THE CATALOGUE

Part I:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
		Cultivated plants (1,315) from the Botanic Gardens, Kew, c.1802-1810.
Part II:	Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
		Cultivated plants (1,809) from the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, c.1810-1818.
Part III:	Native plants
		A list of 73 plants collected in Scotland and other parts of Britain.
Part IV:	Gardeners, nurserymen and collectors
		An alphabetical list of the 112 gardeners, nurserymen and collectors named on the herbarium specimens in William McNab’s collection. [K] and [E] indicate that the specimens came from plants cultivated in Kew and Edinburgh respectively, and these specimens are listed separately in Pts. I and II respectively.
Part V:	Localities
		Specimens inscribed with a locality but without any collector's name. [K] and [E] indicate that the specimens came from plants cultivated in Kew and Edinburgh respectively, and these specimens are listed separately in Pts. I and II respectively.

In Parts I, II and III, each entry is arranged in the following way.

• In the first column is the specific name, ranged alphabetically under the generic name. No attempt has been made to correct for synonymy or spelling. As a guide, the modern dispositions are listed in the table below. i.e to find Agathis specimens, the Pinus section should be checked.
• In the second column is the date of collection as given by William McNab. In Parts II and III, the month has been abbreviated to the first three letter (e.g. March = Mar). [HK] indicates the specimen was collected before McNab's departure for Edinburgh in May 1810; this material is undated, but comprises material that originated in Kew and not in Edinburgh (see page 8).

• In the third column, any annotation made by William McNab is transcribed, and in square brackets [...] any modern determination has been noted.