| AdminHistory | Eliza and Marianne Boswell were the daughters of Lord Balmuto, Claud Irvine Boswell (1742 – 22 July 1824). |
| Description | Catalogue entitled 'List of plants gathered wild in the vicinity of Balmuto, Fifeshire by E. and M. Boswell, 1820' which accompanies their manuscript entitled 'A fasciculus of fifty indigenous plants collected in the vicinity of Balmuto, Fifeshire, 1820' (MS/118)
Also includes 1 letter, dated 3 December 1820, from E. and M. Boswell to Jas. [James] R. Scott (FLS) outlining their wish to deposit the catalogue and fasciculus with the Linnean Society; and 1 letter, dated 18 December 1820, from Scott to the President and Fellows of the Linnean Society, transmitting the items.
Both items stored in portfolio entitled 'Fasciculus I. Plantae Scoticae'. |