Mary and William Pool and their (mostly her) Malagasy lichen and plant collections

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-138
Author(s):  
Laurence J. Dorr
Keyword(s):  
Plant Collections ◽  
London Missionary Society

William and Mary (née Crage) Pool spent the decade from 1865 to 1875 in Madagascar as missionaries employed by the London Missionary Society. For amusement, Mrs Pool collected lichen and plant specimens, which her husband eventually donated to Kew. Even though Mrs Pool collected most of these specimens, her husband invariably receives credit: his name appears on the labels of plants collected by her, and her collections are attributed to him in a number of contemporary publications.

A nineteenth century botanical text-book in the Malagasy language

1988 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-183
Author(s):  
LAURENCE J. DORR
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Text Book ◽  
London Missionary Society

A botanical text-book written by the Rev. Richard Baron (1847–1907), an English missionary in Madagascar, and first published in 1882 in the Malagasy language is discussed. The text-book borrowed heavily from several nineteenth century English botanical texts that are identified. The book was used for classes at the London Missionary Society Theological College in Antananarivo, Madagascar and although there were two editions of it no copies of the first edition can be located, and only a few copies of the second edition appear to have survived.

Data Capture Project at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

2009 ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Natacha Frachon ◽  
Martin Gardner ◽  
David Rae
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Royal Botanic Garden ◽  
Data Capture ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
The World ◽  
Plant Collections ◽  
Field Notes

Botanic gardens, with their large holdings of living plants collected from around the world, are important guardians of plant biodiversity, but acquiring and curating these genetic resources is enormously expensive. For these reasons it is crucial that botanic gardens document and curate their collections in order to gain the greatest benefit from the plants in their care. Great priority is given to making detailed field notes and the process of documentation is often continued during the plants formative years when being propagated. However, for the large majority of plants this process often stops once the material is planted in its final garden location. The Data Capture Project at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is an attempt to document specific aspects of the plant collections so that the information captured can be of use to the research community even after the plants have died.

scholarly journals Plant collections find strength in numbers

Nature ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 524 (7563) ◽  
pp. 35-35
Author(s):  
Conley K. McMullen ◽  
Andrea Weeks
Keyword(s):  
Plant Collections

Observations on resistance in white clover (Trifolium repens L.) to the stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev)

1988 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Cook ◽  
D. R. Evans
Keyword(s):  
White Clover ◽  
Trifolium Repens ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Leaf Size ◽  
Nematode Reproduction ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Plant Collections ◽  
Ditylenchus Dipsaci ◽  
Trifolium Repens L ◽  
Selection For

SummaryThe expression of symptoms of stem nematode reproduction on a total of 53 white clovers (26 cultivars, 14 genepools and 13 introductions from plant collections) was studied in a series of field and glasshouse experiments. Seedlings or stolon-tip cuttings were inoculated with nematodes and the clovers classified by the proportion of plants which developed symptoms. Significant differences were found between varieties although in each test the majority was intermediate between more resistant and susceptible extremes. There was significant positive correlation between tests, in spite of different inoculation methods and different average levels of susceptibility. Very large-leaved cv. Aran was more resistant than most other clovers tested, and small-leaved cv. S. 184 was more susceptible. There was no general correlation of leaf size with reaction to stemnematode. Small-leaved cv. Pronitro was also resistant while several large-leaved cultivars were susceptible. In observations of plants exposed to nematodes over a long period, either by sequential inoculations or through perpetuating latent infections, apparently resistant plants eventually succumbed and supported nematode reproduction. It has not been determined whether this was because selection for virulence in the nematodes had occurred.

scholarly journals Research on the plant collection of Kuan-Kuang Tsoong, the forerunner of Chinese plant collections

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiyong Meng ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Plant Collections ◽  
Plant Collection ◽  
Chinese Plant

scholarly journals The Oman Botanic Garden (2)

2009 ◽  
pp. 83-97
Author(s):  
Annette Patzelt ◽  
Khalid Al Farsi ◽  
Leigh Morris ◽  
Andrew Spalton
Keyword(s):  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Mature Tree ◽  
Policy Construction ◽  
Plant Collections

The first paper in this series outlined the vision for the oman botanic garden and detailed the early plant collections and propagation. this paper focuses on the oman botanic garden collections policy, construction of a new nursery on the site, subsequent expanded production and initial attempts at mature tree translocation.

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