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Frank N. Meyer Collection
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Phyllostachys sp. Drying bamboo paper. Neg No. 13296.
Description: From from Meyer's South China Exploration typescript: Phyllostachys sp. Drying bamboo paper of the dry sandy and pebbly part of a mountain stream. These oblong squares of paper measure 6 x 8 inches and sell locally at the ridiculously low price of…
Date: 1917-04-02
Pyrus calleryana. Dwarf wild Calleryana pears. neg. No. 13267.
Description: From from Meyer's South China Exploration typescript: Pyrus calleryana. Dwarf wild Calleryana pears, only a few feet high, growing in sterile, decomposed porphyrious rock on a badly eroded mountain top, elevation c.a. 2,000 ft. a.s. This photo…
Date: 1917-03-31
Pyrus calleryana. Neg. No. 13264.
Description: From from Meyer's South China Exploration typescript: Pyrus calleryana. A fairly large specimen of a Calleryana pear, found growing brotherly together with a pine tree, Pinus massoniana. Very few trees find pine trees congenial mates, but this…
Date: 1917-03-31
Pyrus calleyana, natural size. Neg. No. 13262.
Description: From from Meyer's South China Exploration typescript: Pyrus calleryana, natural size. A somewhat small-flowering type of a wild Calleryana pear, with rather tomentose foliage, which isn't full grown yet. Three fruits of last year's crop has…
Date: 1917-04-07