Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from John McLuckie

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GB 0248 DC 002/13/238

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31 July 1915-20 September 1915

Extent and medium of the unit of description

letter

Name of creator

McLuckie | John | 1890-1956 | assistant professor of botany, University of Sydney

Scope and Content

Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from John McLuckie in which he informs Bower that he has been successful in finding the prothalli of the fern Schizaea supertus and describes it. He discusses the war and describes its impact in Australia where he claims the average Australian student is disinterested although he remarks that a recruitment campaign in New South Wales is about to start and that Austalia has been fundraising to help with the war. He discusses the current impasse between Russia and Germany in Poland and the effect it will have - the encouragement of the Turks and the Germans and the delaying of any action by Romania and Bulgaria. The final sheet of the letter contains an apology for forgetting to post the letter and a warning to Bower to expect startling things in the botanical world soon. He mentions that he has found the archyoma of the fern Schizaea supertus but has left Abercrombie Anstruther Lawson to continue research while he concentrated on physiology. He asks after ex-colleagues including James Montagu Frank Drummond, Robert Chapman Davie and John McLean Thompson.

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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from John McLuckie
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0248 DC 002/13/238
Date(s)	31 July 1915-20 September 1915
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 letter
Name of creator	McLuckie \| John \| 1890-1956 \| assistant professor of botany, University of Sydney
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from John McLuckie in which he informs Bower that he has been successful in finding the prothalli of the fern Schizaea supertus and describes it. He discusses the war and describes its impact in Australia where he claims the average Australian student is disinterested although he remarks that a recruitment campaign in New South Wales is about to start and that Austalia has been fundraising to help with the war. He discusses the current impasse between Russia and Germany in Poland and the effect it will have - the encouragement of the Turks and the Germans and the delaying of any action by Romania and Bulgaria. The final sheet of the letter contains an apology for forgetting to post the letter and a warning to Bower to expect startling things in the botanical world soon. He mentions that he has found the archyoma of the fern Schizaea supertus but has left Abercrombie Anstruther Lawson to continue research while he concentrated on physiology. He asks after ex-colleagues including James Montagu Frank Drummond, Robert Chapman Davie and John McLean Thompson.
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Subjects	Ferns Prothallium Research Social Interaction World War, 1914-1918, Impact in Australia World War, 1914-1918, Political Implications of World War, 1914-1918
People	Bower \| Frederick Orpen \| 1855-1948 \| regius professor of botany, University of Glasgow Davie \| Robert Chapman \| 1887-1919 \| lecturer in botany, University of Edinburgh Drummond \| James Montagu Frank \| 1881-1965 \| regius professor of botany, University of Glasgow Lawson \| Abercrombie Anstruther \| 1870-1927 \| professor of botany, University of Sydney McLuckie \| John \| 1890-1956 \| assistant professor of botany, University of Sydney Thompson \| John McLean \| 1887-1977 \| professor of botany, University of Liverpool
Places	Australia Bulgaria Germany New South Wales Poland Romania Russia Turkey
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