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LSH/1/1/3/3/196 · Part · 1996-06-18
Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

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

LSH/1/1/2/1/102 · Part · 1933-07-18
Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

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)

LSH/1/1/2/1/100 · Part · 1933-07-18
Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

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.

LSH/1/1/2/1/84 · Part · 1933-07-18
Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

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

LSH/1/1/2/1/104 · Part · 1933-07-18
Part of The Ludlow & Sherriff Collection

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.

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L. P. join up again