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Trees

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 120 Collections and/or Records:

Mimusops Globosa Showing Cuts, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3284
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a man standing next to a Mimusops globosa tree showing cuts from tapping from the book, 'Rubber and Balata in British Guiana' in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Monkeys at Home, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3294
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a pair of monkeys in a tree in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Natural Rubber Tree About 120 Feet High, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3013
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a natural rubber tree about 120 feet high in a forest in the early 20th century. The text beneath the image notes that this tree yielded 30 lbs of rubber at one tapping.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Near Marandellas, [Zimbabwe], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3249
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a grove of trees new Marandellas, [Zimbabwe] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Note about 'Aithean guail', 7 August 1886

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/20
Scope and Contents

Note collected from Duncan Cameron, police officer, Lochaline [Loch Àlainn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] which reads 'Aithean guail 6 or 7 of got in Bailiocrach Mull Ealaghual = wood coal, especially of the willow.' [Baile Ìochdrach, Gomastra/Isle of Gometra, Am Muile/Isle of Mull].

Dates: 7 August 1886

Note about archaeological sites and the presence of wood on Lios Mòr/Lismore, September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/80
Scope and Contents

Note that the caibeal [chapel] and leacain cinn [headstones] at Cilleachain [possibly Balimackillichan], Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, 'are still seen on the Eirebal mor'. Carmichael notes that theres are '3 Eirebals' namely Eirebal Mòr, Eirebal Beag and Eirebal-an-fhaing. The last places on the island to retain wood were Aoine and Alasra.

Dates: September 1870

Note about Fasnacloich, August 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/127
Scope and Contents

Note about Fasnacloich [Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] that its old name was 'Baile na Callain' and that near there a scotch fir grows out of a boulder.

Dates: August 1883

Note about gravestones and tree stumps, February 1874

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/60
Scope and Contents

Note about gravestones, which are 'on end in sand on w[est] side of Cairnish bay' [Cairinis/Carinish, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] and tree stumps which are visible at low water on Pabbay [Pabaigh] which are two feet in diameter.

Dates: February 1874

Note about 'Lag Na Comraich', 17 September 1909

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/138
Scope and Contents

Note about 'Lag Na Comraich' probably collected from John Fraser, crofter, Balgy [Balgaidh, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty], age 69, which states that it is 'four plains trees at equi distance - 10 to 12 f[ee]t and 12 or 14 feet long - Gird up the side of a cell – close to high road – Holy well below road'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 17 September 1909

Note about the 'Clach air Sealbh Chaorach' and other lucky charms, 24 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/129
Scope and Contents

Note about the 'Clach air Sealbh Chaorach' collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann. The note tells how the Clach an Sealbh Chaorach is a crystal stone for the luck of sheep and that 'Each house had a god for each thing in the shap[e] of a lus an Ealabhin'. It also notes that 'Critheann' [alder] is not used for cures upon any account. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 24 June 1887