• Re: who would like to travel, meet interesting plants, and press them?

    From Ernest Major@21:1/5 to Kestrel Clayton on Sun Oct 6 21:56:46 2024
    On 06/10/2024 14:28, Kestrel Clayton wrote:
    On 06-Oct-24 04:18, Burkhard wrote:
    Job advert via the Guardian for a botanist willing to travel in Darwin's
    footsteps - though my guess is all the remaining contributors to TO are
    a bit too long in the tooth for this

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/06/wanted-expedition-
    botanist-to-follow-in-darwins-footsteps-and-look-for-plants?

    Ahem. My teeth remain firmly at a medium length, thank you very much. Unfortunately, I don't know a squill from a spurge, even when the wind
    is southerly.


    Telling a squill from a spurge is like telling a daisy from a daffodil.

    I'm a decent field botanist, at least for my local patch, but I'd be
    well out of my depth on that job.

    --
    alias Ernest Major

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  • From Pro Plyd@21:1/5 to Burkhard on Mon Oct 7 22:47:40 2024
    Burkhard wrote:
    Job advert via the Guardian for a botanist willing to travel in Darwin's footsteps - though my guess is all the remaining contributors to TO are
    a bit too long in the tooth for this

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/06/wanted-expedition-botanist-to-follow-in-darwins-footsteps-and-look-for-plants?



    They should do it in something like the original
    ship ;)

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