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2019/92/1-52
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
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
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
Museum Object Entry Form - 'Museum Name: Museum of English Rural Life // Form No: 590 // Received From: [...] // Description of Object/Collection: Seeds, notes & letters that belonged to Frank Leslie Dodd when he was studying Agriculture at Reading 1938-40. His studies were curtailed by WWII when he was a pilot in the R.A.F - his career continued after the war until he retired as Air Vice Marshal in 1974. After this he became Administrator of the MacRobert Trusts in Aberdeenshire, where he was glad to be working in an agricultural set-up so many years later. Items were found intact after his widow died in 2015. // Total no. of items: 1 // Reason for Entry: Gift // Additional Agreement: I, the owner, confirm that I have undisputed title to the object(s) listed above, with full power to dispose of the items and transfer such title to the museum's governing body.'
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]
Reading
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1938-01-01 - 1940-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Early-twentieth century
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[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- Length 203 mm
- Width 190 mm
- Depth 15 mm
