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•Helen Graham, James Irvine (ed.)‘Parties and Pleasure: The Diaries of Helen Graham, 1823-26’, Munro Press, Perth, 1957

Hand written letter from J. Gordon Senior, to Reverend/Mr. Tilson, dated 10th of February 1767, re: strawberry plants – Bath strawberry/Chili Beet, Discussing the identification of the strawberry originally brought to England by the Spanish ambassador 10 years previously, falsely called the chili beet. Enclosed seed of the humming–bird plant.

• Box of colour slides from the area of the Flora Zambesiaca

Photocopy of the article ‘The Ascent of Mount Everest' by Col. Godwin-Austin ’
reprinted form the “Surrey Advertiser” January, 22nd, 1921. Sent to Prof. Bayley Balfour with the author’s best wishes, Feb. 8, 1921

Monograph: Letter to William Maurlan from Isaac Bayley Balfour, dated, November 28th 1879, advising that the Commissioners of the Board of Inland Revenue had authorized an annual provision of 30 gallons of methylated spirits to Glasgow University – for the preservation of Botanical Specimens.

Order of service for the funeral of Elizabeth Margaret Logan Farquharson (18 August 1915 – 24 May 2023), at Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh, 8 June 2023; booklet (211 x 147mm), wrapper with colour illustrations, printed in black on white card, remainder in black on white paper, 8 pages including wrapper.

‘List of Game shot by the Heir-Apparent and Sir Charles MacWatt in Tanganyika, East Africa; November,1932 – January, 1933.’, printed on one side of a single sheet of cream paper (229 x 163mm).

List of plants on Dr MacWatt’s stand at the Scottish Rock Garden Club’s Spring Show 1937, handwritten in ink on a double spread of lined account book paper (329 x 203mm).

‘No. 7. / LIST OF PRIMULAS/ DR MACWATT, Morelands, Duns, N.B.’ Booklet (207 x 131mm), composed of a single fold of off-white paper, printed in black on all four pages, undated but presumably post 1914-1918 War.

1914 ‘CATALOGUE No.6. /GENUS PRIMULA/ Dr MACWATT, MORELANDS, DUNS, N.B.’. Booklet (189 x 124mm), wrapper printed in dark green on very pale green paper, remainder in black on off-white, 20 pages including wrapper.