Notes From Nature Talk
Jacksonville Beach, Duval County, Florida.
Hungary is the country. The L. for sure belongs to the species' name for "Linné". There was just not enough room in the line above.
#handwriting: Lachnocaulon minus. Blountstown. Rest should be readable. 😃
Flipped it: Herbarium of San Fransisco State College. Leccinum largentii, Solitary in soil under Pines, near Mendocino. 13. Nov. 1986, 30649
Transcribed the same.
At that resolution... no, not really. 😄
Sep. 5, 53 I read as well and "on Alyssum".
It's a guess and not a bad one. Wiki lists Turmero at 900m. I'd transcribe it "as is", i.e. the numbers.
Ivanpah
Looks to me like "Wilsins Lake" and probably "Fordyce Trinnell". There's no Wilsins in Pasadena but since 1900 landscape may have changed?
Same guy, same collection day, same typo. 😃 Check out this: http://talk.notesfromnature.org/#/subjects/ANN0003o09
My bet is '55. The "3" in the "13" looks differently written, so I don't think it's a 3 in the year and both numbers look the same to me.
Kawakawa Lake, Hope, Canada.
Yes, that's correct. You might come across some more typos during transcriptions. Could be worse, like illegible handwritings. 😉
If you compare the characters in the collectors name with the above ones, I think you're correct.
One that didn't get determined yet. Leave the name blank. It's going to stand out as "incomplete" once the database is established.
Some of the Jones' was clearly wrong. 😉
Reelfoot Lake State Park is in Tennessee in Lake / Obion County. There are 8 Fulton Counties, but none of them in Tennessee. 😃
No chance to see the name.
I would simply write what is written in the record. My approach is: they want us to transcribe records, not to choose what to do with them.
Loosk like. It's "Ore" after Pacific City and the County is Tillamook. Although that squiggle probably starts with a "Y"...
Asheville, North Carolina (=Buncombe County). Stems 3 - 4 xxrdly cylindrical and curved (drawing of stems). (can't read the xx-part)
Pacific City?
There is a "Pittsylvania" in the Virginia drop down list. (Not West Virginia).
I read "Allen's Woods"
E. C. Cocke shows up a few times in the collection and the date I also would say is 1930.
That's exactly how I read it, too. There is a reference in the web of a Lloyd G. Carr, botanist, Virginia, collections in 1938.
Sorry to say but I found that RSF retired in 1964 so I think handwriting lessons won't happen. All hail to the inventor of the typewriter?
nod Yup, I agree.
Maybe you're not as confused as I was but Capitol Landing Road is definitely in Williamsburg, James City Co., VA. Forget the "Warren".
Phone number is missing. 😄
Butt Mt. is in Giles County, Virginia. Just in case you were looking for this information... 😃
The collection location should be given, i.e. AL. Mention in your transcription the note about this tree being from Wisconsin.
#typo: Gaylussacia dumosa var. bigeloviana (not bigelovii!). Difficult to read: Habitat: Edge of pond with azaleas et (=and) Cranberries.
I'd give a "unkown".The barcode is NOT proof of the collection site. Put in the database what you SEE, not what you guess is my approach.
Thanks. 😄 I like them all!
My record No. 1000. Yeah! 😃 What badge was it I would earn? 😄
I interpreted it the same and left a similar description in the transcription.
Dauphin Island = Alabama, Mobile Co.
Since I cannot draw in the transcription I'm going to describe it in the text as I think it could be important. Any thoughts?
Got it too! 😃 BTW, I've never seen a Pinus sylvestris used as a Christmas tree! Usually, Picea abies, Abies alba, Abies normanniana.
The next picture shows a little trail of smoke curling around a needle... 😄
hehehe Othiorhynchus? You know, if you squint ... could be an artwork? Or a Rorschach-test? 😄
#insectdamage
It mentions a letter dated 29 years earlier. Maybe that's part of the reason? I like the idea with the beer better, though. 😄
😄 😄 😄
Sorry, I was wrong. The second SHEET (with FIRST plant) would be 1.2, the second PLANT would be #2. 😉
No. 1.1 has to be the first one. The .1 just implies that there is more than one sheet with the same plants. The second would be 1.2.
Card either slipped down, went missing or no record at all, except the one about the determination later.
Wish, he could look into this project here.
Brilliant!
A MGL record without a date! Can we leave a guess here in the comments about the possible date?
"colored quarters" and note the date... civil rights history in a herbarium.
I think that's a record: handwriting of 5 different people. 😃
Panicum species are notoriously hard to determine. You will find a lot of pencil writing on these. Just write whatever you can read.
BTW: First line is "Cyperacea(e)" and isn't needed, only genus and species are. I know it's hard to read but I love that curly "C" 😃
thumbs up 😃
O_O Looks almost like a carbon copy to me. You know, those faded, smudgy, hard to decipher, real carbon... anybody with me? "Me" is old...
Definitely got it wrong. Cranesville Swamp Preserve has even it's own Wikipedia page and it's Preston County, (West) Virginia.
Thanks!
! achene 1.8 + .9 tubercle, broadly stipitate, retrorse scale .... tubercle That's all I can make out.
Well, now both are in their database and if they figure it out one day they can change the entry. That's the nice thing with a database..😃
Not sure why Carr crossed out the "triphyllum"... It should read Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum
He was 28 at that time. I think that's a reasonable guess.
Even so with the space... Okay, here is what I mean: does "Pk" stand for "Polk". (no smiley now, please!)
Pk = Polk (browser makes a razz smiley without the space)
Any idea what "Sr. a. Pk" means? At least, that's what I read. Pk = Polk? a = at?
Neat. 😃 Three people sharing one entry (three numbers for the three collectors). They even pressed/dried the "lanterns". Nice work!
Yes, I had this "nr" (where the "r" is elevated over the "n"). It must be "near". The handwriting is from the same person -> same meaning.
We already mentioned this problem in the discussion board. They really need to solve it first before we can go on transcribing. Frustrating.
The (moldy) ghost of a dandelion... how sad... 😦
Yes, only put the genus and the experts will find out very quickly (thanks to the database we're building!) what's still on the TO DO list.
Yes, I also transcribe the handwritten notes. I just wanted to leave a note for the next one who transcribes it and has trouble reading it.
Osceola Mills: Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Holidays on the beach with the family? 😄
Sorry, should read "curtissii".
#handwriting: above: alatum (det. curtisii??), below arrow: Troublesome.
Nope, once sent off changes aren't possible any more. No worries, it's transcribed more than once. 😉 @nosenabook: Threlkeld! 😄
#handwriting: species is "tenue" and botanical note is "Spik. 1.3 -1.4 mm long" Spik. = Spikelet = "grass-flower".
Could it be "Sep 10, 34"
From the description the location lies in Colorado, Archuleta County.
Yes, it's one of those "Flora Americano" one. Sounds also wrong to me but I can't really say I read an "a" instead of an "o".
Oenothera biennis (Onagraceae) Evening primrose
Could also be a "D". Downstroke-curl-over-upstroke. Or an "A", or an "H". Think, an initial of a middle name matters much?
😄 I guess not. Especially, when it comes to Panicum species. I think he's really into those.
Threlkeld: http://www.houseofnames.com/threlkeld-family-crest
#handwriting: Smilacina racemosa (rest is authors), Near "Swannanoa", Afton, Va. Rich woods and damp cliffs, Mary Pinkerton Kerr.
Belated Happy Birthday! 😃
I wonder if we will find the Eschscholzia flowers in the herbarium collection with the note "with spider". 😃
4 mi E(ast) Milton Cal. Calaveras Co. Sept. (X) 8 1969. That's what I read on the one tag. 😄 Insect outnumbered, outweighed by tags...
Yup, I'd say so, too.
Turner Isl. N. of Dos Palos, Merced Co., Cal.; 15-VIII 1950; C D Mac Neill
It looks like 51 to me.
#typo (2) Paspalum laeve. Lelong is dedicated. Collects even weed from his garden. Apparently a very interesting one (see handwritten note).
#typo. Senecio werneriifolius. How are they correcting bad entries?
July 30, 1972. The arches of the hidden numbers are not the same. I say the first is a "3", the second then must be a "2".
Only the #family got determined. #genus and #species are still missing. Guess, it remained on the "to do" list. Write the #family. I'd say.
It's "erythrocarpum", whatever the other notes say.
"Dancy" typing. 😄 Does anybody still remember jammed type bars?
Definitely Wherry who wrote it. (try that! 😄)
Uh... you're right! Maybe there's a secret message hidden! First could be a "J" and then a "r" and a "w"... second line a "L" and "uv".
Probably "Osceola" with a typo. And "Min". Oh and it's very legible! 😃 Wait until you come across Ruskin S. Freer ones... 😄
Flora Europaea (we also come across "Flora Americana" sometimes). The first author made a typo, the second who wrote "Norfolk" corrected it.
John Moyler, Jr. maybe?
Wow! Therefore you'll get the "Old Tree Bark Badge" now! hands it over Next is the Sequoia Badge for 5000. Go on!
I wonder how long it took to glue those plants to the sheet. Very filigran job. I think you can call this "dedication". 😃
"Lilian" confused me. I don't think it's a botanical term but points to "Lillian" (two "l"s) at Perdido Bay.
Congratulations!! 😃
I guess we would really need an "additional information" field. 😦 On the other hand, if records don't match people will look into them.
I wish somebody would tell us when we've done all the #RuskinSFreer records... but I fear, he was an avid collector. 😉
I usually take the newest name and then the rest from the first record. I thought that's what got recommended somewhere in the forum.
Location: "Dancing Creek, Robinson Gap Trail. Amherst Co." And please, don't tell me I deciphered that wrongly! #handwriting #RuskinSFreer
Somebody underscored "Friday" and "13". A superstitious scientist? Isn't that an oxymoron?
Totally confusing and with typos. County is Giles. It's Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (A. pitcheri is a synonym, so both should be ok.)
but wasn't sure if it's rather a "molle" (see word in brackets with question mark). molle = latin for "soft"
"except culm" = except stem. The note refers to the plant being (unexpectedly?) fuzzy and therefore hard to determine. He settled for boscii
#RuskinSFreer: Roadside 1/4 mi. West of Snowden Amherst Co. Had to google for a list of places in Amherst in order to read "Snowden".
Pedicel 8 mm ascending; pod 2 - 7 mm (incl. beak); beak 3-4 (6) mm long; seed 1-3 reticulate. (troublesome!) 😉
Some botanical stuff and I hope I got them right: Sepals 4 mm, petals ca. 7mm; anthers 1.5 mm long.
Near Kremmling I only find Hwy 40 . Typo? Longitude must be 106 (Kremmling is 106°38')
Ah, a typical "Flora Americana" sheet: Agrostis vulgaris - Bedford County - Flora Americana. That's all.
Definitely! The gardener in me classifies it as "weed", too. Actually, it's a nice plant with purple flowers.
The only one I find is "Elaeagnus argentea" that fits a) more or less the handwriting and b) really exists. Typo?
Teamwork. Everywhere. lol
Looks like there's more space used than just for 3 characters. I'd say it's a 4-5 character word. Sorry, useless hairsplitting here. 😃
ROFL! 😄 😄 😄
Maybe it's "Collected" (abbreviated). I can see a colon right before the word "Surprise" like in the label underneath with the "Collr:"
You mean, MGL was a (plant) smuggler? Uuuhhh... I take more and more to him! lol
"Habitat: Everywhere." Great description! 😃 Card probably written by at least 2 different people?
Oh, nosenabook, give MGL a well deserved holiday break! Google Sanary-sur-Mer and you know, why he probably didn't collect that much. 😄
Fort Myers in Kansas? Maybe Fort Riley? Nice plant to be found in such a location, though. Did he smoke some while typing? 😄
Mr. Lelong had a bad day. Forgot a "c", added "n" and wrote "a" instead of "e" ("roemerianus"). But he is still my favorite. 😃
It's Trifolium virginicum. Still exists. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TRVI3
It's "Utricaceae". Probably typo, should be "Urticaceae". However, Humulus lupulus doesn't belong in that family, it's a Cannabaceae.
I type what I find, usually only correct obvious typos (and changed Virginia counties. 😃 ) I don't think we have to confirm records.
It's a "L". Liparis Loeselii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liparis_loeselii Google is my friend. 😄
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenouillet_(Var) Wiki is my friend. 😃 Even in French. 😉
Fenouillet is a mountain in the commune Hyères. So I guess it means "found on that mountain". (and in the botanical garden).
First line I can read: Harper Corner Second line: Di.... Third: Moffet Co., Fourth: 4 July 1967 Fifth: T. W. Davies
#handwriting Locality: Field at (something) State Farm (something).
Could this be "Blue Ridge"? Only find "Oak", "Fossil", "Serenity" with search for "ridge" in Nelson. Those sure don't fit.
Remained forever on the "to do" list. 😃 Pencil doesn't fade, also UV stable. Had to write our tree tags with pencil. Legible after years!
#handwriting. (Argh!) Locality first word wanted. Rest please confirm: (something) Ridge, Nelson, Nelson Co. Habitat: Moist rocks in creek.
Cydonia's only species is Cydonia oblonga. I probably would write "Maclura pomifera cf. Cydonia" (cf = confer = compare with)
Sorry, typo. "Mountain" without a "t". State Line Mountain = Border, state line in the Mountains, Mountaingrove = Mountain Grove Village
State Line Mountaint, Bath Co. Va. 10 miles. N. W. of Mountaingrove. That's what I read.
May, 22, 1971 was a Saturday. Mrs. Thomas: "Dear, do you REALLY have to WORK when it's our family outing??" 😄
Leave it at that. They will have to sort this out. The sample sure looks like an ulmus. Good job you did there with the writing almost gone!
"The Unfinished" 😄
Thanks @all! "Otherwise" is missing on my transcript now. Makes sense but still looks odd... If you get that sheet, please complete it! 😄
Some more (thanks riskingraisin!): Locality: Orchard new golf links, U. Va.? (does that make sense??) Habitat: Dry soil, rocky or (what?)
"... was consolidated with the independent city of Newport News in 1958." -> Wikipedia. I put Warwick Co. in brackets in locality.
#Locality : can't figure out important part (State and Co. are clear) #Habitat : Dry soil, something or something Curse those #handwritings.
Number: s.n. = sine numerus = without number?
Had the same page, did exactly as you did.
Jacksonville Beach, Duval County, Florida.
Hungary is the country. The L. for sure belongs to the species' name for "Linné". There was just not enough room in the line above.
#handwriting: Lachnocaulon minus. Blountstown. Rest should be readable. 😃
Flipped it: Herbarium of San Fransisco State College. Leccinum largentii, Solitary in soil under Pines, near Mendocino. 13. Nov. 1986, 30649
Transcribed the same.
At that resolution... no, not really. 😄
Sep. 5, 53 I read as well and "on Alyssum".
It's a guess and not a bad one. Wiki lists Turmero at 900m. I'd transcribe it "as is", i.e. the numbers.
Ivanpah
Looks to me like "Wilsins Lake" and probably "Fordyce Trinnell". There's no Wilsins in Pasadena but since 1900 landscape may have changed?
Same guy, same collection day, same typo. 😃 Check out this: http://talk.notesfromnature.org/#/subjects/ANN0003o09
My bet is '55. The "3" in the "13" looks differently written, so I don't think it's a 3 in the year and both numbers look the same to me.
Kawakawa Lake, Hope, Canada.
Yes, that's correct. You might come across some more typos during transcriptions. Could be worse, like illegible handwritings. 😉
If you compare the characters in the collectors name with the above ones, I think you're correct.
One that didn't get determined yet. Leave the name blank. It's going to stand out as "incomplete" once the database is established.
Some of the Jones' was clearly wrong. 😉
Reelfoot Lake State Park is in Tennessee in Lake / Obion County. There are 8 Fulton Counties, but none of them in Tennessee. 😃
No chance to see the name.
I would simply write what is written in the record. My approach is: they want us to transcribe records, not to choose what to do with them.
Loosk like. It's "Ore" after Pacific City and the County is Tillamook. Although that squiggle probably starts with a "Y"...
Asheville, North Carolina (=Buncombe County). Stems 3 - 4 xxrdly cylindrical and curved (drawing of stems). (can't read the xx-part)
Pacific City?
There is a "Pittsylvania" in the Virginia drop down list. (Not West Virginia).
I read "Allen's Woods"
E. C. Cocke shows up a few times in the collection and the date I also would say is 1930.
That's exactly how I read it, too. There is a reference in the web of a Lloyd G. Carr, botanist, Virginia, collections in 1938.
Sorry to say but I found that RSF retired in 1964 so I think handwriting lessons won't happen. All hail to the inventor of the typewriter?
nod Yup, I agree.
Maybe you're not as confused as I was but Capitol Landing Road is definitely in Williamsburg, James City Co., VA. Forget the "Warren".
Phone number is missing. 😄
Butt Mt. is in Giles County, Virginia. Just in case you were looking for this information... 😃
The collection location should be given, i.e. AL. Mention in your transcription the note about this tree being from Wisconsin.
#typo: Gaylussacia dumosa var. bigeloviana (not bigelovii!). Difficult to read: Habitat: Edge of pond with azaleas et (=and) Cranberries.
I'd give a "unkown".The barcode is NOT proof of the collection site. Put in the database what you SEE, not what you guess is my approach.
Thanks. 😄 I like them all!
My record No. 1000. Yeah! 😃 What badge was it I would earn? 😄
I interpreted it the same and left a similar description in the transcription.
Dauphin Island = Alabama, Mobile Co.
Since I cannot draw in the transcription I'm going to describe it in the text as I think it could be important. Any thoughts?
Got it too! 😃 BTW, I've never seen a Pinus sylvestris used as a Christmas tree! Usually, Picea abies, Abies alba, Abies normanniana.
The next picture shows a little trail of smoke curling around a needle... 😄
hehehe Othiorhynchus? You know, if you squint ... could be an artwork? Or a Rorschach-test? 😄
#insectdamage
It mentions a letter dated 29 years earlier. Maybe that's part of the reason? I like the idea with the beer better, though. 😄
😄 😄 😄
Sorry, I was wrong. The second SHEET (with FIRST plant) would be 1.2, the second PLANT would be #2. 😉
No. 1.1 has to be the first one. The .1 just implies that there is more than one sheet with the same plants. The second would be 1.2.
Card either slipped down, went missing or no record at all, except the one about the determination later.
Wish, he could look into this project here.
Brilliant!
A MGL record without a date! Can we leave a guess here in the comments about the possible date?
"colored quarters" and note the date... civil rights history in a herbarium.
I think that's a record: handwriting of 5 different people. 😃
Panicum species are notoriously hard to determine. You will find a lot of pencil writing on these. Just write whatever you can read.
BTW: First line is "Cyperacea(e)" and isn't needed, only genus and species are. I know it's hard to read but I love that curly "C" 😃
thumbs up 😃
O_O Looks almost like a carbon copy to me. You know, those faded, smudgy, hard to decipher, real carbon... anybody with me? "Me" is old...
Definitely got it wrong. Cranesville Swamp Preserve has even it's own Wikipedia page and it's Preston County, (West) Virginia.
Thanks!
! achene 1.8 + .9 tubercle, broadly stipitate, retrorse scale .... tubercle That's all I can make out.
Well, now both are in their database and if they figure it out one day they can change the entry. That's the nice thing with a database..😃
Not sure why Carr crossed out the "triphyllum"... It should read Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum
He was 28 at that time. I think that's a reasonable guess.
Even so with the space... Okay, here is what I mean: does "Pk" stand for "Polk". (no smiley now, please!)
Pk = Polk (browser makes a razz smiley without the space)
Any idea what "Sr. a. Pk" means? At least, that's what I read. Pk = Polk? a = at?
Neat. 😃 Three people sharing one entry (three numbers for the three collectors). They even pressed/dried the "lanterns". Nice work!
Yes, I had this "nr" (where the "r" is elevated over the "n"). It must be "near". The handwriting is from the same person -> same meaning.
We already mentioned this problem in the discussion board. They really need to solve it first before we can go on transcribing. Frustrating.
The (moldy) ghost of a dandelion... how sad... 😦
Yes, only put the genus and the experts will find out very quickly (thanks to the database we're building!) what's still on the TO DO list.
Yes, I also transcribe the handwritten notes. I just wanted to leave a note for the next one who transcribes it and has trouble reading it.
Osceola Mills: Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Holidays on the beach with the family? 😄
Sorry, should read "curtissii".
#handwriting: above: alatum (det. curtisii??), below arrow: Troublesome.
Nope, once sent off changes aren't possible any more. No worries, it's transcribed more than once. 😉 @nosenabook: Threlkeld! 😄
#handwriting: species is "tenue" and botanical note is "Spik. 1.3 -1.4 mm long" Spik. = Spikelet = "grass-flower".
Could it be "Sep 10, 34"
From the description the location lies in Colorado, Archuleta County.
Yes, it's one of those "Flora Americano" one. Sounds also wrong to me but I can't really say I read an "a" instead of an "o".
Oenothera biennis (Onagraceae) Evening primrose
Could also be a "D". Downstroke-curl-over-upstroke. Or an "A", or an "H". Think, an initial of a middle name matters much?
😄 I guess not. Especially, when it comes to Panicum species. I think he's really into those.
Threlkeld: http://www.houseofnames.com/threlkeld-family-crest
#handwriting: Smilacina racemosa (rest is authors), Near "Swannanoa", Afton, Va. Rich woods and damp cliffs, Mary Pinkerton Kerr.
Belated Happy Birthday! 😃
I wonder if we will find the Eschscholzia flowers in the herbarium collection with the note "with spider". 😃
4 mi E(ast) Milton Cal. Calaveras Co. Sept. (X) 8 1969. That's what I read on the one tag. 😄 Insect outnumbered, outweighed by tags...
Yup, I'd say so, too.
Turner Isl. N. of Dos Palos, Merced Co., Cal.; 15-VIII 1950; C D Mac Neill
It looks like 51 to me.
#typo (2) Paspalum laeve. Lelong is dedicated. Collects even weed from his garden. Apparently a very interesting one (see handwritten note).
#typo. Senecio werneriifolius. How are they correcting bad entries?
July 30, 1972. The arches of the hidden numbers are not the same. I say the first is a "3", the second then must be a "2".
Only the #family got determined. #genus and #species are still missing. Guess, it remained on the "to do" list. Write the #family. I'd say.
It's "erythrocarpum", whatever the other notes say.
"Dancy" typing. 😄 Does anybody still remember jammed type bars?
Definitely Wherry who wrote it. (try that! 😄)
Uh... you're right! Maybe there's a secret message hidden! First could be a "J" and then a "r" and a "w"... second line a "L" and "uv".
Probably "Osceola" with a typo. And "Min". Oh and it's very legible! 😃 Wait until you come across Ruskin S. Freer ones... 😄
Flora Europaea (we also come across "Flora Americana" sometimes). The first author made a typo, the second who wrote "Norfolk" corrected it.
John Moyler, Jr. maybe?
Wow! Therefore you'll get the "Old Tree Bark Badge" now! hands it over Next is the Sequoia Badge for 5000. Go on!
I wonder how long it took to glue those plants to the sheet. Very filigran job. I think you can call this "dedication". 😃
"Lilian" confused me. I don't think it's a botanical term but points to "Lillian" (two "l"s) at Perdido Bay.
Congratulations!! 😃
I guess we would really need an "additional information" field. 😦
On the other hand, if records don't match people will look into them.
I wish somebody would tell us when we've done all the #RuskinSFreer records... but I fear, he was an avid collector. 😉
I usually take the newest name and then the rest from the first record. I thought that's what got recommended somewhere in the forum.
Location: "Dancing Creek, Robinson Gap Trail. Amherst Co." And please, don't tell me I deciphered that wrongly! #handwriting #RuskinSFreer
Somebody underscored "Friday" and "13". A superstitious scientist? Isn't that an oxymoron?
Totally confusing and with typos. County is Giles. It's Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (A. pitcheri is a synonym, so both should be ok.)
but wasn't sure if it's rather a "molle" (see word in brackets with question mark). molle = latin for "soft"
"except culm" = except stem. The note refers to the plant being (unexpectedly?) fuzzy and therefore hard to determine. He settled for boscii
#RuskinSFreer: Roadside 1/4 mi. West of Snowden Amherst Co.
Had to google for a list of places in Amherst in order to read "Snowden".
Pedicel 8 mm ascending; pod 2 - 7 mm (incl. beak); beak 3-4 (6) mm long; seed 1-3 reticulate. (troublesome!) 😉
Some botanical stuff and I hope I got them right: Sepals 4 mm, petals ca. 7mm; anthers 1.5 mm long.
Near Kremmling I only find Hwy 40 . Typo? Longitude must be 106 (Kremmling is 106°38')
Ah, a typical "Flora Americana" sheet:
Agrostis vulgaris - Bedford County - Flora Americana.
That's all.
Definitely! The gardener in me classifies it as "weed", too. Actually, it's a nice plant with purple flowers.
The only one I find is "Elaeagnus argentea" that fits a) more or less the handwriting and b) really exists. Typo?
Teamwork. Everywhere. lol
Looks like there's more space used than just for 3 characters. I'd say it's a 4-5 character word. Sorry, useless hairsplitting here. 😃
ROFL! 😄 😄 😄
Maybe it's "Collected" (abbreviated). I can see a colon right before the word "Surprise" like in the label underneath with the "Collr:"
You mean, MGL was a (plant) smuggler? Uuuhhh... I take more and more to him! lol
"Habitat: Everywhere." Great description! 😃 Card probably written by at least 2 different people?
Oh, nosenabook, give MGL a well deserved holiday break! Google Sanary-sur-Mer and you know, why he probably didn't collect that much. 😄
Fort Myers in Kansas? Maybe Fort Riley? Nice plant to be found in such a location, though. Did he smoke some while typing? 😄
Mr. Lelong had a bad day. Forgot a "c", added "n" and wrote "a" instead of "e" ("roemerianus"). But he is still my favorite. 😃
It's Trifolium virginicum. Still exists. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TRVI3
It's "Utricaceae". Probably typo, should be "Urticaceae". However, Humulus lupulus doesn't belong in that family, it's a Cannabaceae.
I type what I find, usually only correct obvious typos (and changed Virginia counties. 😃 ) I don't think we have to confirm records.
It's a "L". Liparis Loeselii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liparis_loeselii
Google is my friend. 😄
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenouillet_(Var)
Wiki is my friend. 😃 Even in French. 😉
Fenouillet is a mountain in the commune Hyères. So I guess it means "found on that mountain". (and in the botanical garden).
First line I can read: Harper Corner
Second line: Di....
Third: Moffet Co.,
Fourth: 4 July 1967
Fifth: T. W. Davies
#handwriting Locality: Field at (something) State Farm (something).
Could this be "Blue Ridge"? Only find "Oak", "Fossil", "Serenity" with search for "ridge" in Nelson. Those sure don't fit.
Remained forever on the "to do" list. 😃 Pencil doesn't fade, also UV stable. Had to write our tree tags with pencil. Legible after years!
#handwriting. (Argh!) Locality first word wanted. Rest please confirm: (something) Ridge, Nelson, Nelson Co. Habitat: Moist rocks in creek.
Cydonia's only species is Cydonia oblonga. I probably would write "Maclura pomifera cf. Cydonia" (cf = confer = compare with)
Sorry, typo. "Mountain" without a "t". State Line Mountain = Border, state line in the Mountains, Mountaingrove = Mountain Grove Village
State Line Mountaint, Bath Co. Va. 10 miles. N. W. of Mountaingrove. That's what I read.
May, 22, 1971 was a Saturday. Mrs. Thomas: "Dear, do you REALLY have to WORK when it's our family outing??" 😄
Leave it at that. They will have to sort this out. The sample sure looks like an ulmus. Good job you did there with the writing almost gone!
"The Unfinished" 😄
Thanks @all! "Otherwise" is missing on my transcript now. Makes sense but still looks odd... If you get that sheet, please complete it! 😄
Some more (thanks riskingraisin!):
Locality: Orchard new golf links, U. Va.? (does that make sense??)
Habitat: Dry soil, rocky or (what?)
"... was consolidated with the independent city of Newport News in 1958." -> Wikipedia. I put Warwick Co. in brackets in locality.
#Locality : can't figure out important part (State and Co. are clear)
#Habitat : Dry soil, something or something
Curse those #handwritings.
Number: s.n. = sine numerus = without number?
Had the same page, did exactly as you did.