Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1893 - 2017 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 box, 5cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Richard Hancock purchased this book in around 2000, he wrote to RBGE in 2002 to enquire about the subject of the inscription on the inside cover; information about R.L. Harrow was provided. On Richard's death, circa 2016, the book was presented to the RBGE Library on his bequest. It appears the book was also owned by Anthony Huxley.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Richard Hancock
Content and structure area
Scope and content
One book, "Popular History of Palms" by Berthold Seeman, 1856; stamped W.H. Smith & Son Library, 186 Strand, with following inscription: "Presented to Mr R.L. Harrow by his associates in the Fernery Department, Kew, on the occasion of his leaving that establishment for Edinburgh. Royal Gardens, Kew, Jany 28 1893". Book is also stamped ex libris Anthony Huxley.
Book is in a box alongside, documentation, correspondence relating to Richard Hancock's original query to RBGE in 2002 and his bequest in 2016-7.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission required from RBGE.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
good - little wear and tear.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Harrow, Robert Lewis (Subject)