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51_68 Cambridge, England the need of botany, offered to come and teach it. His offer was rejected because of his being a non-conformist, but finally that was arranged and he came to Cambridge. However the doors which should have been open were locked against him! So it was that other arrangements were made, resulting in the beginnings of the present arrangement. Burkill told of Chas. [Charles] Babington: that he lectured to students on botany, a considerable number. The first lecture was on leaves, the scond on leaves, the third on leaves, the fourth on leaves - well the students decreased each day - the fifth lecture there were no students - and so the course ended. It seems that Elodea canadensis appeared as a result of casual introduction |
51_69 Aug. 16, 1930 in the midlands from America. Some of it was sent to Babington who grew it in his garden and finally tried it in the Cam River. Here it flourished astonishingly and choked up the river, causing the undergraduate rowing crews much annoyance. It was their idea that Babington did this because he disliked rowing and wanted to hinder it! So they called the weed Babingtonia pestifer! Burkill was a student of Caius College. The founder Keyes, built 3 gates, a low gate, the Gate of Humility, where the student enters; he then is fitted to pass through the Gate of Virtue; and finally when ready for his degree he goes out of his college by the Gate of Honor to receive his degree at the Senate House. |
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