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ARNOTT, S, ‘Primula Rushie’, short note (cutting 95 x 64mm) from an unidentified journal, referring to a comment in the 1912 article ‘Some of the Rarer Primulas’ by Dr John MacWatt

Buff sheet (274 x 198mm) mounted with 4 cuttings, 3 of which are labelled in ink in John MacWatt’s hand, regarding his entries in the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society’s Spring Show, from The Garden 1910, and Edinburgh Spring Show 13-14 February 1910, from Journal of Horticulture; short note with illustration regarding a Polyanthus in his collection, from Country Life, 30 April 1910; also ‘The Hardy Heaths’, a note of his own from an unidentified journal.

‘Spanish Irises in a North Country Garden’, photocopied cutting (51 x 65mm) from an unidentified journal, with an accompanying illustration (122 x 140mm) labelled ‘Spanish Irises among Roses at Morelands, Duns, N.B.’. The illustration reproduces the view in photographic print GB 235 MCW/4/2/9

‘Paeonies in Scotland’, very short note (cutting 26 x 66mm) from an unidentified journal referring to a photograph of blooms in Dr MacWatt’s garden in Duns. Found with a photocopy (90 x 141mm) of a view of Peonies growing near the house at Morelands, but it is not certain that this is the photograph referred to in the note.

‘Flowering and Ornamental Foliage Shrubs from Duns’, short note (cutting 45 x 63mm) from an unidentified journal referring to material sent by John MacWatt.

‘Flowers from Duns’, short note (cutting 36 x 67mm) probably from the same journal as GB 235 MCW/3/4/5, referring to material sent by John MacWatt.

‘Autumn Flowers’, short note (cuttings 42 x 65mm and 30 x 63mm) probably from the same journal as GB 235 MCW/3/4/5, referring to material sent by John MacWatt.

‘Delphiniums and Heaths from Scotland’, short note (cutting 40 x 64mm), probably from the same journal as GB 235 MCW/3/4/5, concerning plant material sent by John MacWatt.

‘Duns Doctor Wins Competition’, cutting (91 x 63mm) marked as from The Berwickshire News July 1926.

‘Authority on Primulas’, small entry about John MacWatt, with portrait, in The Bulletin, 14 March 1931, 3 (whole sheet 400 x 309mm).