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  • Suggests trying a Sandy Best for the Trillium etc - he is a Canadian grower. May 31, 1962 Oxford. Came down from Edinburgh by air to Birmingham + then by train to Oxford. Elapsed time about enough to have taken me to Vancouver. These are the most incredibly disorganized slipshod people I have ever seen! Registered in the Mitre Hotel. Ancient, quaint, clean, comfortable + reasonable. Room L [pounds] 2/5 with breakfast. Has a most pleasant evening with Peter + Lois. Ian + wife Efford, Sir Alistair + Lady Hardy. London May 31/62 [1962] Had a busy day interviewing potential candidates for the genetics position. Dined with Sir Alistair at Weston then took the 9.55 to London. London June 1/62 [1962] Spent the day at the B.M. [British Museum] Took my Edinburgh ticket down to Charing Cross + filed for refund. Ticket 0313 May 25 212/ fare. Saw some most interesting Murex in the collection. Those that especially interested me were Murex pinnatus China " [Murex] falfacatus Japan + Australia " [Murex] acanthopterus Ibu " [Murex] bednalli Australia " [Murex] rosarium [illegible word] " [Murex] laehechei[?] Kobalt China Sea " [Murex] trigonatus PI. " [Murex] occa Penony[?]. " [Murex] tripterus [illegible word]? " [Murex] anulata Molluscas. " [Murex] clavus China
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