2019/92/1-52

This lidded, hinged box contains 51 vials, of which 49 contain samples of seed varieties. All, bar one, features a white sticker label on which the Latin name of the seed variety is named. All vials are stopped with cork. The inside of the lid reads in faint green ink: F.L. Dodd, Wantage Hall, January 30th 1940'. This set belonged to Frank Leslie Dodd, an Agriculture Student at the University of Reading between 1938-40. This item was donated along with notes and letter belonging to Dodd, including agricultural observations and practical test notes written by Dodd, documenting tests of various foodstuffs including Zea (maize) seed, and the pea and Ricinus seed. Included in the latter are pencil sketches of plant and seed varieties. These items are held in the object's accession file. Numbering: 1) Box, 2) Agrostis Vulgaris, 3) Dactylis Glomerata, 4) Cranesbill Spencer, 5) Chickory, 6) Turnip, 7) Cabbage Brassica, 8) Festuca Ovina, 9) Poa Pratensis, 10) Maize Glutein, 11) Cynosurus Cristatus, 12) Soya Beans Meal, 13) Trisetum Flavescens, 14) Poa Compressa, 15) poa Numeralis, 16) No label, 17) Holcus Lanatus, 18) Si Vede Turnipa, 19) Arrhenatherum Avenacem, 20) Medicago Sativa, 21) Lotus Corniculatus - Bird's Foot Trefoil, 22) WWC Trifolium, 23) Alsike Clover Trifolium Hybridium, 24) Fenugreek, 25) Athyllis Vulneraria Kidney Vetch, 26) Onobrychis Sativa Milled Sainfoin, 27) Marigold, 28) Phleum Pratense, 29) White Mustard, 30) Ammophila Arundinacea, 31) Sainfoin, 32) Bromus Mollus, 33) Vicia Sativa Winter Vetch, 34) Bromus Erectus, 35) Burnet, 36) Trifolium Pratense - Red Clover, 37) Plaintaine, 38) Carrot, 39) Parsnip, 40) Medicago Lupulina - Yellow Trefoil, 41) Festuca Longifolia (empty), 42) Festuca Pratensis, 43) Lolium Perenne, 44) Lolium Italicum, 45) Dock, 46) Deschampsia Flexuosa, 47) Black Mustard, 48) Yellow Suckling Clover, 49) No label - Empty, 50) Anthoxanthum Odoratum, 51) Alopecurus Pratensis, 52) Festuca Rubra

Numbering: 1) Box, 2) Agrostis Vulgaris, 3) Dactylis Glomerata, 4) Cranesbill Spencer, 5) Chickory, 6) Turnip, 7) Cabbage Brassica, 8) Festuca Ovina, 9) Poa Pratensis, 10) Maize Glutein, 11) Cynosurus Cristatus, 12) Soya Beans Meal, 13) Trisetum Flavescens, 14) Poa Compressa, 15) poa Numeralis, 16) No label, 17) Holcus Lanatus, 18) Si Vede Turnipa, 19) Arrhenatherum Avenacem, 20) Medicago Sativa, 21) Lotus Corniculatus - Bird's Foot Trefoil, 22) WWC Trifolium, 23) Alsike Clover Trifolium Hybridium, 24) Fenugreek, 25) Athyllis Vulneraria Kidney Vetch, 26) Onobrychis Sativa Milled Sainfoin, 27) Marigold, 28) Phleum Pratense, 29) White Mustard, 30) Ammophila Arundinacea, 31) Sainfoin, 32) Bromus Mollus, 33) Vicia Sativa Winter Vetch, 34) Bromus Erectus, 35) Burnet, 36) Trifolium Pratense - Red Clover, 37) Plaintaine, 38) Carrot, 39) Parsnip, 40) Medicago Lupulina - Yellow Trefoil, 41) Festuca Longifolia (empty), 42) Festuca Pratensis, 43) Lolium Perenne, 44) Lolium Italicum, 45) Dock, 46) Deschampsia Flexuosa, 47) Black Mustard, 48) Yellow Suckling Clover, 49) No label - Empty, 50) Anthoxanthum Odoratum, 51) Alopecurus Pratensis, 52) Festuca Rubra

Reading

1938-01-01 - 1940-12-31

Early-twentieth century

Glass, Bark, cork