Papers of Ernest Henry Wilson, 1896-1952. Field Notes: collection notes from the 1907-1909 and 1910-1911 expeditions.

Field plant collection notes from Ernest Henry Wilson's 1907-1909 and 1910-1911 expeditions to China. Wilson used a new collection number sequence for the Arnold Arboretum.

Contents

Section One: Collection notes from the 1907-1909 expedition. Collection numbers: 1-1474. pp. 4-107. Includes notes on seeds, plants, cuttings, grafts, photographs, numbers of packages sent. Notations are made on plants sent to Farquhar Nursery, James Veitch and Sons Roya Exotic Nursery, Professor Charles Sprague Sargent, Miss Ellen Willmott, and the United States Department of Agriculture. No dates are given.

Section Two: Collection notes from the 1910-1911 expedition. Collection numbers 4000-4462. pp. 110-141.

This notebook also includes lists of "sample packages dispatched." Package numbers 2-320 (May 1907-February 1908). p. 271. Package numbers 1-327 (August 1908-February 22, 1909). pp. 271, 273.

Additional Information

https://arboretum.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/III_EHW_2012.pdf