Corydalis melanochlora, with [last?] on highest ridges
- GB 235 RJF/2/3/53
- Item
- 12/08/1914
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Farrer, Reginald John
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Corydalis melanochlora, with [last?] on highest ridges
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Farrer, Reginald John
Stellera (stems should be stiffer and the plant forms a perfect domed bush), above Siku
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Farrer, Reginald John
Rhododendron reginaldii / oreodoxa?, F63, Da Tung Alps
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Rhododendron tanastylum ser. irroratum, F812, Hpimaw
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Primula farreri / Primula species, No.29, Wolvesden Pass
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Farrer, Reginald John
letter dated 26/02/1920 from Farrer, The Oaks, Maymyo, to Ernest Gye
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
States he disliked Mandalay & its Club - too hot & its many Pagodas, roofs covered with red corrugated iron on the hill dominating the city. Mandalay, a holy place where in awe, he held the mortal remains of Gautama Buddha in his own hands. Writes warmly of his friendship with E. Gye and describes the Oaks being like Ascot but sad as he is living alone. Hopes to go North in 2 days, concerned if mules will be available, states he will be alone without Derrick [Milner] and his money. Long rambling gossipy section regarding different women? friendships and more, of Amelia with E. Gye. Speaks of a fiction book he is writing, he wants E. Gye to make comment. Speaks negatively of Russian literature and Virginia Woolf's first book. Mentions letter written after a good bottle of Hock. ‘Going North, away over the Back of Beyond, out across the last lone edge of Nowhere.’
Farrer, Reginald John
letter dated 25/07/1920 from Farrer, Nyitadi, to Ernest Gye
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Writes of friends in London, writes of being positively happy in the mountains in the rain - painting & writing. Complains of paints being too slow drying and having to be baked by a bonfire. Now down in Capua, hoping for post and going in a fortnight to Moku-ji pass. Enjoying reading La Trompeuse and other books. Also rewriting Empty House, cutting out large sections - again not sure it will pass the agent, reader or censor.
Farrer, Reginald John
letter dated 23/12/1919 from Farrer, Upper Burma Club, Mandalay, to Ernest Gye
Part of Reginald Farrer Collection
Has sent seeds of Nomocharis pardanthina to Ernest which the cat [the red panda?] has defecated on, which they are both are certain will affect its germination & describes at length its beauty. Reports Jumps [Euan H.M. Cox] has left and the Beautiful Boy [Milner] has slain his sister and is not coming to join him. Rented a bungalow in Maymyo to have a place of his own. Proposes to visit pagodas, but unrest with a new Burma movement may affect this. Intends to visit the Buddha's relics the Arakan Pagoda. Had some firework celebrations & received books from Bain. Describes the beauties of Nomocharis pardanthina, as ‘quite singular, being those of a little pink Lily that has had an affair with a naughty spotted Odontoglossum, & produced a child that bears several shamefaced flat pendant flowers of softest pink, which have an eye of deep chocolate, surrounded by a ring of yellow in three crested fringes, while three of the segments are very broadly oval, fringed & spotted with deep purple.’
Farrer, Reginald John