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RBGE Plant Donation Ledger
GB 235 RBG/6/1/2/6 · Item · 1877-1887
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives

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.

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)
GB 235 FRG/10/1/3 · Item · 1950-1964
Part of George Forrest Collection

RBGE Museum label used in the display of George Forrest's Rhododendron giganteum / Rhododendron protistum stating: 'Presented to the Museum by Mr George Forrest. Rhododendron Giganteum is remarkable for its great size. It is a native of Western Yunnan and was first discovered by Mr George Forrest in 1919.'

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)
GB 235 FRG/10/1/2 · Item · 1931-1964
Part of George Forrest Collection

Museum label that was used on display with Forrest's Rhododendron giganteum / Rhododendron protistum.
Label states 'Rhododendron Giganteum, Forrest. Cross section of stem of a tree fully 90 feet high. This section was taken 12 feet from the base.'

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)
GB 235 TEMPHerbMount · Series · 1983 - 2008

Rita Calder was a mounter in the Herbarium and documented her mounting numbers in notebooks before the advent of an electronic Mounting Backlog spreadsheet now held on SharePoint. LIVE Mounting Backlog Spreadsheet.xlsx
These notebooks are handwritten and document the year and date collections were submitted for mounting and then when they were completed (1983 – 2008). From 2007 the new mounter Kate Eden also completed entries, obvious by a change in handwriting. They also make references to specimens which were repaired and which member of staff submitted them.
There appear to be two sets of books. The ones with In/Out columns are specimens mounted in any given month/year. The other books are a record of specimens coming into the Mounting Room in any given year. They record the country of origin and the donor or member of RBGE staff who submitted them. They could be viewed in the context of the Incoming Specimen/Donation books already held in the Archive.

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium