Botany of the Upper Thames

Full Title: Botany of the Upper Thames (Natural History of Oxford)
Second Hand
Softcover
Author: Druce, G. C.
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Book Condition: Very Good.
Presentation copy.
A 12x18cm booklet loosely inserted inside plain brown card wraps comprising 4 gatherings from a larger work (‘Natural History of Oxford’ printed at the top of each left hand page), pp. 72-127, providing the complete chapter from G. Claridge Druce entitled Botany of the Upper Thames, including sub-sections entitled Botany in Oxford and The University Herbarium followed by a bibliography.
The final gathering has become seperated from the staples and is therefore loose. Contents are crisp, clean and bright.
Attractive bookplate of notable botanist David McClintock to the inside cover.
The first blank holds a gift inscription initialed by the author to Lady Davy dated 1926.
Joanna Charlotte Davy was an English plant collector and painter and made an honorary member of the Botanical Society in 1950. She was a well-known figure in British botanical circles and kept “open house” for botanists of different ages and levels of experience. She was a regular contributor to records of Surrey flora. She travelled across the British Isles on plant-hunting expeditions in groups which she sometimes led. On a trip to Scotland with Gertrude Bacon, they discovered Carex microglochin, never before found growing in the UK. Some of her plant specimens are now in the J. E. Lousley herbarium at Reading University, and others at Oxford University and Kew Gardens. The Natural History Museum, London has 48 watercolours of orchids by Davy in their collection.