SUMMARY:
Brief note recording Ludlow at Songo Samba near Moto, mentioning 'Pedic. fletcherii 1915'.
CONTENT:
Ludlow at Songo Samba
nr Moto
Pedic. fletcherii 1915
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SUMMARY:
Brief note recording Ludlow at Songo Samba near Moto, mentioning 'Pedic. fletcherii 1915'.
CONTENT:
Ludlow at Songo Samba
nr Moto
Pedic. fletcherii 1915
SUMMARY:
Note indicating Ludlow at Taktsa and Kyimdong Dzong in 1937, listing plant taxa with associated numbers: Iris goniocarpa, Cypripedium guttatum, Anemone demissa, and Potentilla parvifolia.
CONTENT:
Ludlow at Taktsa —
Kyimdong Dzong. 1937
Iris goniocarpa 1836
Cypripedium guttatum 1835
Anemone demissa 1834
Potentilla parvifolia 1839
SUMMARY:
Notes indicate Ludlow at Trashigang and his movement to Yonpu La, with references to L. 208–210 and a note that part is incomplete. The entry is dated Oct 29/30.
CONTENT:
Ludlow at Trashigang
L. 208 & 209 (incomplete) Oct 29/30
Ludlow to Yonpu La
L. 209, -10
SUMMARY:
A brief note indicating Ludlow is at Tsona.
CONTENT:
Ludlow at Tsona
Ludlow at Tsona
SUMMARY:
Mentions the Hall at Ludlow Castle and that there was nothing to collect. Notes that 'The Member' is very nice but suspicious of their intentions, referring to the sheriff.
CONTENT:
Ludlow p. 76 = Hall at Ludlow Castle
very depressing - nothing to collect
"The Member is a very nice but terribly
suspicious of our intentions."
(referring to sheriff)
SUMMARY:
Brief note stating there was nothing of botanical or ornithological interest; several blue Tibetan Snowcocks were seen and preferred for eating. No butterflies were observed, and the weather was very poor with limited visibility.
CONTENT:
Ludlow: Letter to Sherriff Aug 5.
Botany: N.B.G. Just the usual things we have seen nothing of any interest whatsoever.
Birds: N.B.G. also - Seen several blue Tibetan Snowcock (tibetanus, no difference) with the .410 at 35 yards. I prefer to eat it.
Butterflies: Nil. Weather bloody with a horizon of about 200 yards.
SUMMARY:
Ludlow moves to Chayul Dzong and notes seeing Dracocephalum hemsleyanum.
CONTENT:
Ludlow moves to Chayul Dzong.
seen, Dracocephalum hemsleyanum
SUMMARY:
References to Ludlow's pages 67–68 praise the white meconopsis seen on the Mila Kalang La and note rubythroats at Lap and grosbeaks at 16,000 ft in rhododendron scrub. It reports that hopes for Mago as a flower garden proved a failure and that they plan to return down the valley.
CONTENT:
BP 18.66 Temp 47 Mean 50
" = 2704
13790 = 14342.
page 67 Ludlow. No flower quite equals the white
meconopsis they saw on the Mila
Kalang La - Hormonula var. alba.
Rubythroats at Lap - Grosbeaks at 16,000 ft
in Rhod. scrub - higher than I have ever
seen them before
Ludlow p. 68 - we have pinned our faith on
Mago for the past year as a place where we should
find a veritable flower garden & it has turned
out a failure. We are returning tomorrow down
the valley
Birds - see Ludlow 68
SUMMARY:
Notes indicate Ludlow returned to his camp on the Gorchunda just below the Chera La, with trouble involving yaks. It also mentions that L. P. will join up again.
CONTENT:
Ludlow p. 77 returned to his camp on the
Gorchunda just below the Chera La
trouble with yaks. p. 78.
57
6
342
14698
547.92
15246
14698
342
15040
60160
15842
12772
51088
13283
L. P. join up again
SUMMARY:
Note records Ludlow going to a camp located five miles above Phongme.
CONTENT:
Ludlow to camp 5 miles above Phongme.