Showing 2856 results

Poem, written in green ink on handmade paper and inserted into a folded card with ‘a contemplation’ on it. One one side of the paper is ‘Written by Katheryn’s bench by the southern border of the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh on the afternoon of the second day of 2025. John Robertson

Together, a while

If all that remains of me
is a place for others to rest,
a place for others to think,
and to connect
and to see
and to be.

Then put my life down
to the simple achievement
of a humble wooden bench
with a quiet brass plaque,
and on it shall be written:
‘let us dance together, a while’
set away somewhere gentle
at Edinburgh’s Botanical Ceilidh.

John R. 02.01.2025

‘A Duns Florist’s Display’, cutting (57 x 66mm), marked as from The Berwickshire News, 11 May 1937.

‘A notable Scottish Expert: Dr John MacWatt’, short article with portrait from Amateur Gardening. 28 November, 1931, 592 (whole sheet 308 x 220mm).

‘Authority on Primulas’, small entry about John MacWatt, with portrait, in The Bulletin, 14 March 1931, 3 (whole sheet 400 x 309mm).

‘Autumn Flowers’, short note (cuttings 42 x 65mm and 30 x 63mm) probably from the same journal as GB 235 MCW/3/4/5, referring to material sent by John MacWatt.

1911 ‘CATALOGUE 1911/ GENUS PRIMULA/ Dr MACWATT, MORELANDS, DUNS, N.B.’ Booklet (187 x 127mm), wrapper, with illustration, printed on pale pink paper, remainder on off-white, 12 pages including wrapper.

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.

‘Delphiniums and Heaths from Scotland’, short note (cutting 40 x 64mm), probably from the same journal as GB 235 MCW/3/4/5, concerning plant material sent by John MacWatt.

‘Duns Doctor Wins Competition’, cutting (91 x 63mm) marked as from The Berwickshire News July 1926.