Papers of Ernest Henry Wilson, 1896-1952. Field Diary, April 2-19, 1907. Western Hupeh. (Arnold Arboretum Horticultural Library: Botanical Exploration Papers)

Papers of Ernest Henry Wilson, 1896-1952. Field Diary, April 2-19, 1907. Western Hupeh.

Field diary, from Ernest Henry Wilson's plant collecting expedition in Western Hupeh (Hubei Province), accompanied by Walter Reaves Zappey. Notes include weather observations, plant lists, notes on expenses. Turned around, this diary lists photographs taken, with data on dates, motives, and technicalities, April 2-19, 1907.

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stream flows through the valley & at times makes detours to the right & left. The crops on the side of the river are more luxuriant than in the immediate neighborhood of Ichang. They consist principally of Branded wheat, Broad Beans, Peas, Rape & a little Opium. The road is good with steady rise from the 1st forty li Afterwards & especially towards the finish the ascent is rather irksome. The rocks are principally sedimentary conglomerate & sandstone.

Vegetation is sprouting rapidly & many trees & shrubs are in young leaf & some in flower. Daphne [f?] 1-3 ft high [?] cylindrical [?] of mauve purple fls. are the

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