Larix dahurica var Principis Rupprechtii. A witchbroom on a larch, found in a small larch forest near Tchai ling sze temple. Prof. C.S.Sargent says larch is probably new. Wu tai shan, Shansi, China. February 26, 1908. [Information from label on verso of photo mount.] 9.5 x 12.5 cm. Gelatin silver process on paper.
Larix dahurica var Principis Rupprechtii. A witchbroom on a larch, found in a small larch forest near Tchai ling sze temple. Prof. C.S.Sargent says larch is probably new. Wu tai shan, Shansi, China. February 26, 1908. [Information from label on verso of photo mount.] 9.5 x 12.5 cm. Gelatin silver process on paper.

Alternate Title: Witches broom on a branch
Photograph by Frank Nicholas Meyer (1875-1918), Netherlands, United States
Wutai Shan, Shanxi Sheng, China
Shanxi Sheng, China
Tchai ling sze, Shanxi Sheng, China
February 26, 1908

larger version of this image is available in Harvard University Library’s catalog.

Many thousands more Botanical and Cultural Images of Eastern Asia, details on the life and travels of Frank Nicholas Meyer, and of other plant explorers are available in our Image Collection.

The Archive Collection of the Arnold Arboretum also holds the Frank N. Meyer (1875-1918) papers, 1906-1914.

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