Accession No

6662.2

Brief Description

Folder of 23 paintings/drawings labelled "Barley," no. 2 of 35, by Dr W. A. R. Dillon Weston, English, 1930s

Origin

England; Cambridgeshire

Maker

Dillon Weston, W. A. R.

Class

natural history

Earliest Date

1932

Latest Date

1938

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

365mm x 250mm

Special Collection

Dr W. A. R. Dillon Weston Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Many pages have typed notes; see Description Notes.

Description Notes

Folder of 23 paintings/drawings labelled "Barley," no. 2 of 35, by Dr W. A. R. Dillon Weston, English, 1930s

NOTE: all objects have been transferred into archive folders for conservation purposes; original folders were photographed (see Images) and are stored separately.

6662.2.a -- "Barley. Mildew. Erysiphe graminia."
Three watercolour paintings of different stages of infected barley leaves. Dated 23 June 1934.

6662.2.b -- "LEAF STRIPE OF BARLEY. Helminthosporium gramineum (Died.) Drechsler"
Three watercolour paintings of infected barley plants, with pencil annotations, showing typical symptoms of leaf stripe.

6662.2.c -- "BARLEY. Ustilago Hordei."
A watercolour painting of a barley plant. Covered with a sheet of wax paper, on which the title of the painting has been typed.

6662.2.d --
An unannotated painting on a smaller sheet of paper (135 x 130mm) that has been filed behind the wax paper cover of 6662.2.c. It was attached to the larger sheet with a paperclip, now removed.

6662.2.e -- "BARLEY. Ophiobolus graminis."
A watercolour painting of a barley plant. Covered with a sheet of wax paper, on which the title of the painting has been typed. Faint writing in pencil in the bottom corner.

6662.2.f -- "Leaf Blotch of Barley and Rye Rhynochosporium Secalis,(Oud) Davis"
A watercolour painting of four barley leaves infected with leaf blotch. The notes describe the fungus, quoting from Brooks' Plant Diseases.

6662.2.g --
An unannotated painting of barley on a smaller sheet of paper (100 x 190mm).

6662.2.h -- "Leaf Blotch of Barley."
A painting of a barley plant covered with a sheet of wax paper. No Notes.

6662.2.i -- "Leaf Blotch of Barley."
A painting of an infected barley plant covered with a sheet of wax paper. In pencil below the drawing, "RHYNCHOSPORIUM SECALIS" in capitals.

6662.2.j -- "Leaf Blotch of Barley."
A painting of an infected barley plant covered with a sheet of wax paper. In pencil on the wax paper, "Rynchosporium" (?) in cursive.

6662.2.k -- "Leaf Blotch of Barley."
Two watercolour paintings of infected barley plants covered with a sheet of wax paper.

6662.2.l -- "Leaf Blotch of Barley."
A watercolour painting of a barley plant.

6662.2.m -- "Leaf Blotch of Barley."
A watercolour painting of a barley plant covered with a sheet of wax paper. Dated 23 May 1935 (?) in pencil.

6662.2.n -- "Leaf Blotch of Barley."
A watercolour painting of a barley plant covered with a sheet of wax paper.

6662.2.o -- "Leaf Blotch of Barley.
A watercolour painting of a barley plant covered with a sheet of wax paper.

6662.2.p -- "LEAF BLOTCH OF BARLEY Rynchosporium secalis"
A watercolour painting of a barley plant. The typed notes describe Dillon Weston's encounters with the disease at various farms and a brief experiment at the University Farm. Dates 1932-1933.

6662.2.q -- "RYNCHOSPORIUM SECALIS"
A watercolour painting of a barley plant. The typed notes describe the specimen and its collection, with some notes about the disease. Dated 21 May 1933 and October 1933.

6662.2.r --
A watercolour painting of a barley plant covered with a sheet of wax paper. In pencil, "Rynchosporium secalis."

6662.2.s --
A watercolour painting of a barley plant. In Pencil, "Barley -- ? Wheat [illegible]"

6662.2.t -- "Blindness in Barley."
Watercolour paintings of three specimens. The typed notes suggest Fusarium Culmorum as the cause, crediting Dr. F. Bennett from Newcastle on Tyne to whom the sample was set for identification. The symptoms and life cycle of the fungus are described, along with directions for controlling it, citing Brooks' "Plant Diseases."

6662.2.u -- "BARLEY Hessian Fly."
A watercolour painting of a diseased barley plant covered with a sheet of wax paper.

6662.2.v -- "BARLEY Hessian Fly."
A watercolour painting of a diseased barley plant covered with a sheet of wax paper.

6662.2.w -- "SPARROW DAMAGE."
A watercolour painting of a barley plant. The notes describe that the plant, from the University Farm, has been attacked by sparrows and then infected. There are suggestions for controlling the problem.

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