1 small blue notebook containing field notes for plants collected by Mary Mendum on expedition to Irian Jaya in 1992. Irian Jaya is now known as Western New Guinea or West Papua.
4 Small collecting books – Sabah 1998 and 2000, Philippines and the Living Collections at RBGE. These contain original collecting notes including localities and descriptions which are potentially useful for future reference if anything is unclear on specimen labels.
2 small diaries – one of fieldtrip to Sulawesi in 2000 and one to the Philippines in 1998 or 1999– useful as reference for locations and logistics but also as Mary’s personal archive.
1 small notebook - with mix of collection information and general notes
•22 page, bound article written by Hamish Johnston adding new information about the Dickson nurserymen families to an article written by Priscilla Minay for the Old Edinburgh Club Vol. 1 1991. Accompanied by 2 pages of corrections to the Dickson entries in Ray Desmond’s Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists. 6 pages of email correspondence with Archive Librarian at RBGE (Feb.2011)
Sem títuloThe gingers correspondence folders are arranged alphabetically by name; the dates are approximate:
Marlina Ardiyani - 1996-2003
Khaw Siok Hooi - 2001
John Kress - 1998-2001
Yulita Kusumadewi - 1998-2001
Tony Lamb - 1998-1999
Kai Larsen - 1994-2000
Amelie Lhuillier - 2002
John Mood - 1993-2001
Chatchai Ngamriabsakul - 1997-2001
Rachun Pooma - 1999-2001
Atique Rahman - 1999
Achariya Rangsiriyi - 1996-2002
Shoko Sakai - 1996-1999
Atsuko Takano - 1998-2006
Ida Theilade - 1994-2000
Tru'o'ng Quang Tam - 1994
Tom Wood - 1998-2001
•William Steel Trust Accounts including a financial report from 1990-1992 and a report from 1999.
Sem título•1 box of general correspondence from 1990-92 (now in Registry, SFC/1/1 and SFC/1/2)
•1 box of general correspondence from 1993 (now in Registry, SFC/1/3 and SFC/1/4)
•2 folders of information regarding the Society of Flora of China’s Joint Editorial Meeting, Edinburgh, April 1995 (now in Registry, SFC/2/2)
•Signed posters from 1995 and final 2013 meeting, with photographs relating to the latter.
Data Sheets, Lists and Guidance used in the 1989 Nature Conservancy Council Fresh Water Lochs Survey / South Argyll Lochan Survey.
Sem títuloFolder containing notes, correspondence and a draft of E. Charles Nelson's article entitled '"A botanical encampment at the foot of Ben Voirlich, June 22nd 1821" by Robert Kaye Greville, and a Scottish beetle' destined to be published in the Archives of Natural History, April 2011, vo. 38, No. 1 : pp. 96-103. There are scans of the engraving in the file, along with correspondence to and from E. Charles Nelson, Jennifer Woods (RBGE Herbarium) and John Mitchell of the Nature Conservancy Council. The article mentions William Jackson Hooker, John Scouler and David Douglas. Many of the notes appear to be by Jennifer Woods, which indicates that the folder was passed to the RBGE Archives by her c. 2019.
E.C. Nelson's Abstract: “A botanical encampment at the foot of Ben Voirlich June 22d. 1821” by Robert Kaye Greville, and a Scottish beetle
A lithograph and an “etching” depicting the same botanical excursion into the Scottish Highlands in June 1821 led by Professor William Jackson Hooker are reunited. The encampment depicted was on the west shore of Loch Lomond at the base of Ben Vorlich in Dunbartonshire. The participants probably included John Scouler and David Douglas, but a French entomologist, Charles Nodier, missed the excursion. A few weeks afterwards in the Highlands Nodier found some insects he did not recognize and named one, a beetle, after Hooker.
KEY WORDS: Scotland – Ben Lomond – William Jackson Hooker – Charles Nodier – Carabus hookeri
Sem título•Numerous copies and photocopies of a pamphlet outlining the aims, membership, benefits and profile of The Institute of Horticulture.
•Numerous copies of a brochure issued by The Institute of Horticulture, titled ‘Come into Horticulture’
•Numerous copies of application forms for student membership of I.O.H.
•Letter from Angela Clarke, General Secretary of I.O.H., inviting J.A. Ross Kerby to become a member of the Careers Advisory Bureau (21/01/1992)
•Envelope containing membership fees for 1992 and numerous copies of the membership application forms
•Envelope containing headed note paper for the I.O.H.
•Various information sheets about the I.O.H
•Numerous copies of membership enquiry forms
Also stored with these items are photographs of a ship, ‘Cunard’, a group of people, and glass houses – all of them unlabelled. There is also an envelope of photographs labelled ‘Quarantine House Site during construction?’ (1988), given to Ross Kerby by Ken Grant.
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.
2 volumes of unpublished manuscript produced by Janet Rae in the early 1980s. George MacDougall may have typed the manuscripts. The idea was to produce something similar to a book already published, but it was considered too expensive and that there was not enough demand to publish this one. The manuscript does include illustrations, including at least one original pen and ink sketch by Alan McGillveray, and constitutes a description of Edinburgh's changing landscapes in c.1983.
The accession also includes 2x 2020 calendars marking the Society's 150th anniversary in 2019.