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Minute Books, Transactions and boxes containing exchange lists, correspondence regarding transactions, invoices and cheque books. BSS/1 - Society Laws, Annual Reports and Lists of Members BSS/2 - Botanical Society Minute Books BSS/3 - Council Minutes inc. Agendas, Annual Reports, etc. BSS/4 - Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh BSS/5 - Transactions Administration / Exchange Lists BSS/6 - Secretary's Papers inc. questionnaire results and name change referenda BSS/7 - Treasurer's Papers BSS/8 - Programme Correspondence inc. Symposia and Projects BSS/9 - Publications BSS/10 - Botanical Society Club BSS/11 - Centenary / Celebrations BSS/12 - Ephemera
Photocopy of handwritten; 'List of plants in Drumlanrig Gardens 1837' Inc. 'Stove Plants' numbered, 1-5765. Un-numbered entries from Jasmium - Viburnum.'Vines in Hothouses, nos. 1-60'. 'Peaches & Nectarines in Hothouses, 2 pages'. 'Fruit Trees as Plants on Walls 12 pages'. 'Standard Apples 5 pages'.
M/S Outline of General Treatise on Botany proposed by Wm. Brand for the Botanic Society's adoption and which he suggests that the Society should invite its members to write a series of distinct but connected Essays with a view to publication under the Society's direction and auspices. 11 January 1839
Handwritten letter on 3 sides describing “new” method of propagation- “striking on the live plant”. By cutting 4/5 through the plant stalk and binding with damp moss a new shoot grows strongly and quickly. Anderson made successful experiments with fuchsia, heliotrope, jasmine, rose, etc. showing that this method can be used both in the greenhouse and in the open in situ. He grants Patrick Neill permission to publish them in the Transactions of the Caledonian Horticultural Society.
