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8 typed leaves, 210 x 320mm of experimental notes on investigations connected with mould developing cheeses. The paper demonstrates experiments with various moulds/yeasts and the resultant cheese types. Refers to Raulin mixture and Penicillium glaucum. Conclusion is added to show results after 2 years.
•Capt. L.D. Fraser. ‘Military Report of Yun-Nan: Part III, Route Book’, Calcutta,1901. (Belonged to George Forrest so was stored with Forrest collection, but is now housed in the Rare Book Room)
Subject matter is mainly plants and trees - some of which are the negatives of the photographs used to produce the album Remarkable Trees of Ayrshire which is held in the RBGE Library – together with some images from Royal Arboricultural Society of Scotland annual summer excursions (1896-1902).
The collection also reflects other aspects of Paxton’s photographic interests: these included architectural studies, particularly of tower houses and other historical subjects, both in Scotland and during private travels to Worcestershire, Hampshire, Devon and the Chanel Islands; experiments with light; a fascination with capturing images of water in all its moods; and albums related to his membership of Talbot Circulating Album Club. It is also rich in portraits of family and friends and lively studies of their leisure pursuits.
Some examples of his photography have been attached to this description. They are not to be reproduced without permission from RBGE.
Hand written cover letter dated 1st July 1903 & 7 page typed "Essay on Menyanthes Trifoliata". Hand written list of diagrams and microscopic illustrations, lodged in competition for the Dobbie Smith Prize in Botany, Glasgow University
•3 boxes of translations and correspondence between Rev. Henry Edward Fowler Garnsey and Isaac Bayley Balfour relating to Garnsey's translation of A.W. Eichler, including the m/s translation itself.
• Letter to Dr. Robert Wright regarding Orchids, dated 8 Sep.1832 •Copy of a typed letter [for I.B.B] from Dr. Masters, regarding having a memoir of Lindley prefacing one of ‘their’ volumes of the Annals of Botany (21 Jun 1903)