Possibly used for testing students plant knowledge. Four botanical specimens as follows: .1) Unidentified dried plant specimen with attached handwritten tag ' I Grade/ No. 3' and tied with pink ribbon. .2) Originally housed inside buff coloured envelope, printed on front 'On His Majesty's Service' (underlined) and 'Department of Agriculture,/ Viticultural Station,/ Rutherglen / / 190'. .3) Unidentified dried plant specimen with attached handwritten tag ' Grade 1/ No.5' and tied with pink ribbon. .4) Originally housed inside buff coloured envelope, printed on front 'On His Majesty's Service' (underlined) and 'Department of Agriculture,/ Viticultural Station,/ Rutherglen / / 190'. .5) Unidentified dried plant specimen with attached handwritten tag ' Grade 1/ No.7' and tied with pink ribbon. .6) Originally housed inside buff coloured envelope, printed on front 'On His Majesty's Service' (underlined) and 'Department of Agriculture,/ Viticultural Station,/ Rutherglen / / 190'. .7) Unidentified dried plant specimen (possibly identical to .2) with attached handwritten tag ' Grade 1/ No.13' and tied with pink ribbon. .8) Originally housed inside buff coloured envelope, printed on front 'On His Majesty's Service' (underlined) and 'Department of Agriculture,/ Viticultural Station,/ Rutherglen / / 190'. .9) Leather covered board with remnant elastic. Possibly used for displaying specimens. Envelope printed on front top centre 'On His Majesty's Service' (underlined), Bottom left 'Department of Agriculture,/ Viticultural Station,/ Rutherglen / / 190 ', Top right 'Department of Agriculture. Victoria. Frank Stamp', top left, 'This envelope can only be lawfully used by Government officials on public business. Any use by officials on private business, or by others under any circumstances, is punishable'. Embossed on envelop seal with the word 'Victoria' enclosed in a buckle and belt, crown in centre.botanical specimen,, department of agriculture, rutherglen, school of mines, ballarat, ballarat school of mines, botany, rutherglen, speciman, plant, plant identification

The Rutherglen Miner was one of Rutherglen's earliest newspapers. Mr C.H. Adcock was Principal of Rutherglen Viticultural College - 1914Three leaflets, each one written by G. H. Adcock. Originally paper covered, they have been bound together in a hard black cover with one of the titles hand written in white on the spine.Written inside front cover: "Presented by Van Adcock, Grandson of G.H. Adcock, 1981" First booklet: Plant Life in its Relation to Agriculture. Published by Miner Print, Rutherglen. [undated]. Second booklet: Phylloxera. Reprinted from the Journal of the Department of Agriculture / Victoria, January, 1914, pp. 51-55 Third booklet. Saltbushes. Reprinted from the Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria. Issued March, 1905plants, agriculture, phylloxera, saltbush, adcock family, viticultural college rutherglen