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1 Manuscript. Handwritten. 3 parts stitched together.

This is a copy of John Leigh's listing (in his own hand) of the contents of his herbarium. John Leigh (1812-1888) was the first Medical Officer for Health in Manchester and corresponded with Lydia Becker (1827-1890).

[Part 1 TITLE] '[...]tish plants [...] Herbarium of [ ]gh, Sandiway House Wally Range Manchester'

The entries arranged in alphabetical order under letter headings, beginning with 'Anemone nemorosa' and ending with 'Berbena officianalis.'

19pp.

[Part 2 TITLE, in pencil] 'Desiderata | November 8th 1873'
262 entires numbered by Leigh, at around 30 entires per page. The entries on the first 4 pages are rated from 'not rare' to 'very rare'. Additional entires on penultimate page, with the last page carrying a list of 'Grases'

10pages

[Part 3, TITLE] 'Desiderata | J. Leigh'

4 pages

This herbarium listing is mentioned in a paper co-authored by M. Gibby: Antonovics, J., Gibby, M. and Hood, M.E., 2021. John Leigh, Lydia Becker and their shared botanical interests. Archives of Natural History, 48(1), pp.62-76.

Cited as: “Desiderata, November 8th, 1873”. Undated MS in John Leigh’s handwriting in personal possession of JanisAntonovics. Online copy “John Leigh (1812–1888) Herbarium listing”, University of Virginia Dataverse, V1. Availableat: https://doi.org/10.18130/V3/N6ODLJ

Collection consists of Mairi Planner's research into the Edinburgh nurserymen Downie, Laird and Laing, including material used in exhibiting the research. Mairi's great great grandfather Andrew Robertson Annan worked for the firm in the 1860s before moving to the Ravelston Estate in Edinburgh where he became Head Gardener - in researching him, Planner became interested in the nurserymen he worked for.

•Some correspondence filed with Sir Wm. Wright Smith papers under “Smith, Sir Wm. W.”, “Rhododendron Corresp”, material boxed alphabetically in these boxes

1 photocopy of magazine clipping: "Hotspots left to cool" by Jon Copley (in New Scientist)

attached to 2 letters and 8 other newspaper clippings

MacWatt, John M.B., some notes on ‘History of the Auricula’, April 1928, proof copy (originally one sheet, 428 x 124mm, printed one side only, now in 2 pieces) from National Auricula Society Northern Section Annual Report 1928, 14-16.

MACWATT, JOHN ‘PRIMULAS FOR THE GARDEN’, The Garden, February 27, 1926, 132-134 (2 copies, each 291 x 229mm).

MacWatt, Dr John, ‘Some of the Rarer Primulas’, 46-48, contained in The Hardy Plant Year Book 1912 (216 x 140 x 6mm). The first yearbook produced by the newly-formed National Hardy Plant Society. Apart from a number of reports and articles, it contains a list of office-holders (John MacWatt is listed as a Vice-Chairman and a member of the Scientific Committee), a list of members, the first annual report, various rules and regulations, and advertisements.