Paperback book `Canna – The Story of a Hebridean Island` by J. L. Campbell.
The history, archaeology and natural history of Canna.
1999.291.21
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1997.272.10
Hardback book `Potter`s New Cyclopaedia of botanic drugs and preparations` by R. C. Wren.
Description of plants with a brief summary of their action and uses and a note of the preparations made from them.
2000.110.4
Hardback book `Island Years` by F. Fraser Darling.
Account of the years spent on the Treshnish and Summer Isles by a naturalist.
De-accessioned 20.3.2026.
2000.88.1
Paperback book `A Flora of Tiree, Gunna & Coll` by D.A. Pearman & C. D. Preston.
Species list of the flora in Tiree, Gunna and Coll.
2000.35.2
Hardback book `A Rum Affair` by Karl Sabbagh.
An exploration of the roots of scientific fraud in general and in particular the assertion by botany professor J. W. Heslop Harrison that he had discovered rare plants on the Isle of Rum. Heslop Harrison also carried out extensive botanical surveys of Tiree and Coll, and is known to have reported discoveries in unexpected places in those islands too.
De-accessioned 20.3.2026.
2004.30.1
Paperback book `Kelp Forests` by Ian Fuller.
Information about kelp forests around Scotland and the sea animals they support.
2000.165.6
Paperback book `The Scots Herbal` by Tess Darwin.
The plant lore of Scotland
2000.144.4
Paperback book `Fungi of the Hebrides` by R. W. G. Dennis.
List of species of fungi found in the Hebrides and their location.
2000.50.4
Paperback book `Traditional Scottish Dyes` by Jean Fraser.
An A-Z listing of dye plants, methods of extraction and locations where particular dyes are used, interwoven with a mix of traditional customs and folklore.
1999.302.14
Paperback book `Ainmean Gaidhlig Lusan` by Joan W. Clark and Ian MacDonald.
Alphabetical lists of plants with their Gaelic, English and Latin names