This volume is closed to public access until conservation has been carried out, due to being fragile and unfit for production. The volume has been digitised and images are available for consultation
Entries comprise Bed 4863 to Bed 6485. Information is recorded mostly in pencil, in G.F. Wilson's hand. Approximately eight to 12 entries per page. The date is recorded as a heading, and each entry comprises a running bed number, the name or variety of plant, and occasional notes. Entries 6280 to 6294 are on the front inside cover, in ink, some annotated 'HB' [Heatherbank], 'S.B.W.' [Scott Barchard Wilson]. Approximately four-fifths through the volume is a pencil sketch of a label, possibly a plant label, constructed of zinc and wire
Bed numbers from the planting volumes are occasionally included in the Oakwood garden journals, 1888-1902, ref RHS/WY/Owd/1/1-14, to indicate plants in bloom in the garden
Condition: Fragile. Unfit for production. Binding is disintegrating; cloth and tape have been used in rudimentary repairs; covers worn, with corners worn away; pages reasonably robust, some dirty; almost all text is in pencil which is therefore at risk of loss; incorrectly labelled on cover in biro ink, 'M12/4. RHS Garden Kensington 1883-1884 Seed Bed Records'