L'Herbier Boissier; Catalogue of Artocarpeae by Pierre Edmond Boissier
- GB 235 BOI
- Pièce
- 1830 - 1885
M/S Catalogue of Artocarpeae, "L'Herbier Boissier" by Pierre Edmond Boissier, catalogue comprising 42 mss leaves, 200 x 320mm
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L'Herbier Boissier; Catalogue of Artocarpeae by Pierre Edmond Boissier
M/S Catalogue of Artocarpeae, "L'Herbier Boissier" by Pierre Edmond Boissier, catalogue comprising 42 mss leaves, 200 x 320mm
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George Arnott Walker Arnott Collection
GB 235 GWA/1/1-2 - 'Manuscripts of some of Professor Walker Arnott's lectures, chiefly on roots and an 'Interesting historical account of the potato'', 19th century.
1st manuscript, 23 pages, covers the history of the potato and its cultivation and commercial uses, marketing and preparation for consumption. Refers to the first cultivation of the plant in Scotland in Kilsyth in 1728, and then Forfar in 1730.
2nd manuscript, 17 pages, is a continuation of the first and is devoted to many other root vegetables ranging from onions to cassava, heath pea and ginseng etc.
GB 235 GWA/2 - manuscript, 55 pages, covering the history of gardens with reference to botanic and research gardens, including a potential plan of the Royal Botanic Society of London, 19th century.
GB 235 GWA/3 - Letter from G.A. Walker Arnott to John Forbes Royale regarding the identification of plant species, written on 5th June 1837 from Arlary by Kinross. Letter refers to expectations of producing a book with Prof. Nees v Esenbeck in Germany on Himalayan plants. There is a typed transcript of this letter.
GB 235 GWA/4 - Copy of a letter from I. Bayley to Principal Barclay regarding G.A. Walker Arnott's estate/botanical collection post death, written on the 5th November 1868 alongside a copy of a letter from Bayley's son George(?) Bayley to Isaac Bayley Barclay at Glasgow University, 15 December 1880, confirming what happened to Walker Arnott's botanical collection and mahogany cabinet in 1869. Originals filed in Bayley Balfour's correspondence under G Bayley.
GB 235 GWA/5 - Copy of the biographical obituary notice of the late Dr. G.A. Walker Arnott (1868) by Dr. Hugh Cleghorn for the Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh.
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•Correspondence dated 1872 – 1881 filed under “Henderson, Col. F
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• 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)
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•Handwritten direction to the site of his grave
•Unbound duplicate drawings of Diatoms originally at the end of a collection of Greville’s Papers
•Catalogue written by R.K. Greville of first parcel from Thomas Drummond from St. Luis, Alleganies & New Orleans 1832 filed under “Drummond, Thomas” folder (DRU)
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•Correspondence dated 1893 with J.J. Duthie & 1899 with I.B. Balfour (re: Col. F. Henderson collection) filed with “I. Bayley Balfour” papers under “Hope, C.W.”
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Masters, Maxwell Tylden (Gardeners’ Chronicle)
1.Correspondence with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under “Gardeners’ Chronicle”
2.Correspondence with “Balfour, J. Hutton” papers under “Gardeners’ Chronicle”
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Memorial to Dr. Leonard Cockayne, C.M.G., F.R.S. by the Royal Society of New Zealand
Printed document by by the Royal Society of New Zealand - 'A Memorial to the late Dr. Leonard Cockayne C.M.G., F.R.S.' dated 28th August 1935
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•Correspondence Dobbie & Co. to I. B. Balfour filed under “Balfour, I. B.” papers under” Cuthbertson, W.” – individual folder
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List of 6,114 plants from Brazil collected by George Gardner
• Original transcript of George Gardner's "Brazilian plants, 1836-41". 3 copies of transcription made, 2 for J. A. Ratter (donor) & 1 to be bound for Library shelves RBGEA2006.08
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