Description:
Scrapbook containing approximately 250 dried botanical specimens collected between 1895 and 1918. Each of the specimens has been labelled with name, location and date. Specimens have been collected from a variety of places, including Weymouth, Devonshire, Plymouth, Yorkshire, Sussex, Cornwall, Ilfracombe, Cherbourg, North Donegal, County Antrim, County Down, County Galway, the Isle of Man and, the Isle of Wight.
Scrapbook title:
Edward Morell Holmes Herbarium
Creator:
Holmes, Edward Morell
Dates of creation:
1849 to 1918
Format-Extent:
122 pages ; 34 x 24 cm
Full scrapbook description:
This album features approximately 250 dried and labeled seaweed specimens which were collected by British botanist Edward Morell Holmes, his colleagues, and his wife, Catherine “Kate” Appleford. Collected specimens are mostly from various locations around the United Kingdom, but some are from France and Turkey.
Scrapbook category:
Seaweed album
Language:
eng
Fonds / collection title:
Edward Morell Holmes fonds
Fonds / collection identifier:
AR069
Fonds / collection creator:
Edward Morell Holmes
Source:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library