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51_106 Cambridge, England, Aug. 23, 1930 who knew well my friends in Cairo. - Went one day to Ely Cathedral. In some respects I was more deeply impressed than by any other cathedral I have seen in England. It stands on a slight rise in the country, with fens about it, "The Isle of Ely." That such a wonderful structure could be put up in that age by a comparatively small farming community is wonderful. Many members of the Congress came to visit Ely. There I met David M. [Motties] of Indiana University, and many others. G.P. Van Eseltine, also, as I remember. - Cont. from p. 90 - that the collection of Sedums in the Botanic Garden is very remarkable, very fine. |
51_107 Kew, Aug. 24, 1930. [Cont from p 61]. However, if specimens are not glued down and are used a great deal, they tend to go pieces. Once in a while, the glueing down is calamitous. For example says Sprague, he and Riley worked up the species of Lopezia (Mexican). The delicate glands of the flower were spoiled by gluing and they had to abandon any attempt to do the work as planned. - In Frankenia, Fl. [Flora] Australiensis, Bentham has put seven species into one, we find, says T.A. Sprague. They form a difficult group; and while the placentation and position of the ovules is very different in the species, after all Bentham could not stop to work out, to dissect every detail. The Flora Australiensis would never have been finished if he had. It |
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