P E F Perrédès and F B Power

31 January, 1907, Perrédès to Power, reporting in detail on work completed in February, with a breakdown of division of time between WCRL, Chemical Dept (Dartford), Museum, and other Wellcome functions [1 sheet folded];
1 March, 1907, Perrédès to Power, reporting on work completed in February, with detailed breakdown of division of time between WCRL, Chemical Dept (Dartford) and Museum [3 sheets];
16 July, 1907, Power to Perrédès, requesting specimen of Ojuologbo root and leaves (20 grams of each) for "physiological tests" [1 sheet];
9 August, 1907, Power to Perrédès, refering to the departure of Mr Harris and a "young graduate from Oxford" (Mr Dickson) who may replace him [1 sheet];
1 September, 1907, Perrédès to Power, reporting on work completed in August - WCRL work comprised "the preparation of specimens for the Liverpool Exhibition" [1 sheet];
1 October, 1907, Perrédès to Power, reporting on work completed in September, with a breakdown of division of time (dominated by Museum work on bottled specimens); includes reference to Henry Wellcome's request for "a complete series of ergotized ears of rye, showing the ergot in all its stages" [2 sheets];
9 October, 1907, Power to Perrédès, commenting unfavourably on the "Catalogue of the Tropical Products Exhibition" ("the person who had re-arranged our draft of the list of specimens must have been quite ignorant of the whole subject"), and referring to a visit from Mr Holmes and his interest in Lippia scaberrima [1 sheet];
26 October, 1907, Power to Perrédès, asking him to confirm that he and not Mr Holmes had identified Ojuologbo as Morinda longiflora (Power is about to publish a paper) [1 sheet];
28 October, 1907, Perrédès to Power, in answer to previous letter, informing that "Mr Holmes's concurrence is always sought for" and that "determination from an official institution is likely to carry more weight"; Perrédès is ready to work on Ipomoea congesta [Morning Glory] as required; he reports that Mr Wellcome's "generous action" with regard to recent absence from work (see work report above, 1 March) has allayed "anxiety & uneasiness in that direction from our family circle" [1 sheet];
30 October, 1907, Power to Perrédès, not ready to publish yet on Ipomoea congesta but "I should be very glad, however, if you could have in hand the preparation of the illustrations that I had thought my accompany the Ipomoea paper" [ 1 sheet];
3 December, 1907, Perrédès to Power, reporting on work completed in November, has been "busy with Ipomoea congesta" (some details given); reference to Evelyn Cecil, London Parks & Gardens (1907), in which Perrédès is acknowledged [1 sheet];
6 December, 1907, Power to Perrédès, sending "tomorrow" various plant materials, including Buphane toxicaria [1 sheet];
16 January, 1908, Power to Perrédès, brief notes on plant materials sent (Cluytia and Sansevieria thyrsiflora) [1 sheet];
22 February, 1908, Power to Perrédès, requesting meeting on Ipomoea congesta [1 sheet];
29 February, 1908, Power to , thanking for information on the Douglas spruce; has received postcard from Professor Tschirch about obtaining illustrations from an essay by Perrédès [1 sheet];
1 April, 1908, Perrédès to Power, reporting on work completed for March, predominantly (for WCRL) "preparation of material for the forthcoming Franco-British Exhibition, & the continuation of the work on Ipomoea" [1 sheet].

1907-1908

1 file 19 sheets, various sizes.

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