Catherine F. Glen's pressed wildflowers collection

1 Jenner's shoe box containing:
- 11 jotters of pressed wildflowers made when Catherine was 14 years old in 1927/28 for the Girls' Guildry (now the Girls' Brigade) Edinburgh 17th Coy.
- list of the flowers in the 11 jotters
- 2 letters:
--7th September 1945, Roland Edgar Cooper to Miss C.F. Glen - thank you for sending sprays of heather - RBGE hoping to propagate and name them - shorthand writing on the reverse, and the envelope has been kept.
--6th September 1948, Roland Edgar Cooper to Miss Glen acknowledging receipt of her 'very fine contribution ' of heather on the 31st August 1948.
- modern photograph showing Catherine Glen in old age.

Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/herbarium/visiting-the-herbarium/

This collection is kept in the RBGE Herbarium as it contains pressed flowers and is often used in demonstrations.

description created by L Paterson, September 2019

Permission required from RBGE

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