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Plant Inventory - The Restoration of Ascog Hall Fernery Isle of Bute
GB 235 GBY/7/6/1 · Item
Part of Professor Mary Gibby Collection

1 document. Photocopy. Bound

[TITLE] The Restoration of Ascog Hall Fernery Isle of Bute, Plant Inventory.
Prepared by The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. By D.R. Mitchell, Curator. 1997.

[Excerpt from Introduction] This document was prepared by staff of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh following the request by Mr. & Mrs. W. Fyfe in January 1996, to assist with the research, planning and replanting of the Ascog Hall Fernery.

It is a record of the material selected to replant the fernery during the spring of 1997, in a style evocative of the original planting recorded int eh article from the Gardeners Chronicle of 1879. Following extensive research in the gardens library and consultation with science staff regarding changes in nomenclature, as many of the original plants as possible were obtained.

 Mitchell, David R.
Plant list with collection numbers from Chandubi and Lamu La
Plant list with collection numbers from Chandubi and Lamu La
LSH/1/1/5/1/56 · Part · 1933-05-09
Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

SUMMARY:
Page lists plant taxa with collection numbers, including Primula aff. boothii, Berberis subpteroclada sp. nov., and several Rhododendron species. Locations noted include Chandubi and Lamu La at 9500-12500 ft.

CONTENT:
R. hodgsonii 3047
campylocarpum 3048
smithii 3049
cinnabarinum 3050
Daphne bholua 3051
P. flagellaris 3052
whitei 3053
bracteosa 3054
See next page Bryocarpum himalaicum 3055
Clintonia alpina 3056
Trillium tschonoskii 3057
Streptopus simplex 3138

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2991 Primula aff. boothii common on E side of open Abies-rhodo forest.

Chandubi
sp. nov. Berberis subpteroclada
sp. nov. " " 3045
" " " 3046
Mag. campbellii 3139
Cornus capitata 3140
Lamu La 9500-12500 ft
R. hodgsonii 3047
campylocarpum 3048
smithii 304
Plant notes: Lonicera, Paraquilegia, Rhod., Primulas, Daphne; height of conifer zone
Plant notes: Lonicera, Paraquilegia, Rhod., Primulas, Daphne; height of conifer zone
LSH/1/1/7/1/4 · Part · 1940-05-24
Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

SUMMARY:
Page lists plant notes: Lonicera (dwarf yellow), Lonicera hispida var. setulosa (seeds), Paraquilegia, 'Nom Soulei', Rhod. 5544, Primulas 5537-41, and Daphne. Also notes the height of the conifer zone.

CONTENT:
Lonicera dwarf yellow

/ Lonicera hispida var. setulosa
Seeds

Paraquilegia
Nom Soulei
Rhod.
5544

Primulas 5537, 38, 39, 40
41

Daphne

Height of conifer zone
Plant occurrence notes in Phobjikha forests
Plant occurrence notes in Phobjikha forests
LSH/1/1/5/1/58 · Part · 1933-05-09
Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

SUMMARY:
Brief entries list several plant species noted as common in Phobjikha forests, with elevation ranges from about 10,000 to 13,000 feet. Species include Bryocarpum himalaicum, Rhododendron thomsonii, Rhododendron campylocarpum (yellow), and Primula erythrocarpa.

CONTENT:
3054 Bryocarpum himalaicum common all over Phobjikha forests. 10-12000'

  1. Rhod Thomsonii very common 10000' to 12500'.
    3048 Rhod campylocarpum (yellow) common in all forests. Thomsonii Ser. Camp Subrang
    3024 Primula erythrocarpa very common all over Phobjikha, up to 13000'
Plant seed collection notes near Pangotang and Tolegang
Plant seed collection notes near Pangotang and Tolegang
LSH/1/1/9/1/60 · Part · 1949-06-01
Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

SUMMARY:
List of plants to collect seed from in the Pangotang area, with specimen numbers and locality notes such as cliffs opposite camp, beyond the fir zone, and near Tolegang and the first drogpa. Mentions taxa including Primula, Cypripedium, Saxifraga, Androsace, Meconopsis, Salvia, Potentilla, and others.

CONTENT:
55

Plants to get seed from Pangotang See also later list.

18946 P. barnardiana. cliff 1/2 m below Pangotang
18948 Cassiope
18955 P. elongata. 1 m above camp main river
18957 P. atrodentata
X 18963-5 Legume. to E beyond fir zone
V 18970 Cypripedium tibeticum. below cliff opp. camp.
18972 Saxifraga yellow cushion below cliff opp. camp.
18973 Daphne opp. camp.
V 18974 Androsace below cliff opp camp.
18977 Aster.
V 18995 Meconopsis simplicifolia
V 19009 Primula macrophylla roots.
19011 Primula glabra
V 19021 Salvia Tolegang beyond 1st drogpa & up cliff opp camp.
X 19027 Potentilla. a good one just before Tolegang 150
19030 P. hopeana a good one just before Tolegang
V 18992 small purple pea 2" high.
Plants of Mauritius
GB 235 MPS · Collection · 1875 - 1876

I. See references in Rodriguez (Transit of Venus) papers, filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under “Rodriguez”
II. See papers filed with “PANDANUS” (mainly I.B. Balfour’s) in general index of archival material. (4 boxes)
III. Letter dated 25 June 1866 from Chas. James Meller – item 141 in bound volume, filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos.” – Box 2
IV. 12 letters dated 1875 -1876 filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers, under “Horne, F”