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Documents originally found interleaved between the back pages of the bound book. These include:

(1) a sketch route map in pencil. 1 page.

(2) two letters from Syed Mohamed Rasemulla. Dated 14 Oct 1934 and 5 Aug 1934. 1 page each.

(3) Partial letter from Frank Ludlow. Dated. 3 Aug [No Year]. Listing what he has seen in regards to botany, birds, and butterflies. Gives details about the route he has been taking. Begins to write about his plans but gets cut off. There is a torn piece of paper, that appears to be the rest of the letter, signed F. Ludlow. This torn paper has some brief notes by George Sherriff written on it in pencil. 1 page + 1 scrap.

(4) Hand-written table. No title. Months down the side and names across the top. Filled in with numbers and totals at the bottom of each column. Possibly a list of the number of specimens plants/seeds sent out during the year. 1 page.

(5) "Mails for Captain Sherriff". Details of mail received. Note from Lukarimullah, no date. 1 page.

(6) "Account for Captain Sherriff". Details of expenses. Brief note at the bottom by Lukarimullah, dated 8 Nov 1934. 1 page.

(7) 2 very brief notes on scraps of paper. 2 scraps.

(8) Hotel receipt: Nedous Hotel, 23 May 1934. For Danong Lepcha.

(8) HR Fletcher research notes, 4 pages, for the book "Quest of Flowers"

Documents originally found interleaved between the back pages of the bound book. Two letters from Syed Mohamed Rasemulla. Dated 14 Oct 1934 and 5 Aug 1934. 1 page each.

This series 3 sub-series: letters; greetings cards and scans of letters. They contain a variety of correspondence from or relating to the expeditions of Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff. The types of correspondence vary from letters, both professional and personal, to greetings cards. There are also a number of printed versions of letters that have been scanned.

This collection consists of material created and gathered from the expeditions of George Sherriff in Bhutan and Tibet during 1933-1949.

The collection consists of 5 sub-series: diaries, correspondence, expedition material, visual material, and plant collection documentation.

[1] Diaries: This series consists of the original diaries of George Sherriff during his expeditions.

[2] Correspondence: This series consists of a variety of correspondence from and to George Sherriff.

[3] Expedition Material: This series consists of a variety of expedition documents ranging from itineraries and maps to administration lists and passports.

[4] Visual Material: This series consists of a variety of material including: photographic material, films and videos. Photographic material ranges from prints and negatives taken by Sherriff and Ludlow to prints of digital images taken as exhibition documentation in 2014. The films are..... There have been dvd surrogates made of the films to ensure continued accessibility.

[5] Plant Collection Documentation: This series consists of a variety of material which includes plant and seed lists from their expedition with a large focus on Primula, Meconopsis and Rhododendrons, as well as publications gathered by Ludlow and Sherriff which cover their shared interest in the Himalayan region and it's flora and fauna. There is also a garden register donated by the Knox Finlay family detailing the progress of plants/seeds in their gardens acquired from various expeditions including Ludlow and Sherriff's between 1951-52.

Subject matter is mainly plants and trees - some of which are the negatives of the photographs used to produce the album Remarkable Trees of Ayrshire which is held in the RBGE Library – together with some images from Royal Arboricultural Society of Scotland annual summer excursions (1896-1902).

The collection also reflects other aspects of Paxton’s photographic interests: these included architectural studies, particularly of tower houses and other historical subjects, both in Scotland and during private travels to Worcestershire, Hampshire, Devon and the Chanel Islands; experiments with light; a fascination with capturing images of water in all its moods; and albums related to his membership of Talbot Circulating Album Club. It is also rich in portraits of family and friends and lively studies of their leisure pursuits.

Collection includes Paxton's bound photographs of 'Remarkable Trees in Ayrshire' presented to the RBGE in December 1894 at the request of Regius Keeper Isaac Bayley Balfour.

Some examples of his photography have been attached to this description. They are not to be reproduced without permission from RBGE.

4 items:
GRG/1 - 'A list of the flowering plants, ferns, mosses and liverworts of Berwickshire (Watsonian vice-county 81)' by G. Grahame, unpublished, c.1945-1956
GRG/2 - 56 page Manuscript Notebook –'A List of the Mosses and Liverworts of Berwickshire (Watsonian Vice-County 81)' by G. Grahame, c.1953 (added to collection in November 2023, was already in Archives, but catalogued separately)
GRG/3 - 'A list of the flowering plants and ferns of N.E. England and S.E. Scotland, 1829-1970', unpublished, 1970
GRG/4 - included in the folder are some notes on the VC81 list by Michael Braithwaite, 2009 who incorporated the records in the BSBI VC81 database; 'Notes on G Graham's 'List' for VC 81 Berwickshire held by RBGE' (also covers VC68, VC72, VC78, VC79, VC80, VC82, VC83