Mrs Knox-Finlay Meconopsis Lantern Slides

• Reference:GB 235 KNX
• Dates of Creation:1938 - 1987
• Name of Creator:
  Knox Finlay, Mrs M.W.
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 box, 14cm

• Scope and Content

  8 glass lantern slides showing images of Meconopsis taken by Mrs Knox-Finlay at Keillour Lake, Keillour Castle:
  Meconopsis
  Meconopsis x musgravei
  Meconopsis sherriff 600
  Meconopsis grandis 600
  Meconopsis grandis (true)
  Meconopsis coxiana
  Meconopsis betonicifolia praetensis
  Meconopsis beamishii

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Major and Mrs Knox Finlay became the owners of Keillour Castle in Perthshire in 1938, and after the Second World War began in earnest to develop the gardens there, growing rhododendrons, magnolias and many other trees and shrubs. Mary Knox Finlay became an expert on liliaceous plants, and grew large collections of liliums, nomocharis, notholirium, etc, but her greatest love was meconopsis.
  From 'The Rock Garden', Journal of the Scottish Rock Garden Club, v20, p.477

• 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 Meconopsis Group

• Note

  Major and Mrs Knox Finlay became the owners of Keillour Castle in Perthshire in 1938, and after the Second World War began in earnest to develop the gardens there, growing rhododendrons, magnolias and many other trees and shrubs. Mary Knox Finlay became an expert on liliaceous plants, and grew large collections of liliums, nomocharis, notholirium, etc, but her greatest love was meconopsis.
  From 'The Rock Garden', Journal of the Scottish Rock Garden Club, v20, p.477

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  good

• Conditions Governing Use

  Permission required from RBGE.

• Additional Information

  published

• Subjects

  Meconopsis

• Geographical Names

  Keillour Castle