Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1900 - 1970 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
7 labels in a small white box.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Labels 1-4 were found by Horticulturist S. Ainslie who transferred them to the RBGE Archives in September 2013.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
RBGE Horticulture Department
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Plant labels found by members of the RBGE Horticulture Department and transferred to the Archives:
1: Magnolia acuminata, United States - found to the east of the copse, RBGE; a label intended to hang from the tree, this type of label had the impressed letters painted white by hand, then the entire label was hand painted black - would have been surrounded by a metal holder which has since decomposed - probably dates to around 1940?
2: Ilex laevigata; a temporary label found during excavations for the new Alpine House, 2012 - small label attached to wire which would have been pushed into the ground - probably dates to c.1960?
3: Viburnum dilatatum, c.1960? - temporary label from new Alpine House area.
4: Viburnum farreri - 'layers' - found in Nursery, troughs area - used when 'layering' viburnum - obtaining shoots from roots or branches.
5: Alpinia calcarata
6: Rhododendron hodgsonii
7: LA47
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
The box is added to as more labels are found and transferred.
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
corroded