Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1810-1893 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
7 ledgers; 20 cm
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A series of ledgers detailing donations of plants to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The series stops in 1893 when a new system of accessioning plant donations seems to have been adopted.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
During the nineteenth century, ledgers registering the donation of plants to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh seem to have been kept separately to ledgers registering the donation of seeds. There are two separate series to recognise this, however, the later ledgers in this series do start to include cuttings and seeds.
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
Books should be supported when in use.
Finding aids
Lists of donors are available on request.