Archibald Archive: new items

[Maggi Young]

 Photos of plants grown from JJA seed, some without definite list numbers, including pictures of plants from the Caerleon  AGS Show of 2010, Jim’s last show.

https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9360.0

 Plus Master Seedlist   Latest update 28th August 2012

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[Maggi Young]

Added today:
Fieldnotes : Trip 9  Yugoslavia  22nd March - 1st April 1979  JCA4100 - 4161
 
Trip 11  Morocco  25th April - 7th May 1982   JCA4300 – 4704 also ABS4300 - 4704
This trip was undertaken in the company of John Blanchard and Michael Salmon. The field numbers can be used with both JCA and ABS prefixes.


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[Maggi Young]

Do you have photos of Archibald plants that you would like to contribute to the Archibald Archive but which are in slide form?
If so, you can send them to David Stephens who will convert them to digital for you.
Contact info@srg.org.uk to arrange this.   

[Maggi Young]

Newly added to the archive:  'Raiser unknown: Eric Smith, a plantsman'

In this article, originally published by the Hardy Plant Society in 2000, Jim writes of some of the plants raised and named by Eric Smith and by himself.
Jim's text is illustrated here with photos added of a selection of those plants.   

 Kind thanks to all who have allowed the use of their photographs. 

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[Maggi Young]

Just added :
  ‘Euphorbia niciciana’ from the Journal of the RHS 1971 (May):232-234   This article presented with the kind permission of the RHS and the assistance of Brian Mathew.

[Maggi Young]

Just added :
 An update to the Master list of seed collections  with the addition of several dozen new photos of JJA plants from Jane McGary

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[Maggi Young]

Just added  to writings-of-jim-archibald :
a scan of Jim Archibald's chapter, "Hellebores at Buckshaw 1964-1983" from ‘The Gardener’s Guide to Growing Hellebores’ by  Graham Rice & Elizabeth Strangman, published by David & Charles/ Timber Press (1993)
Thanks to FW Media ad David and Charles for their permission to use this layout from the book.

 "Hellebores at Buckshaw 1964-1983"
 
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[Maggi Young]

Just added to  Archibald Plants and Botanic Gardens

Archibald living Accessions - RBGE

Alan Elliott has kindly done the research to provide a record of  all Archibald accessions, those  living now and of databased photographs and these can now be downloaded  from this page :

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We are grateful to Alan for his help.

[ashley]

Thank you Maggi, David, Alan and all those contributing to this wonderful resource.  It exemplifies the unique value of online, dynamic reference material.
It brings me back again and again.

So well done all.  It is a splendid tribute to Jim and Jenny's work over many years.

[Maggi Young]

Those who have been interested to see the linked areas from the Archibald Archive to the date collection section of the RBGE may be interested in this comment from Dr Elspeth Haston on herbarium listing methods :
http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/1283

[Maggi Young]

Just added to the Archibald Archive:
A list of Archibald plants in the collection of the Denver Botanic Garden

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[Maggi Young]

Added September 2013 : David Glenn of Lambley Nursery in Victoria, Australia has recently penned this little article on his garden notes blog about the Archibalds with reference to some of their collections of successful perennials:  Jim and Jenny Archibald

Thanks to Marcus Harvey for providing this  information.

[Maggi Young]

A new set of Field Notes just added to the Archibald Archive - thanks to David Stephens

Trip No 17  USA 18th June - 24th September 1987  JCA8500 - 9696  - now unavailable online.
This was Jim's first visit to the USA: Wyoming / Utah / Colorado / New Mexico / Arizona / Utah / Nevada.The  field notes are handwritten.

[Maggi Young]

David Stephens has just sent through two additions to the Archibald Archives . now loaded to this page for fieldnotes   

Trip 2 Morocco 4th July - 20th August 1962 is already listed as typed notes but now the original handwritten notes are also added :
https://www.srgc.net/filessub/archibald/fieldnotes/2JCAFieldnotesMorocco_SRGCArchive.pdf


Trip No 24  USA California-Oregon -Nevada  20th May - 12th July 1992
with collections JCA12700 – 13290  :
https://www.srgc.net/filessub/archibald/fieldnotes/JCAtrip24USA1992.pdf

[Maggi Young]

Two more  sets of  fieldnotes from Archibald trips sent by David Stephens :

Trip 30. JCA15500 - 15880 South Africa 12th March - 28th March 1996 This trip was taken with Panayoti Kelaidis

Trip 44 Georgia 26th April - 5th May 2010  JCA19700 - 19780[/b]  Jim's last trip.


See other field notes here in the Archibald Archive.