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detail of tree trunk in growth
Paxton referred to this plate as 16
photographed at Underwoood House?, South Ayrshire
date unknown

specimen sprig of leaves and flowers photographed with scale
Paxton referred to this as 21
location and date unknown
the plate is edged with orange paper; envelope was marked 'Ash'

single tree by burn
Paxton referred to this negative as 6
date and location unknown
envelope marked '6-11'

row of trees, bare of leaves, with a bridge behind and a substantial house in the background
Paxton referred to this negative as ‘395’
Annick Lodge, Dreghorn, North Ayrshire
One of several negatives taken at this location, date unknown

detail of sprig with flowers and leaves
date and location unknown
a print from this negative is included as image 8 in a small album of prints of flowers GPX-0903

flowering stems of different varieties arranged in an elaborate container with putto and horn
date and location unknown

1 book containing signatures of visitors to the Logan House gardens between 1949 and 1967. Signatures include many significant figures in the horticultural world- Euan and Peter Cox, Vita Sackville-West using her married name of Nicolson, Cicely M. Crewdson, George Taylor, numerous landowners, members of RBGE staff and, in 1955, HRH, Elizabeth R.

Contains 8 loose pages:

(1) hand written note, in pencil, with collection numbers and species names. Written by George Sherriff. 2 pages.

(2) Letter to George Sherriff from Prof. William Wright Smith (26 Aug 1949). Reply from a letter dated 23 July. Gives impression of 2 primulas (elongata and barnardoana). Sorry to hear Betty Sherriff has been injured. Hasn't been able to do much work on Primulas due to being short on staff. 1 page.

(3) REPRINT: Note on a Cordyceps from Tibet by H. Chaudhuri. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, Volume 16, Issues 2–3, 1931, Pages 203-205. 1 page.

(4) a clipping from the Illustrated London News with colour photographs of 'Aquatics in Kashmir'. 4 loose pages.