OS1/11/82/4
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN | Royal Botanic Garden Royal Botanic Garden Botanic Garden Royal Botanic Garden |
Mr. McNab Curator Inscription on Board Map of Edr. [Edinburgh] & Leith Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Edinburgh |
[situation] At the SW. [South West] Side of Inverleith Row A large garden consisting of about 14½ imperial acres Surrounded by a high wall. It is well laid and contains ranges of hot houses and Greenhouses built after [the] most improved plan in which [numarous] plants of tropical climate are cultivated. This garden is [the] property of the government under the management of the Commission of Woods and forests. An Annual grant of £419 is allowed by government for the support of [the] garden. |
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| CLASS ROOM [Royal Botanic Garden] | Class Room | Mr. McNab Curator | [situation] In the NE. [North East] side of the Royal Botanic Garden The garden is made [---] of in connection with the Botanic [Garden] in the University; here the professor [delivers] his lecture on botany, a class room is [fixed] up for this purpose |
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| MUSEUM [Royal Botanic Garden] | Museum | Mr. McNab Curator | [situation] In the NE. [North East] side of the Royal Botanic Garden also a museum where specimens of various plants leaves &c. are preserved for the use of reference for the students. |
Transcriber's notes
words lost in fold of bookThis Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1851 - Sheet 19
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 Scale: 1:1056
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[Page] 4Parish of St. Cuthbert
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15 - Royal Botanic Garden
15 - Class Room
15 - Museum
[note]
Natural System
Araucaria
Alpine Frames
Annuals
Bulbous Plants
British Plants (Linnaeus System)
Roses
Aquatic Plants
Heaths
Hardy Heaths
Hardy and Exotic Plants
Medical Plants
Orchids
Palm House
Propogating House
Propogating House Frames
Professor Balfour The Professor of Botany authorized and gave these names as fit and proper to be shown in the gardens under his superintendence
W.D.G.
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