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Description: | Collection of pressed vascular plants (plants which have specialized tissues for conducting water) collected in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from locations throughout England, most commonly Norfolk (and especially the area around Oby on the Norfolk Broads, where Miss Davie lived). Each plant is attached to a sheet of foolscap paper by means of paper collars, in a manner to show the various parts of each plant; leaves, flowers, roots etc to best effect. The sheets of paper also detail each plant's Latin name and occasionally its English name, together with the date and place of field collection, and the habitat from which the specimen was collected. The sheets of paper are arranged into folders and the whole collection is arranged in order of increasing complexity according to the rules of taxonomy. Over 700 species are represented in the collection, each species normally appearing only once or twice. Edith Davie collected most of the specimens herself, although some were given to her by another 12 field collectors.
The collection is fully digitally catalogued. The collection is not on display and is housed together with other herbarium collections in the Shirehall Study Centre where it may be viewed by appointment.
specimens from Acle, Oby and Thurne, on the Norfolk Broads | Format: | 764 specimens | Temporal: | 20th century - early 1900-1930 19th century - late Victorian 1876-1899 | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | +44 (0)1603 493623 | Telephone: | +44 (0)1603 493625 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:7417 | Format: | 764 specimens | Go to resource |
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