Identity area
Reference code
GB235 RBG
Title
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Date(s)
- 1670 - 2015 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Substantial; reference collection, historical records, maps, plant records, photographs & skeletal remains
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
•Draft copy of an article titled ‘The New Plant Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh’ (stored in the ‘R’ box)
•History and development of the garden
•Accounts, 1764-1876 (incomplete)
•Staff Records (incomplete)
•Trainee Gardener records (1889-1935)
•Photographs
•Maps
•Papers relating to regional gardens – Dawyck, Benmore and Logan
•Plant flowering records
•Plant records
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Draft copy of an article titled ‘The New Plant Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh’ (stored in the ‘R’ box)
Main collection in boxes