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Notes written after Yu's time at RBGE ; Chinese botanist Te-Tsun Yu's [T.T. Yu's] career was significant and in recognition that our records of his time at RBGE are limited, RBGE horticulturist Edward Kemp contributed to our records by producing an account of his time spent with Yu alongside a summary of his career. To this is added an assessment of the Yu herbarium written by Jimmy Keenan in the 1960s(?)

222 black and white photographs in 13 envelopes, some of which date between 1952-1957), presumably all taken by David Wilkie of RBGE and passed to (Charles) Trevor Jephcott. The subjects are all horticultural, with two notable groups, rhododendron and campanula.

2 ring-book volumes detailing the Bryophyte Flora of Barra

Box of correspondence between Henry John Elwes and Isaac Bayley Balfour, to be added to Isaac Bayley Balfour's correspondence collection in due course.
There is a reference to John MacWatt and Lilian Snelling in letter 11 from 1915 (Snelling also in letters 3, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, 25, 24, 29, 36, 38, 40 - and again throughout 1916. Refs to Snelling coming to Edinburgh and Mrs Balfour getting her lodgings in November 1917. Ref to Snelling attending IBB's lectures, April 1918
Letter from Dr Homi (Yasuyoshi) Shirasawa in 1910.
27 Sept 1913 - reference to Robert Moyes Adam's private work
31 Aug 1914 - reference to Isaac Bayley Balfour's thoughts on photography versus botanical illustrations
26 April 1915 - reference to Inverleith House being commandeered for military purposes
6 May 1915 - referreing to Snelling and Moyes Adam, "She is undoubtedly very clever - a fine colourist. I have given instructions to my photographer to photograph everything she does on the day she draws it so that we may have a sun picture of what she has drawn"
references to Col. F. Bailey's wounds, 1915
15 June 1915 - reference to L.B. Stewart enlisting
1915, 41 - copy letter from G.H. Cave

12x 35mm colour slides in a plastic wallet housed with a blue title card that states:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Some Views and Plants of the Garden
12 Colour Transparencies (35mm)
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland

The slides are titled:

• Herbarium in Winter
• Cactus House
• Herbaceous Border
• Victoria 'Longwood Hybrid'
• Rock Garden and Stream
• Beech tree in Autumn
• Plant Houses [Palm House]
• Nomocharis mairei
• Nymphaea 'Midnight'
• Pond
• Rock Garden
• Gentiana lutea

GB 235 SAB/7: Ephemera / Objects
SAB/7/1 Snuff Mull made from horn of feral sheep with etched silver decorations and still with snuff inside. Mull held inside soft chamoix leather bag. Presented to the Club by William Brack Boyd in 1880.
SAB/7/2 large leather bag donated to the SABC by Alex Cowan of Penicuik (on shelf alongside collection)

GB 235 SAB/6: Maps
Ten boxes of Ordnance Survey of Scotland maps, 10 maps per box; 10 loose maps, Ordnance Survey of Ireland. SABC labels on boxes and maps listing sites of the club’s excursions and OS sheet numbers.
Box I: Loch Awe (South) (37); Ben Lomond (38); Iona (43); Mull (44); Ben Cruachan (45); Killin (46); Ben Lawers (47); Ben Nevis (53); Ben Alder (54); Schiehallion (55).
Box II: Glen Shee (56); Arisaig (61); Glen Spean (62); Sow of Athole (63);Ben Macdhui (64); Lochnagar (65); Cuillin Hills (70); Skye (71); Glen Affric (72); Glen Moriston (73).
Box III: Cairn Gorm (74); Ben Avon (75); Portree (80); Applecross (81); Lochalsh (82); Dingwall (83); Loch Gairloch (91); Loch Maree (92); Ben Wyvis (93); Tain (94).
Box IV: Ullapool (101); Loch Shin (102); Dornoch (103); Loch Assynt (107); Ben More Assynt (108); Helmsdale (109); Latheron (110); Cape Wrath (113); Ben Hope (114); Farr (115).
Box V: Wick (116); Middleton-in-Teesdale; Ingleborough Hill; Kirkby Lonsdale; Windermere; Helvellyn; Penrith; Fort William and Ben Nevis (53); Arisaig (61).
Loose Maps x10; Ireland: Clare Island, Inishbofin Island, Inishturk Island ( 73); Murrisk (74); Bencullagh, Urrisbeg (93); Benbaun (94); Galway, Moycullen, (95); Co. Kerry: Dingle, Ventry, Brandon Mt. (160; 171); Co. Kerry: Tralee Bay (161); Co. Kerry (183; 191); Killarney (173); Co. Kerry: Kenmore (184).

GB 235 SAB/4: Publications, including reprints of articles on SABC excursions and misc. plant photographs (copies).” Index to the Qualifying Hills,” compiled by William Craig, SABC Secretary (arranged according to height and alphabetically), 2 copies; John Sadler, “Notes on a Botanical Trip to Ben Nevis, Inverness-shire, in July, 1876,” Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1877; William Craig, “Excursion of the Scottish Alpine Botanical Club in August 1887, Hardanger District of Norway,” Trans. Bot. Soc., 1887–1888; Charles Stuart, “Excursion of the Scottish Alpine Club to Braemar in 1889,” Trans. Bot. Soc., 1889; “Report of Scottish Alpine Botanical Club Excursion to Teesdale and Kirkby Lonsdale, 1909,” Trans. Bot. Soc., 1910, 11 copies.

GB 235 SAB/3: Correspondence / Papers:
Papers, correspondence, and newspaper cuttings. Correspondents include Robert Moyes Adam, Isaac Bayley Balfour, William Craig, W. W. Smith, and George Taylor, ms. and typescript, 1921–1946. Papers include lists of excursions from Minute Books, ms., 1870–1889; Report of the Committee for the Revision of the Rules, ms. and 3 typescript copies, July 1879; 3 bank account books, Edinburgh Savings Bank, 1878–1889, 1890–1911, 1912–1949 and financial receipts and statements, ms., 1946–1947; list of members, ms., plant lists, ms. and typescript; obituaries of the Rev. J. Aiken, Alexander Cowan, Dr A.H. Evans, Dr. Charles Stuart

GB 235 SAB/1: Minute Books
SAB/1/1 volume 1, Minute Book, ms., 1870–1890. Includes reprint of John Sadler’s “Notice of Salix Sadleri (Syme) and of Carex Frigida (Allioni), Trans. Boc. Soc., Sadler’s notes on Ben Nevis (see SAB/2), and newspaper cuttings on botanical excursions; misc. correspondence, including letters to I.B. Balfour; 1 photograph of members.
SAB/1/2 volume 2, Minute Book, ms., 1890–1906. Includes publication on the club’s founding, list of members, and details on excursions, 1899; correspondence; reprints of Boc. Soc. articles on club excursions.
SAB/1/3 volume 3 Minute Book, ms., 1906–1931. Includes photographs of members, sites of botanical excursions, and plants.
SAB/1/4 volume 4 Minute Book, ms., 1932–1947.