Botany, Plant Collecting

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  • The acquisition of plant specimens for the purposes of research, cultivation, or as a hobby. Plant specimens may be kept alive, but are more commonly dried and pressed to preserve the quality of the specimen.

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    Botany, Plant Collecting

    Botany, Plant Collecting

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    Botany, Plant Collecting

    • UF plant hunting

    • UF plant collecting

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    Botany, Plant Collecting

    29 Archival description results for Botany, Plant Collecting

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    Ward, Francis ‘Frank’ Kingdon
    GB 235 FKW · Collection · 1885 - 1958

    •Box containing filed notes and lists
    •Box containing photographs from China and Tibet (1911)
    •Box of correspondence and lists (1919-1925)
    •Box of correspondence (1926-1930)
    •Box of correspondence, list and expedition information (1930-1956)

     Ward, Frank Kingdon
    The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection
    GB 235 LSH · Collection · 1930 - 1952

    This collection consists of material created and gathered from the expeditions of F. Ludlow and G. Sherriff, thought their expeditions of Bhutan and Tibet during 1933-1949.

    The collection consists of 5 sub-series: plant documents, expedition documents, diaries, correspondence and visual material.

    [1] This series consists of a variety of material which includes plant and seed lists from their expedition with a large focus on Primula, Meconopsis and Rhododendrons, as well as publications gathered by Ludlow and Sherriff which cover their shared interest in the Himalayan region and it's flora and fauna. There is also a garden register donated by the Knox Finlay family detailing the progress of plants/seeds in their gardens acquired from various expeditions including Ludlow and Sherriff's between 1951-52.

    [2] This series consists of a variety of expedition documents ranging from itineraries and maps to administration lists and passports.

    [3] This series consists of originals and photocopies of the diaries of Sherriff and Ludlow during their expeditions.

    [4] This series consists of a variety of correspondence from and to Sherriff and Ludlow over the course of their expeditions.

    [5] This series consists of a variety of material including: photographic material, films and videos. Photographic material ranges from prints and negatives taken by Sherriff and Ludlow to prints of digital images taken as exhibition documentation in 2014. The films are..... There have been dvd surrogates made of the films to ensure continued accessibility.

     Ludlow, Frank
    The Joseph Rock Collection
    The Joseph Rock Collection
    GB 235 JFR · Collection · 1884 - 1962

    The Rock collection consists of correspondence, photographs, diaries and unpublished manuscripts.

     Rock, Joseph Francis Charles
    Stainton, J.D.A.
    GB 235 STA · Collection · 1954 - 1985

    •Correspondence regarding the deposit of films and slides at RBGE
    •Papers collated and donated by Christina Noble
    •Correspondence
    •Field books (1954-1985)
    •Photographs and reprints
    •Slides and cine film also held

     Stainton, J.D.A.
    'Scenes from the Road'
    GB 235 HJH/2/2/5 · Item · 28-29 March 1949, July/Aug 1949
    Part of Mr. John Herbert Hicks Collection

    2 black and white photographs mounted on thick grey paper.

    title taken from Hick's 'Index of negatives'

    Writing on the back of paper behind each photograph, no dates written. NOTE: rough dates derived from subject descriptions in Hicks' 'Index of negatives' found in his itinerary (GB235 HJH/4/1)

     Hicks, John Herbert
    Reginald Farrer Collection
    Reginald Farrer Collection
    GB 235 RJF · Fonds · 1880 - 2004

    The Reginald Farrer collection comprises correspondence between Reginald Farrer and his family (his mother in particular), E.A. Bowles, John Buchan, Sir Francis Younghusband, Ernest Gye, Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour and others as detailed below. It also includes paintings, photographs, 35mm slides, glass plate negatives and lantern slides covering mainly his two plant collecting expeditions to China in 1914-15 and Burma in 1919-1920, as well as scripts for plays written by Farrer.

     Farrer, Reginald John
    'On the way to Kingarapden' [Kuenga Rabten]
    GB 235 HJH/2/2/7 · Item · 30 March 1949
    Part of Mr. John Herbert Hicks Collection

    1 black and white photograph mounted on thick grey paper.

    Photograph of porters (six in total), with 2 horses further back. By the tree to the left, Betty Sherriff (left) & George Sherriff (right) can be seen on either side.

    Writing on the back

    [TRANSCRIPTION]

    On the way to Kingarapden [Kuenga Rabten]. Halt to press a specimen.
    30/Mar/49
    49.A.7.3

     Hicks, John Herbert
    Mr. John Herbert Hicks Collection
    GB 235 HJH · Collection · 1945 - 1972

    •1 box of miscellaneous papers and glass plate negatives regarding Bhutan, 1949, also 3 reels of film, now converted to DVD:

    • Diary Materials 1, 1949
    • Diary Materials 2, 1949
    • Transcript of Diaries by David Shepherd - not for reproduction
    • letters, mainly from George and Betty Sherriff, Frank Ludlow and David Humphreys
    • Christmas cards, mainly from George and Betty Sherriff and Frank Ludlow, usually illustrated with photographs or Margaret Stones illustrations
    • small box of 12 glass lantern transparencies, mostly plant portraits - tape around slides very brittle; annotations in danger of being lost, so handle with extreme care
    • cine film x 3 - converted to dvd
    • 'misc' folder; contains LSH seed lists 1949 documents and key to the cine film
    • newspaper cuttings - mostly relating to Bhutan
    • 'misc' publications - mostly relating to Bhutan, some by Frank Ludlow
     Hicks, John Herbert
    George Sherriff
    GB 235 LSH/1 · Series · 1898 - 1967
    Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

    This collection consists of material created and gathered from the expeditions of George Sherriff in Bhutan and Tibet during 1933-1949.

    The collection consists of 5 sub-series: diaries, correspondence, expedition material, visual material, and plant collection documentation.

    [1] Diaries: This series consists of the original diaries of George Sherriff during his expeditions.

    [2] Correspondence: This series consists of a variety of correspondence from and to George Sherriff.

    [3] Expedition Material: This series consists of a variety of expedition documents ranging from itineraries and maps to administration lists and passports.

    [4] Visual Material: This series consists of a variety of material including: photographic material, films and videos. Photographic material ranges from prints and negatives taken by Sherriff and Ludlow to prints of digital images taken as exhibition documentation in 2014. The films are..... There have been dvd surrogates made of the films to ensure continued accessibility.

    [5] Plant Collection Documentation: This series consists of a variety of material which includes plant and seed lists from their expedition with a large focus on Primula, Meconopsis and Rhododendrons, as well as publications gathered by Ludlow and Sherriff which cover their shared interest in the Himalayan region and it's flora and fauna. There is also a garden register donated by the Knox Finlay family detailing the progress of plants/seeds in their gardens acquired from various expeditions including Ludlow and Sherriff's between 1951-52.

     Sherriff, George
    George Forrest Collection
    George Forrest Collection
    GB 235 FRG · Collection · 1902 - ?

    FRG/1 Correspondence
    • 1: Box of Forrest correspondence, 1903-08 (to and from Clementina, I.B. Balfour, Bulley, Family), Forrest related correspondence, copies of his birth and marriage certificates, transcripts of his diary 1904-05, ‘Account of a Journey on the Upper Salwin, October to December 1905’, copy of the article ‘Land of the Crossbow, March 9th 1906’ from the National Geographic Magazine, (carbon copy, original version is in the red notebook under letter 3, filed in
    the same box)
    • 2: Box of Forrest correspondence, 1909-1911 – correspondence regarding his Yunnan expedition in 1910, and with I.B. Balfour and correspondence relating to Forrest.
    • 3a: Box of Forrest correspondence with J.C. Williams 1911-1912, regarding his third expedition (February 1912-March 1915)
    • 3b: Box of Forrest correspondence with J.C. Williams and I.B. Balfour, 1913-14 regarding his third expedition (February 1912- March 1915)
    • 3c: Box of Forrest correspondence from 1915 regarding his third expedition (February 1912- March 1915)
    • 4a: Box of Forrest correspondence from 1917-1920 regarding his fourth expedition (February 1917-March 1920)
    • 4b: Box of Forrest correspondence, including I.B. Balfour and William Wright Smith, 1916-1920, regarding his fourth expedition (February 1917-March 1920)
    • 5: Box of Forrest correspondence from June 1920-April 1923 regarding his fifth expedition (January 1921-March 1923)
    • 6: Box of Forrest correspondence from 1922-28
    • 7: Box of Forrest correspondence from 1929-1932, plus obituaries, etc.
    FRG/2 Photographs
    FRG/2/1 Prints:
    • File of photographs marked ‘Forrest, Collectors, Human, etc.’
    • File of photographs marked ‘Buildings, Temple, Graves, Towns, etc.’
    • File of photographs marked ‘Mountain, Water, Bridge’
    • File of photographs marked ‘Plants A-L’
    • File of photographs marked ‘Plants M-Prim-’
    • File of photographs marked ‘Plants Py-Z and misc.’
    FRG/2/2 Glass Plate Negative Collection
    FRG/3 Published work
    • copy of the article ‘Land of the Crossbow’, from the National Geographic Magazine
    FRG/4 Field Books
    FRG/4/1 Unpublished Field Books:
    • George Forrest’s field books – 27 original field books dating from 1904 to 1932
    FRG/4/2 Published Field Books:
    FRG/5 RBGE’s Notes relating to Forrest’s plants
    • 16 folders in 15 boxes of RBGE’s plant collection notes arranged alphabetically by genus
    • Three boxes of Rhododendron notes written and sent by Isaac Bayley Balfour and William Wright Smith c.1919,1921 and 1922 and Primula lists c.1914,1921 and 1922
    FRG/6 Forrest’s lecture notes
    • Box of lecture notes and lists of slides
    • Box containing photo related lists, 1913-24 and lecture notes
    FRG/7 Forrest’s collection of papers (unsorted at present)
    FRG/8 maps
    • Various maps of Forrest’s Botanical expeditions
    • File containing maps from 1918-1922, some annotated and some hand drawn
    FRG/9 - collection of work about Forrest by others, includes
    • Box containing Cowan’s research from 1934 and information regarding Forrest Centenary in 1973
    • Various articles referring to Forrest
    • Various newspaper articles which mention George Forrest
    FRG/10 RBGE Forrest ephemera – collection of objects used by / related to George Forrest
    • Camera similar to one used by Forrest

     Forrest, George