Item 1 - Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, no. XII and XIII

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Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, no. XII and XIII

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  • 1904 (Creation)

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Creator)
(1670-present)

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives

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This volume was donated to RBGE by Lady Mary Davidson c.2018, and placed in the Don archives as it relates to papers found there.

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Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, no XII and XIII, published in November 1904 and containing information on the principal gardeners at RBGE, mainly John Williamson, Malcolm McCoig, Robert Menzies, John Mackay and George Don. The bulk of the document comprises George Claridge Druce's memoir 'The Life and Works of George Don' followed by Appendices A-E. Appendices F, G and postscript are in the following volume.

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