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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”

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.
GB 235 RBG/11/3/2/1 · File · 1996
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives

Theatre programme for the play 'Plant Hunter: The Tibetan Journeys of Joseph Rock' which was performed at RBGE during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1996 by Theatrum Botanicum, Theater of Plantes.
The programme has Rock's Naxi bookplate on the front cover and a timeline of Rock's life inside. The play was written using Rock's diaries which are held in the RBGE Archives, and Evan-Wentz's Tibetan Book of the Dead.

Theatrum Botanicum