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A collection of material from and relating to the plantsman and primula specialist Dr. John MacWatt including photographs, paintings, scrapbooks, papers, nursery catalogues, articles, medals and certificates.
drawings and photographs used to illustrate Mann's thesis and drawings on permatrace used in other publications.
Added in 2020 (RBGEA2020/007):
3 sets of postcards depicting algae or diatoms as follows:
3 envelopes of Algal picture postcards from M. Adei; Scanning electron micrographs of diatoms (1994); Marine algae in coral reef (1993); and Algal vegetation in cold current area (1993)
pack of 12 poscards from the British Bryological Society (1994)
pack of Stereographs of the Diatom World, The Educational Association of Algae (2002)
Logan Botanic Gardens, Stranraer, Wigtownshire •2 boxes of papers marked ‘Acquisition’ •1 box of papers marked ‘Deed of Gift from Trustees’ Logan Gardens Trust •1 file containing miscellaneous correspondence (1965-67) •1 file containing miscellaneous correspondence and minutes of the trustees meetings (1961-63) •2 different rough drafts of ‘A Guide to the Gardens’ (Logan Gardens) Logan House •2 boxes of papers marked ‘Sale to Sir Ninian Buchan-Hepburn’ London, Royal Botanic Society •Regulations and lists of members (1877)