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“HERBERT bridges the gap not only between Ray and Darwin but also between ölreuter and Mendel,” writes Dr. C. D. Darlington in “Herbertia”, the year-book of the American Amaryllis Society for 19371. The Hon. and Rev. William Herbert was for thirty-three years rector of Spofforth in Yorkshire. He published, in 1837, a volume on the Amaryllidacese, which must still be consulted by any serious student of the genus, and fully warrants the Society's choice of the title “Herbertia” for its year-book. An addendum to Herbert's volume of 1837, entitled “On Crosses and Hybrid Intermixtures in Vegetables” was, moreover, a classic which fully justifies Dr. Darlington's estimate. The text appears in the 1937 “Herbertia” and should be read for its historical value as a portrayal of early work on conscious hybridization.
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From the Editor, Dr. Hamilton P. Traub, Mira Flores, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. Pp. 272. Oct. 1937.
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William Herbert and Amaryllis Culture. Nature 141, 884 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141884a0
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