Detailed Record
Botanical Society of Edinburgh, The
1836 - 1912
Generic Titles:
Annual Report and Proceedings of. (1837/1838 - 1838/1839 )
Annual Report, Laws, and Transactions of. (1836/1837)
Transactions and Proceedings of the (no 12, 1876 - 1900+)
Transactions of. (1840 - vol 18, 1890)
Annual Report, Laws, and Transactions of. (1836/1837)
Transactions and Proceedings of the (no 12, 1876 - 1900+)
Transactions of. (1840 - vol 18, 1890)
Edinburgh,Midlothian
Publisher:
Botanical Society of Edinburgh (1900)
Maclachlan, Stewart and Co (Edinburgh 1844)
Maclachlan, Stewart and Co (Edinburgh 1844)
Printer:
Balfour and Jack (1838, 1841)
Morrison and Gibb Ltd (1900)
Neill and Co (1840, 1883)
Morrison and Gibb Ltd (1900)
Neill and Co (1840, 1883)
Contributors:
Alexander Dickson
Walter Elliot (Sir)
Thomas Taylor
Francis Buchanan White
Walter Elliot (Sir)
Thomas Taylor
Francis Buchanan White
Names:
Robert Lindsay (president 1890)
David Paul (Rev.) president 1904)
David Paul (Rev.) president 1904)
Size:
21cm, 54pp (1837); 207pp (1836); 48pp (1841-1848); 22cm (1844)
Frequency:
annually
Illustration:
engraving; tables, diagrams
Issued by:
Botanical Society of Edinburgh, The
Departments:
annual reports, laws, proceedings, transactions, articles and papers on botany
Merges:
merged with Scottish Botanical Review (1912)
Sources:
Black, George (1914): 7,1025.; DNB v, p.946; vi, p.680-682; xix, p.470-471, xxi, p.35-36.; Mitchell's.; Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain, 1891. p.110; Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies, 1904. p.146
Histories:
Grieve, Symington.'Notes from the archives of the Botanical Society on its origin, history, and privileges' in "Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Transactions and Proceedings", Edinburgh, vol 22 (1905): 194-220.; Hume, Learned Societies (1853), p.182.; Thornton, John L. and R.I.J. Tully. "The Growth of the Scientific Periodical Literature." Scientific Books, Libraries and Collector: A Study of Bibliography and the Book Trade in Relation to Science. 3rd Ed. London: The Library Association, 1971
Comments:
The Society was instituted on 17th March, 1836, "to bring Botanists, therefore, more immediately together, and to concentrate their efforts towards the production of original papers, the formation of a public Herbarium and Library, the extension and improvement of private Herbaria, and generally, towards the promotion of Botanical Science in all its ramifications, seemed an object worthy of being attempted in a city, where there exist a University and Medical School which annually send forth so many zealous students of Botany to all parts of the world" (Annual Report, Session 1836-1837, p.5).
First annual report covers 1836-1837 and may have been published as late as 1841. This Edinburgh publication circulated widely in London, Glasgow, Dublin, Germany, and Paris.
First annual report covers 1836-1837 and may have been published as late as 1841. This Edinburgh publication circulated widely in London, Glasgow, Dublin, Germany, and Paris.
Location:
complete runs: QZ/P-1; partial runs: ED/S-3 (1840-1900), SA/U-1 (1865-1972), ED/M-1 E (1841-1894, imp), AD/U-3 (1844+, 1873-1878, imp), DN/U-1 (1841-1860, 1876- 1900+); OX/U-8 B vols 1-25 (1839-1910); QZ/P99 (1836,1837,1840- ); SA/U-1 (1836-1846); ED/S-3 F (1836-1846); ED/N-1 A nos 1, 3 (1836-1838); LO/N-1 A (1836-1841, 1844- ); GL/U-1 (1836-1839, 1840, 1844); Royal Scottish Geographical Society vols 35- (1949/50-); ED/U-1 G (1836, 1841); see LEIPER; see BUCOP; N.America: ULS 3. Full text at biodiversitylibrary.org
Reproduced by permission , Mitchell Public Library, Glasgow
Reproduced by permission , Mitchell Public Library, Glasgow
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Reproduced by Permission, Royal Botanic Garden Library
Reproduced by Permission, Royal Botanic Garden Library
Reproduced by Permission, Royal Botanic Garden Library