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51_52 Kew Herbarium, Aug. 6, 1930 and J.T. Howell, Los Banos, match well enough with the Kew series of Kochia hysspoifolia Bois. A. R. Horwood, who has given attention to Chenopodiaceae, says that until the whole family is set right again, the name should be Echinopsilon hysoppifolium. - I find that Kew does loan herb. material sometimes! Sprague says so. In particular Crepis, the whole of it was loaned to E.B. Babcock, Berkeley, who returned it, says Sprague, in fearful shape. His loan was made at the instance of Dr. Hill, the Director (cf. Men and Manners, _ v. 4, p 151) Well I told Sprague that I knew what happened. Babcock is no systematic botanist and does not know how to handle or take care of herbarium sheets. __ Then he "played them up" to his assistants and graduate students, all of whom handled them in a careless and miscellaneous way. _ Jepson, Private Journal. __ See p. 187 |
51_53 Oxford, England, Aug. 9, 1930 - Today I go to Oxford for the week-end with the Davys. Dr. J. B. Davy meets me at the train; and takes me on a wonderful drive through the Coteswold Hills. We are in high country for the beginning of the drive with extensive views over the river lowlands. Then we go down amongst the villages lying in the valleys, mediaeval villages with many a thatched roof here and there. At Burford is an especially interesting village church. For the place it is large, like a small but simple cathedral. The niches in the walls over the entrance door to the nave still hold their ancient statues, but all those representing saints had the heads knocked cleanly off by Cromwell's soldiers! On this trip we examined an ancient monument, the Rollright Stones, a Druid Circle at 2 mi. n. of Chipping Norton. |
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