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Quarterly report printed on both sides, 5 pages.
Instituted at Bombay 1830 for the encouragement and improvement of agriculture and horticulture in W. India. Formation of a garden for experimental purposes; the supply of plants and seeds to members; Imports of same; branch outstations to be formed with the help of locals. Meetings quarterly. List of members.

Correspondence regarding the membership of the Natural History Society and other references. Bolton, James (fl. 1750s-1799)

Regulations for the Preliminary Scientific (M.B.) Examination, 1st Feb 1886
•Syllabus of a Course of Ten Lectures on Botany by George Masse

•Copy of a newspaper cutting regarding the election of Donald F. Mackenzie as an Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society

•Typed note of information about his life given by Miss Maughan, 4th March 1908.

•Copy of a newspaper article in which he features, taken from the Glasgow Herald dated 3 Oct 1967

•Copy of a letter from Miller, dated 29 Dec 1747, found loose inside John Hope’s copy of Miller’s ‘Figures of… Plants Described in the Gardeners Dictionary’ 1755-60,

• Copy of covering letter from NLS to Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, dated 13 Jan 1978 re; letter from Minto Collection. Original of covering letter in “McNab, Wm” papers.
•Copy of letter from William McNab, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh dated 17 Oct 1845, probably to Mary, Countess of Minto concerning Minto House Garden

•Copy of letter from W.J. Hooker regarding a selection of plants from the Arctic Herbarium, put into Hooker’s hands by Capt. Parry, for publication in the appendix to Capt. Parry’s 2nd voyage (1821 – 1823).

•Brief history of the life of Henry Harold Welch Pearson, up to 1902, and list of his publications (24.11.1902)