2009-11-22 A Gunn and two Hookers - Part two

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DATE : Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1000
Entered in Database : 2009-11-21 14:00:00
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Last week Dr Jim Endersby, from the University of Sussex in the UK, told the tale of how Joseph Dalton Hooker met Tasmanian Ronald Gunn who, over the years, sent hundreds of carefully dried and preserved specimens of unknown flora to Kew, where Hooker named and classified his finds. Today Europe's museums and botanic gardens are full of dried plants, stuffed animals etc, as a result of the dedication of these men.

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