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1 box containing book of lichen dyed samples and list 'Native Plants used as Dyes in Tweed Making'
file: 'The Dyeing Properties of some Scottish Lichens and of a few other materials' Pattern Book by T.S. Patterson D.Sc. Ph.D University of Glasgow
report: Report on the Frequency of Occurrence of Dye-Producing Lichens in Scotland by Edward Stewart. M.A., B.Sc. Fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh.
list: Native Plants used as Dyes in Tweed Making, includes extracts from papers describing experiments on the dyeing property of lichens by W. Lauder Lindsay, M.D., Assistant Physician, Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries, 1854-1855, and list of lichens which yield dyes based on Les Lichens Utiles by F. Henneguy, Paris, 1883, and Further list of Highland Native Dyes from Occasional Papers by R.C. Maclagan pp. n.d. Paper on 'Highland Dyeing' read before Royal Scottish Society of Arts, 1898 [various versions of these lists - will need sorting before proper listing and cataloguing]
report: 'Notes on Occurrence and Distribution in Scotland of Dye-Producing Lichens, Supplementary to report on Occurrence of Lecanora tartarea Ach. by E.J.A. Stewart, M.A., B.Sc.
report: 'The Dyeing Properties of some Scottish Lichens and of a few other materials' by T.S. Paterson, D.Sc. Ph.D., University of Glasgow
documentation showing that Brian Coppins bought this batch of material from an Antiquarian Booksellers in 1998.
•Papers & correspondence re; Sphagnum Moss – use as medical dressing, (1st & 2nd World War references) – including W. Wright Smith’s report to R.A.M.C. (War Dept.) dated 1916 are filed under “Sphagnum Moss as medical dressings” – index “S”
•Signatures of Carl von Linné and Carolus a Linné (Linnæus the younger) filed with the collection of Signature under “S” in general alphabetical category
•10 folders of plant lists •List of Léveillé / Leveille duplicates sent to Tokyo and Seoul •Léveillé Plantae Novae Sandwicencis •List of correct names for Léveilléan species described in the wrong family •Léveillé lists •Folder containing Douglas McKean’s correspondence and research relating to the re-organisation and identification of RBGE’s Léveillé herbarium. •File containing a Dicots Index – working copy for counting Léveillé Taxa, Douglas McKean’s notebook on Léveillé Chinese and Indian localities, and Douglas McKean’s notes and correspondence relating to Léveillé’s Carex types. •Correspondence with I.B. Balfour filed with “Balfour, I.Bayley” papers under “Léveillé, H.”
• Letter to Dr. Robert Wright regarding Orchids, dated 8 Sep.1832 •Copy of a typed letter [for I.B.B] from Dr. Masters, regarding having a memoir of Lindley prefacing one of ‘their’ volumes of the Annals of Botany (21 Jun 1903)
Logan Botanic Gardens, Stranraer, Wigtownshire •2 boxes of papers marked ‘Acquisition’ •1 box of papers marked ‘Deed of Gift from Trustees’ Logan Gardens Trust •1 file containing miscellaneous correspondence (1965-67) •1 file containing miscellaneous correspondence and minutes of the trustees meetings (1961-63) •2 different rough drafts of ‘A Guide to the Gardens’ (Logan Gardens) Logan House •2 boxes of papers marked ‘Sale to Sir Ninian Buchan-Hepburn’ London, Royal Botanic Society •Regulations and lists of members (1877)
