. The days of a man, being memories of a naturalist, teacher and minor prophet of democracy. legend: "Ninfa de cicada (chicharra) atacada de un hongo, Cordyceps sobolifera ; The ac- companying card read: "With the best compli- ments of Porfirio Diaz, Jan. 18, ; According to Dr. J. I. W. McMurphy, the fungologist of ^ Cordyceps — like Clav- iceps, the ergot of rye — be- longs to the family of Hypo- creacecE. Mr. Atkinson's sketch of the specimen received will give my readers an accurate idea of the unique tragedy of the animal which turns plant. Eleven ye
. The days of a man, being memories of a naturalist, teacher and minor prophet of democracy. legend: "Ninfa de cicada (chicharra) atacada de un hongo, Cordyceps sobolifera ; The ac- companying card read: "With the best compli- ments of Porfirio Diaz, Jan. 18, ; According to Dr. J. I. W. McMurphy, the fungologist of ^ Cordyceps — like Clav- iceps, the ergot of rye — be- longs to the family of Hypo- creacecE. Mr. Atkinson's sketch of the specimen received will give my readers an accurate idea of the unique tragedy of the animal which turns plant. Eleven years after, at the Uni- versity of Cambridge, my col- league, Dr. Hans Gadow, then lately returned from a collect- ing expedition in Mexico, related to me an interesting conversa- tion he had had with the Presi- dent at the Palace. Did the Professor know the planta ani- mal of the state of Oaxaca? The professor did not. A secre- tary was accordingly sent over to the Museo Nacional to get a specimen for inspection. This incident lends a clue to Diaz' general popularity, partly due, no doubt, to his careful selection in advance of appropriate subjects for conversation! * * * In the course of our stay in Mexico, my good 1:64s 3. La -planta animal (about % natural size). Drawn by W. S. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y. World book company
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