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folder contains an original letter written by George Don, alongside an annotated transcription.

7 folders of illustratons, along with Garven's list of the illustrations, a copy of Garven's portrait (held at Glasgow University) and a copy of Garven's obituary from the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

•Box containing accounts, minutes book and miscellaneous correspondence
•Box containing circulars and miscellaneous correspondence
•Box containing letters from subscribers
•Box containing miscellaneous correspondence and plant lists by Andrew Murray

1 folder of project publication and photograph by Corinne McDonough.
Corinne was a 4th year photography student at the Edinburgh College of Art in 2014 and involved in a project looking at the need for libraries, human interactions with objects and behind the scenes views. She visited RBGE on the 20th March 2014 to take photographs, 3 of which ended up in the project publication, Ordo Librorum. This publication (1), one of the photographs (2) and two publicity cards (3) are in this small collection.

Order of service for the funeral of Elizabeth Margaret Logan Farquharson (18 August 1915 – 24 May 2023), at Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, 8 June 2023; booklet (211 x 147mm), wrapper with colour illustrations, printed in black on white card, remainder in black on white paper, 8 pages including wrapper.

"On the Physiology of some Phaeophyceae"; a 14 page monograph (12 ms pages), written by Thomas Hick B.A., B.Sc., Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer in Botany, Owen's College, Manchester. This is Hick's account of the experiments he carried out to study the physiology of Phaeophyceae [Brown Algae]. Possibly published in the Journal of Botany or Annals of Botany in 1885.

Folder of papers relating to maps in Olive Hilliard's collection.
Papers include:
Copied list of Maps of Natal and Zululand, 1824-1910 from Journal of the Natal Society, no.2 Sept 1972 with attached note and correspondence from the University of Natal, November 1974.
Plant Collecting Permit, Olive Hilliard and Brian L. Burtt, Kingdom of Lesotho, January 1984
Note - list of names
Copy of hand drawn map, Sunnyside Farm, Lesotho.
Copy of hand drawn map, Meyers Farm, north of Middelburg, South Africa

one folder entitled 'Olive Hilliard's notes on the complex herbarium specimens of J.F. Drège from South Africa' containing "The Innocent's Guide to the Collections of Drege, Ecklon and Zeyher", reprints and copies of reprints: Drege, Ecklon and Zeyher, 'Numbered collecting stations/Standorter-Verzeichniss der von C.L.Zehyer in Sudafrika gesammelten Pflanzen'; Ecklon, C.F. 'Plants found in the District of Uitenhage...1829-30' from South African Quarterly, 1830; Drege, Witteberg, etc; Drege, J.F. 'Standorter-Verzeichniss der von J.F.Drege' - "Drege Area 1" and "Drege Area 5b"; "Drege's Journeys"-Kirby, Percival R 'Early Professional Museum Collectors in South Africa' in South Africa Museums Association Bulletin, 1942; 'Herbarien der sudafrikanischen aussertropischen Flora zu haben bei J.F. Drege...in Hamburg'

Collection currently comprising two folders, more expected. Olive's field books are currently held in Burtt collection.

•Papers re: 1899 Forbes/Ogilvie-Grant Expedition to Socotra filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under "Socotra”
•Letter, dated 26 november 1892, re; mild climate at Loch Hown Head filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under “Grant, Ogilvie”