H.J. Noltie When the museum and library of the East India Company (EIC), following its inheritance by the India Office of the British government, was dispersed in 1879...| Botanics Stories
By John Wilkins Professor Emeritus of Greek Culture, University of Exeter Botanists will be familiar with the names of Theophrastus and Dioscorides who organised the description of plants...| Botanics Stories
The jeweller Susan Cross from Edinburgh College of Art has been in the herbarium recently working on a project about lace. This brought to mind a ‘natural’ source...| Botanics Stories
We are proud to announce that the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives are officially now an Accredited Archive Service – a result of many years of hard work...| Botanics Stories
On my daily walk to Wardie Bay I pass a curiosity shop of an almost extinct type, whose proprietor Dorian Hiram has the measure of my eclectic tastes. It started with colonial period Indian silver of which he often obtains pieces from the displenishment of houses of the diminishing band of owners wi| Botanics Stories
By Madeleine E. Dugan My name is Madeleine Dugan and I am an Art History Mlitt student. As part of my studies at the University of Glasgow, I completed a work placement in the Library at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. During my cataloguing project, I became interested in the works of Elizabe| Botanics Stories
By Madeleine E. Dugan My name is Madeleine Dugan and I am an Art History Mlitt student. As part of my studies at the University of Glasgow, I participated in a work placement in the Library at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The RBGE Library is home to at least 20,000 original artworks, as| Botanics Stories