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letters, documents and photographs from the arcihves left by John Jacob Lavranos, and printed copy of field notebooks

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)

•1 box donated via the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Sibbald Trust containing original letters c.1783 (RBGEA2023/014) and a folder of B.L. Burtt's papers and correspondence used in his contribution to A.G. Morton's book.
•1 box containing I.B. Balfour’s scrap book, memoirs and other assorted items
•Box of index cards referring to John Hope
•1 box containing indices to NAS papers and various photocopies of correspondence, etc.
There is a detailed list stored with the following boxes containing photocopies of papers from the SRO which notes what is inside each box and what the references refer to. Documents include correspondence, bills, receipts and other financial accounts
•12 boxes containing copies of NRS Papers marked:
-1. GD253/143/1-4
-2. GD253/143/5-6
-3. GD253/143/7-9
-4. GD253/143/10-13
-5. GD253/144/1-4
-6. GD253/144/5-7
-7. GD253/144/8-10
-8. GD253/144/11-14
-9. GD253/145/1-6
-10. GD253/145/7-10
-11. GD253/145/10-13
-12. GD253/145/4

•13 boxes containing copies of NRS Papers marked:
-E215/3-6, 1769-1829
-E414/1-7, 1764. 1769, 1789, 1825
-E414/8, 1767, 1770, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1782
-E414/9-11, 1785, 1786, 1788, 1789
-E414/12-15, 1789, 1790, 1792
-E414/16-18, 1793, 1794, 1795
-E414/19-22, 1788, 1789, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799
-E414/23-25, 1797, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802
-E414/26, 1803
-E414/27, 1801, 1803, 1804
-E414/28, 1804, 1805, 1806
-E414/32, 1899, 1800, 1801, 1803
-E414/33-40, 1769, 1776
-E414/41-46, 1777, 1778
-E414/47, 1782
-E414/48, 1783
-E414/49, 1785, 1784
-E414/50, 1787
-E414/51, 1789, 1788
-E414/52, 1789
-E414/53, 1790
-E414/54 ,1791
-E414/55, 1792
-E414/56, 1793
-E414/57, 1794
-E414/58, 1795
-E414/59, 1796
-E414/57, 1794
-E414/58, 1795
-E414/59, 1796
-E414/60, 1797
-E414/61, 1798, 1797
-E414/62, 1799
-E414/63, 1800
-E414/64, 1801
-E414/65 ,1802

N.B. Researchers should come directly to the NRS if they wish to request copies of papers held at the NRS (including GD253). Researchers can access the copy which held at RBGE to view and take notes, but copies cannot be made: to obtain copies, researchers must request these be made from the original by NRS.
Researchers must also cite the NRS reference accurately in any work, regardless of whether an image is provided or whether they simply take notes from the RBGE copy.
Researchers must also obtain permission from the collection owner to use any images (if provided) or quote directly from the record. They are also responsible for establishing whether there is any copyright subsisting in the record, which may be separate from ownership, and clearing any usage accordingly.
If researchers have any further queries about this, or wish to request a copy, please contact NRS at lsrhe@scotlandspeople.gov.uk .

• Exhibition catalogue: John Hope; Enlightened Botanist written by Henry Noltie and relating to exhibition at Inverleith House, May to July 2011

GB 235 ARM/1 - Lecture on 'Stimulation of Plant Growth' given at 3pm on the 5th March 1912 to the Royal Horticultural Society, Vincent Square, Westminster, this is a typescript from shorthand notes taken by Mr. C.E. Barnett of Grecian Chambers, Devereux Court, W.C. London. These are notes of a lecture on how plants are stimulated to grow, with practical demonstrations.
GB 235 ARM/2 - Lecture on 'Enzymes in Relation to Plant Growth' given on the 3rd June 1921 at King's College, Cambridge. Consists of two lectures on the same subject with demonstrations, slides and blackboard formulae, covering enzymes, their definitions and how they are believed to interact to promote plant growth.

•5 Handwritten letters to Isaac Bayley Balfour (1895-6)
•Handwritten letter from “Matthew B. Slater” dated April 12, 1896, to (Geo.) Stabler - regarding the publication of Dr Spruce’s final paper, “A supplement to Hepaticae of Andes and Amazon”.
•Handwritten list of Plants presented to RBGE by P. Neill Fraser 1820 – 1894.
•Handwritten list of Plants
•2 typed letters from I. Bayley Balfour to P. Neill Fraser dated Dec. 5, 1895 & Mar. 30, 1896 - including one where Fraser intends going to Jamaica to collect and would like duplicates as comparators; IBB regrets that many of the herbarium ferns had to be destroyed in 1888 due to insect damage but will provide duplicates of ones held in the herbarium. Enclose introduction to head of plantations and gardens in Jamaica.
•Correspondence, dated Mar/Apr 1905, between I. Bayley Balfour & Cairns, McIntosh & Morton, Fraser's executors, regarding the dispersal of Fraser's collections, botanical effects and books.
•Miscellaneous references - may include Correspondence relating to plants given to RBGE that were gathered between 1874-1890 from the Canaries, Azores, South America, Turkistan, South Africa and the West Indies.
•23 letters to Capt. Henderson dated between 1875 &1881 Re: Ferns filed under “Henderson, F”. Also postcard from Fraser to Major Henderson, Chichester, dated April 17, 1879 regarding a lady correspondent in Sandwich Isles [Hawaii] who sends plants and hopes to have some in return.
•M/S Notebook inscribed ”P. Neill Fraser, Canonmills Lodge, Edinburgh, Feb *, 1856” on inside fly-leaf, Containing notes and references to plants, books, indices (mainly ferns), etc. is filed with “Watt, Sir George” papers with which it had been previously included
•2 catalogues of “Exotic Ferns” Grown by P. Neill Fraser, Canonmills Lodge, Edinburgh dated Oct 1. 1871 & April 10, 1875 listing the available ferns from Canonmills Lodge, Edinburgh.
•Copy of handwritten letter from Richard Spruce to Prof. Balfour, dated 24 Aug 1892 (original with “Spruce, R”)

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.

a box of papers, including correspondence (3 Folders)

•1 Box containing 4 ledgers (transferred to folders) of lists of identifications of plant material and pathologies made by Orr between 1925 and 1952.

•Large case marked ‘Orchids’ c.1840