Collection of correspondence connected to George Forrest
- GB 235 FRG/1
- Reeks
- 1902-1932
Part of George Forrest Collection
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Collection of correspondence connected to George Forrest
Part of George Forrest Collection
John MacWatt's Horticultural Distinctions
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
John MacWatt Collection- Plant Catalogues
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
E.V. Watson's manuscript Bryophyte Flora of Barra
2 ring-book volumes detailing the Bryophyte Flora of Barra
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Scrapbooks relating to John MacWatt's life and work
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
Three scrapbooks relating to John MacWatt's life and work.
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F.R.S. Balfour Collection: Rhododendron Conference Papers
Part of F.R.S. Balfour Collection
Rhododendron Conference Papers for the Conference planned for 1939
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John MacWatt's publications and writing
Part of John MacWatt Primula papers
A collection of John MacWatt's writing, including both published and draft articles; also poetry, newspaper cuttings and pieces of writing associated with MacWatt's work.
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Glasgow University Herbarium Card Index
2 card index boxes (possibly incomplete) listing monocots from Glasgow University's Herbarium that came to RBGE on permanent loan in 1942.
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• Obituary, reprinted from "The North Western Naturalist" September 1943; a 3 page obituary by George Taylor which includes a portrait of A.H. Evans.
• Three items from Botanical Society of Edinburgh archives relating to Evans’s biography and bibliography – correspondence between William Wright Smith, George Taylor, Alex Cowan and J.T. Johnstone including a typed letter from George Taylor to Professor William Wright Smith (6 April 1943) regarding Evans's biography and bibliography; a handwritten note from Alex Cowan to Professor William Wright Smith (12 April 1943) regarding Evans's notification of death and clarification of a date; and a cover note from William Wright Smith to librarian J.T. Johnstone.
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Ida M. Hayward Collection - Scrapbook
Part of Ida M. Hayward Collection
Red Leather bound scrapbook compiled by Ida M. Hayward and containing a photograph of Ida Hayward with her dog Logie; poem to Logie regarding their search for alien plants; newspaper cuttings; order forms for Hayward and Druce's "The Adventive Flora of the Tweed"; letters of thanks and receipts from those receiving a copy of the Flora; book reviews; photograph of beetles extracted from wool at Galashiels; and some loose letters.
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