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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURGH
E01428944
from letter from Mrs Forrest. -
= “ "He hopes to go to Hon-to at the head of ‘the Shweli
valley to get a photograph if pos sible of some of the
: siant specimens of ). GIGANT SUM. e°.sen t+-L0 EB
' = % \ men there recently and they brought back specimen PEE
ne , = information that ina ner locality-they had come 2 ee
ie hg : stands of the species. They informed him they act)
specimens 43-5 ft. in diameter! He was sendi ng out 8
I _ party of his mm the ne xt week to cut do vn one of he
es ‘ 7 = Giants! and to saw a cross section of the thickets por-
oa me , aS tion of the trunk to send home for the Garden Museum."
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(Seay e a ee The details of this note should I think go along with the
\ 2 3 . sheets of the species.
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Det. D. F. Chamberlain 19719
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