Subject matter is mainly plants and trees - some of which are the negatives of the photographs used to produce the album Remarkable Trees of Ayrshire which is held in the RBGE Library – together with some images from Royal Arboricultural Society of Scotland annual summer excursions (1896-1902).

The collection also reflects other aspects of Paxton’s photographic interests: these included architectural studies, particularly of tower houses and other historical subjects, both in Scotland and during private travels to Worcestershire, Hampshire, Devon and the Chanel Islands; experiments with light; a fascination with capturing images of water in all its moods; and albums related to his membership of Talbot Circulating Album Club. It is also rich in portraits of family and friends and lively studies of their leisure pursuits.

Collection includes Paxton's bound photographs of 'Remarkable Trees in Ayrshire' presented to the RBGE in December 1894 at the request of Regius Keeper Isaac Bayley Balfour.

Some examples of his photography have been attached to this description. They are not to be reproduced without permission from RBGE.

1 document. Photocopy. Bound

[TITLE] The Restoration of Ascog Hall Fernery Isle of Bute, Plant Inventory.
Prepared by The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. By D.R. Mitchell, Curator. 1997.

[Excerpt from Introduction] This document was prepared by staff of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh following the request by Mr. & Mrs. W. Fyfe in January 1996, to assist with the research, planning and replanting of the Ascog Hall Fernery.

It is a record of the material selected to replant the fernery during the spring of 1997, in a style evocative of the original planting recorded int eh article from the Gardeners Chronicle of 1879. Following extensive research in the gardens library and consultation with science staff regarding changes in nomenclature, as many of the original plants as possible were obtained.

A collection of items relating to George Forrest and his family comprising:
GB 235 FIA/1/1: ‘Rhododendrons and the Various Hybrids’, by J.G. Millais, 1917, No.6, signed by author and annotated by George Forrest
GB 235 FIA/1/2: ‘Rhododendrons and the Various Hybrids’, 2nd Series, by J.G. Millais, 1924, No.5

GB 235 FIA/2/1-7: 7 x ‘Marine Algae of Joppa’ by George William Traill, 1886 (inc. author’s copy(1), Phebe M. Traill(2), W.H. Traill(3), scored out name(4) and 3 unsigned books(5-7, 5 possibly Clementina Traill))
GB 235 FIA/2/8: 1 x ‘Marine Algae of Elie’, by George William Traill, reprint from the Transactions of the Botanical Society of Scotland, 1888
GB 235 FIA/2/9: 1 x ‘Marine Algae of the Orkney Islands’ by George William Traill, 1890, H.C.M.W. (Clementina) Traill’s copy

GB 235 FIA/3: 1 box of 87 microscope slides, mostly trees and shrubs, made by Dr G. Ian Forrest (G. Forrest’s grandson) between 1959 and 1960 whilst studying for his B.Sc in Botany at University College London.

1 - 7"x10"Photograph taken at The Ecology and Conservation of Scotland's Rare Ferns conference, a meeting of the British Pteridological Society at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) Thursday 28 - Sunday 31 July 1994.

Photograph includes a key, identifying all figures in the photograph from the conference. Also lists, those absent from the photograph.

Mary Gibby #75 in key, 2nd/3rd row from top at the end on right side