RBGE Archive

Androsace tapete, F128, Siku

GB 235 RJF/2/3/19
Stuk
13/06/1914

Part of Reginald Farrer Collection

Primula kansuensis / Purdomia auria, No2, F39

GB 235 RJF/2/3/26
Stuk
16/05/1914

Part of Reginald Farrer Collection

Rhododendron campylocarpum series caloxanthum, F937

GB 235 RJF/2/3/38
Stuk
19/05/1914

Part of Reginald Farrer Collection

Corydalis melanochlora, with [last?] on highest ridges

GB 235 RJF/2/3/53
Stuk
12/08/1914

Part of Reginald Farrer Collection

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Stellera (stems should be stiffer and the plant forms a perfect domed bush), above Siku

GB 235 RJF/2/3/57
Stuk
04/06/1914

Part of Reginald Farrer Collection

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letter dated 14/03/1914 from Farrer, Lanchow, to Celia Noble

GB 235 RJF/5/6
Stuk
14/03/1914

Part of Reginald Farrer Collection

Expressing distress at not receiving any letters from Celia. In Thibet, bought some huge copper vats - heirlooms, 12 silk panels, jade for her. Spent winter in Lanchow: describes as charming Chinese capital surrounded by orchards, pagodas and immemorial tombs, so old & tranquil in dazzling blue golden air. ‘I live in fat peace ensconced in a big many-yarded palace while all Europe is a devil's cauldron of blood and fire.’

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Lilium tenuifolium, Aster kansuensis, Siku

GB 235 RJF/2/3/24
Stuk
25/06/1914

Part of Reginald Farrer Collection

letter dated 06/10/1914 from Farrer, Taschow Old City, Kansu to Celia Noble

GB 235 RJF/5/5
Stuk
06/10/1914

Part of Reginald Farrer Collection

Description of his time in mountains of Thibet, present of umbrella and food for Chief Mandarin's birthday, go to Badman's land, disguised as coolies at night to collect seed, hide in woods by day and creep back into China. ‘A grey day & a grey heart can only be lightened with the roseate vision of Celia.’

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