinburgh Booklet
• Booklet, “Laws of The Harveian Society of Edinburgh; instituted 12th April 1782”, with Chronological Lists of Presidents (including D. Rutherford (1787 & 1818), J.H. Balfour (1852) and R. Graham (1825)) and Members since 1782 with Rules of Membership.
Harveian Society of Edinburgh
Haryats(?), Pedro L (Portugal?)
•2 letters dated 1884 & 1885 to Col. Henderson filed under “Henderson, F”
Haryats, Pedro L.
Hawaii –Pacific Tropical Botanic Garden
•2 boxes of correspondence with Dr. Fletcher from 1963-70, regarding setting up Hawaii –Pacific Tropical Botanic Garden.
Hawaii –Pacific Tropical Botanic Garden
•Paper ‘On the Fossil Plants Discovered by Dr. Lyall in Greenland’, Zurich, 1st of May 1862
Heer, Oswald
•Copy of Milford’s obituary printed in the ‘Quarterly Bulletin of The Alpine Garden Society’, Vol.8, No.4, December, 1940, Vera Higgins, MA (ed.) pp.14-15
•Note book containing field notes from an expedition (1934-35)
•Correspondence regarding Milford (1992 -2002)
•Copies of a newspaper article mentioning Milford’s expedition to Durban, South Africa, ‘Rare Wild Flowers Collected: Botanist from England Tour Basutoland’, The Natal Mercury, 25/03/1935
•Photograph of ‘Helichrysum Milfordiae’
•Wooden box containing glass plate negatives
Milford, Helen A.