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contains notes from:

speeches (2)
conference/workshop presentations
meetings
Genealogy notes on: Annie Speight (b. 1896), Thomas Speight (b. 1870), Sarah Goodhall (b. 1856)
specimen data?
other (e.g. to-do lists)

contains a pressed plant material (x2) between pages, and 1 bit of pressed plant material in the folder on the back cover, enclosed in notebook paper.

contains notes from:

'Antonovics Day' - lists Janis Antonovic's (Mary's husband) former students and a bit about their work. Janis would have reunion with former students, it would appear that Mary referred to the event as 'Antonovic's Day'
specimen data? (cytology note from 24 Jan 2013 - Aspelnium marinum)
list 'Ferns of Virginia'
Other (e.g. to-do list, travel planning, spec notes, schedule)

loose documents found folded in the middle:

obit of Stanley Walker (1924-1985)

• Three passports
• B.L. Burtt’s Obituary, Edinburgh Evening News, p.14, (7th of June 2008)
• Two boxes of B.L Burtt’s notebooks
• Three boxes containing reprints and annotated working copies of various journals and articles
• in 2019 a folder of biographical information, including 3 photographs, compiled by Henry Noltie was added to the collection. It includes the obituaries and biographical articles Henry wrote, plus other obituaries, articles about Bill, and memories by him and about him.

Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, no XII and XIII, published in November 1904 and containing information on the principal gardeners at RBGE, mainly John Williamson, Malcolm McCoig, Robert Menzies, John Mackay and George Don. The bulk of the document comprises George Claridge Druce's memoir 'The Life and Works of George Don' followed by Appendices A-E. Appendices F, G and postscript are in the following volume.

Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, no. XIV, published in February 1905. This volume comprises the last two appendices of George Claridge Druce's memoir on George Don's Life and Work, Appendices F and G, and the postscript.

Date May 1925. - Material is not dated with a year but is most likely 1925 on account of item CAV/2/2/1 (Letter of permission for Cave and Watt to travel 15 days in Sikkim) - this itinerary was originally filed alongside the letter (2/2/1)

16th Darjeeling to Jorebungalow

17th Jorebunglow to ‘Tonglo’, now Tonglu

18th to Sandakphu

19th to ‘Phallal’? - Phalut

20th to Dentam

21st to ‘Peirnionchi’ - now Pemayangtse Monastery?

22nd to ‘Timi’ or Temi

23rd to ‘Shomdang’ or now Samdong

24th to ‘Gangtok’, Gangtok

25th to ‘Karponang’, Pusum (Karponang bungalow enroute to Nathula Pass, east of Gangtok)

26th Changu

27/28th? Gnathang

29th Rhenak

30th Kalimpong