Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1938 - 1987 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1 box, 14cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Major and Mrs Knox Finlay became the owners of Keillour Castle in Perthshire in 1938, and after the Second World War began in earnest to develop the gardens there, growing rhododendrons, magnolias and many other trees and shrubs. Mary Knox Finlay became an expert on liliaceous plants, and grew large collections of liliums, nomocharis, notholirium, etc, but her greatest love was meconopsis.
From 'The Rock Garden', Journal of the Scottish Rock Garden Club, v20, p.477
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The Meconopsis Group
Content and structure area
Scope and content
8 glass lantern slides showing images of Meconopsis taken by Mrs Knox-Finlay at Keillour Lake, Keillour Castle:
Meconopsis
Meconopsis x musgravei
Meconopsis sherriff 600
Meconopsis grandis 600
Meconopsis grandis (true)
Meconopsis coxiana
Meconopsis betonicifolia praetensis
Meconopsis beamishii
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted Access
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission would be required from RBGE
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
good