The following list of plants were recorded by Bishop Nicolson in his hand-written botanical notebook which remains in Rose Castle library. Mr James Sutherland, the supplier of the plants, was the first Regius Keeper to be appointed at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
" Set in the Garden at Rose (and my wife’s little Garden) the following Shrubs, sent from Mr Sutherland; Or, at least, so many of ‘em as the Carrier brought to my hand.
1. Deep purple Lilac
2. Dwarf Medlar
3. White Beam Tree
4. Rose without Thorns
5. Yellew (sic) Rose
6. Buck (t) horn-Tree
7. French Tamarisk
8. German Tamarisk
9. Sea Buck-Thorn
10. White flower’d Lilac
11. Mock Willow
12. Upright Honey-suckle
13. Wayfareing Tree
14. Shrub Trefoil
15. Early-flowring upright Honeysuckle of the Alps
16. Late-flowring upright Honeysuckle of the Alps
17. Dwarf Almond
18. Sweet-smelling American Rasp
19. Shrub St Johnswort
20. Curran with Gooseberry Leaves
21. Persian Jasmin
22. White Pipe Tree "