- GB 235 PEN
- File
- 2015
•File containing 2 notebooks, titled ‘Flora Scotica’ and ‘Local Flora – Mainly West Cornwall’
Penson, Jim
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•File containing 2 notebooks, titled ‘Flora Scotica’ and ‘Local Flora – Mainly West Cornwall’
Penson, Jim
•Envelope containing historical data on Paterson, including copies of newspaper articles, from Ian S. Taylor by favour of George Storrar (February 1979), mostly relating to the creation of “Paterson’s Victoria White Seedling Potato’
Paterson, William
Papers relating to William Gardiner’s Flora of Forfarshire
•Materials related to his book ‘Flora of Forfarshire’ – 16 page handwritten monograph ‘Catalogue of Mosses Collected in Forfarshire and Perthshire; including 155 species and varieties belonging to 26 genera.’ bound in card cover. Inset at the end is a copy of a letter from Alex. P. Stevenson, stamped 17 Jun 1903, referencing James Donald – Hampton Court Gardens.
•Note from W.W. Smith, dated 23 Dec 1931 referring to Gardiner’s own copy of his book ‘Flora of Forfarshire’. The copy was lent by Alexander Hutcheson and is believed to be unique, as having mounted specimens of plants interleaved and named by Gardiner himself. The copy referred to in the note is in the Library of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
•Lent by Alexander Hutcheson – an advertisement for a proposed 2nd edition of “Gardiner’s Flora of Forfarshire”, which was never published.
•Letter written by William Gardiner to his wife Elizabeth from Castleton of Braemar, dated 26 July 1844, on one of his botanical excursions; acknowledging receipt of a P.O. money order.
•Letter dated 30 Jan 1896 from James Scrymgeour to Alexander Hutcheson re: Wm. Gardiner.
•“The Flora Of Forfarshire”, Gardiner, William, London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, 1848.
(right click, open link in new tab:) http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015061233758
Gardiner, William
Papers relating to Robert MacKechnie, his plant collecting and herbarium
•Folder containing lists and records of plants
references to plants received by Mackechnie from E.C. Wallace, J.E. Lousley, P.M. Hall, W.A. Sledge and J.W. Heslop-Harrison amongst others
MacKechnie, Robert
Papers relating to Golden Gate Park Secretary John McLaren
•Papers referring to John McLaren (1969-1970)
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)
Paper on the ‘On the Sexuality of Algae’ (1855)
3 two sided handwritten pages of monograph ‘On the Sexuality of Algae’ by Dr. Ferdinand Cohn of Breslau dated (1855)
Cohn, Dr Ferdinand Julius
15 page Paper titled 'Sequoia' (1896) with additional 4 pages of measurement tables & diagram of annual rings of various specimens.
Memo on Sequoia paper D. Christison;
Memo 18 June 1903 by H. Hastings to the Regius Keeper regarding return of 'Sequoia' portfolio to Mr. Clayton at Bradford
Clayton, John (Bradford)
Paper on investigations connected with mould developing on cheeses by T. A. Coward
8 typed leaves, 210 x 320mm of experimental notes on investigations connected with mould developing cheeses. The paper demonstrates experiments with various moulds/yeasts and the resultant cheese types. Refers to Raulin mixture and Penicillium glaucum. Conclusion is added to show results after 2 years.
Coward, T.A. B.Sc.
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
folder contains an original letter written by George Don, alongside an annotated transcription.
Don, George
•Papers re: 1899 Forbes/Ogilvie-Grant Expedition to Socotra filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under "Socotra”
•Letter, dated 26 november 1892, re; mild climate at Loch Hown Head filed with "Balfour, I.B." papers under “Grant, Ogilvie”
Ogilvie Grant, W.R.