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Papers of Ernest Henry Wilson, 1896-1952. Notebook: Records kept at the Veitch nurseries, 1899-1905.

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Notebook of records kept at the Veitch nurseries, 1899-1905.

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Section One: "Seeds collected by E.H. Wilson during his first trip to Yunnan and the Yangtze Valley, Central China, 1900-1903." Collection numbers: 1-1307.

Section Two: "Seeds received from E.H. Wilson, collected during his second trip to Central and Western China February 7, 1903-April 1905." Collection numbers: 1400-1906.

The records include: Dates received - Number - Department or Foreman - Name - Remarks on seed package and in letters: - Habit, Height, Color, Soil, Elevation, Habitat, Results. A copy of a letter dated December 30, 1903, written by E.H. Wilson is glued to the notebook cover

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Seeds Collected by E.H. Wilson:

Date Rec'd Wilson's Number Foreman Name Habit Height Colour Poil Elevation Habitat Results
1899-08-31 1 Heal Vitis sp. climbing - handsome for balloon or trellis if it will fruit freely red berries marl Lao-Kai - 1500 ft - hillsides growing
1899-08-31 2 Heal Ficus sp. tree 30 ft marl Lao-Kai - 1500 ft - hillsides
1899-08-31 3 Schneider Cibodium erect, fronds spreading fronds 10 ft glaucous beneath stiff loam Lao-Kai - 1000 ft - shade hillsides no [?] come use
1899-08-31 4 Schneider Alsophila slender trunk 6 ft stiff loam Lao-Kai - 1000-2000 ft hillsides no Asfudium [?]
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Seeds Collected by E.H. Wilson:

Date Rec'd Wilson's Number Foreman Name Habit Height Colour Poil Elevation Habitat Results
1899-09-09 44 Heal Shrub 4 ft. loam 1000 ft. hillsides
1899-09-09 45 Schneider Polypodium epiphyte fronds 1-4 in. – 1000 ft. trees
1899-09-09 46 Heal climbing – large red drupes loam 1000 ft. hillsides
1899-09-09 47 Heal Shrub 8 ft. loam & rocks 1000 ft. to 2000 gorges & c
1899-09-09 48 Heal Ficus sp. Shrub 3 ft. loam 1000 ft. to 2000 hillsides & c. growing
1899-09-09 49 Heal Begonia Shrubby 18 in. rocks 1000 ft. gorges
1899-09-09 50 Schneider Alsophila scarcely any trunk fronds 10 ft. black loam & rocks 1500 ft. gorges not growing [?] 1900
1899-09-09 51 Schneider Davallia fronds 2 ft. loam & rocks 1500 ft. to 2000 gorges
1899-09-09 52 Schneider Davallia fronds 4 ft. loam & rocks 1500 ft. to 2000 gorges ? michrolepia ?strigosa
1899-09-09 53 Schneider Asplenium unknown ? new
1899-09-09 54 Schneider Marattia
1899-09-09 55 Heal Passiflora sp. growing
1899-09-09 56 Heal Shrub
1899-09-09 57 Heal Climber growing
1899-09-09 58 Heal Rubus sp. N.G. 9/00 [sent?] [?] July ? good [?] dried specimen growing
1899-09-09 59 Schneider Pteris (? referred to in letter 29.7.99) ? good dried new growing
1899-09-09 60 Schneider Davallia strigose
1899-09-09 61 Heal Shrub handsome foliage growing (May)
1899-09-09 62 Heal Shrub growing (May)
1899-09-18 63 Schneider Davallia sp. probably a Michrolepia [?] good
1899-09-18 64 Schneider Marattia sp. no Marattia come up
1899-09-18 65 Heal Shrub
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Seeds Collected by E.H. Wilson:

Date Rec'd Wilson's Number Foreman Name Habit Height Colour Poil Elevation Habitat Results
1999-09-18 66 Heal Shrub
1999-09-27 67
" 40 "
1900-01-02 68
" 69 Heal Irideve
" 70 " Small red lily
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72 Herbaceous plant
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