Hi Jessica

I was very interested in the way the St Aubyn herbarium is laid out, because
the style resembles a herbarium I worked on in Ipswich museum, the Notcutt
collection. It was made by John Notcutt between 1790 and I think 1812. It was
all collected from the Ipswich area and there are detailed descriptions of the
locations the plants came from and detail of the flowering season and habitat.
Each sheet is gatefold with the plant on the right hand side and the
description on the left.
Ipswich is not far from Saffron Walden and there were quite a few connections
with Cambridge University, particularly later in the 19th century.
I wonder of Notcutt and St Aubyn ever met or had mutual acquaintances

Do you know if this style of herbarium is common at the time

David

Shepherd, Jessica (COMMUNITY SERVICES)  (11/05/2009  10:21):
>Hello everyone!
>
>I hope everyone is well and back to reality after a crazy few days in
>Leeds.  As I said I would at the conference, I am writing to you because
>Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery are researching the possibility of
>publishing a book based on what we have  discovered from our 18th
>century herbarium. We have been undertaking a project on this collection
>since January 2008 and have unearthed some fascinating finds.  The most
>intriguing of which are the descriptions on how to use some of the
>specimens for medicinal and domestic purposes.  Rather than to have this
>information hidden in our stores, we have created an online herbarium
>(www.plymouth.gov.uk/staubynherbarium) for everyone to see.  However,
>recently we have felt that it would be more accessible to present this
>information in a book format as well.
>
>> We would be really grateful if you could fill in the attached
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>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>>
>> Jess
>>
>>  <<Uses of plants in the 18th century questions.doc>>
>>
>> Jess Shepherd
>> Natural History Project Assistant
>> St. Aubyn Project
>> Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
>> Drake Circus
>> Plymouth
>> PL4 8AJ
>> Tel: 01752 30 4774
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McManus Galleries
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