Letters, exam papers and horticultural handbook from the family of Thomas Douglas Grieve

This material is held atRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 235 GRI
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1898 - 1937
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 folder

Scope and Content

- 3 letters with their envelopes written to Thomas Douglas Grieve relating to his career - 05 January 1928, William Wright Smith to Thomas Douglas Grieve offering him a place on the probationer course; 15 March 1937, Lord Alness to Thomas Douglas Grieve offering best wishes on his post in Jamaica; 03 April 1937, John Macqueen Cowan to Thomas Douglas Grieve congratulating him on his post in Kingston, Jamaica.
- Probationer Gardener Papers- 1 lecture synopsis and 7 exam papers sat by Grieve during his probationer gardener career at RBGE - lecture synopsis, 1929-1930; exam papers: Forest Botany, 03 April 1928; Botanical Nomenclature, 25 March 1929; Book-Keeping, 17 December 1929; British Timbers, 31 March 1930; Plant Propagation, 22 July 1930; Forest Botany (2), 30 March 1931; Plant Pathology, 13 July 1931;
- copy of Dobbie's Horticultural Handbook, 1898 that mentions James Grieve (pp15, 16 and 25 (and John Downie on page 11)) - this book is now in the library collection.

Access Information

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/

Acquisition Information

The family of Thomas Douglas Grieve via his daughter, Anne Millar (nee Grieve)

Conditions Governing Use

Permission required from RBGE

Appraisal Information

There is potential that this collection could be split and added to others in the RBGE archive - exam papers could added to a collection of exam papers in the education section of the RBGE Archives if such a collection was created- the letters link with those already in the probationer book, but rather than add more loose letters to these ledgers, preferable to keep separately in a folder in the Archives - G box; the handbook should go to the nursery catalogue collection in the RBGE Library.

Related Material

The letters and exam papers relate to the RBGE Probationer Gardener course and T.D. Grieve's entry in the RBGE Probationer Gardener Register.
T.D. Grieve also has numerous entries in the RBGE Guild journals.
see https://atom.rbge.org.uk/archive-resources/
Horticultural Handbook can be found on the library catalogue: (right click, open link in new tab:) https://rbge.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=205766&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20Pansies%2C%20violas%2C%20and%20violets

Additional Information

published

Partial

GRI

GB 235

Genre/Form

Correspondence