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Ashworth, Elijah (c. 1840-1917)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Elijah
Last name
Ashworth
Initials
E.
Life Dates
1840 - 1917
Collecting Dates
1897 - 1901
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main)
Biography
Orchid enthusiast of Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire. In 1904 a cultivar of Odontoglossum crispum from Ashworth's collection was sold at auction to McBeans for 340 guineas, raising the highest price for an orchid to that date.
References
Desmond, R., Dict. Brit. Irish Bot. Hortic., ed. 2 (1994): 24;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Elijah
Last name
Ashworth
Initials
E.
Life Dates
1840 - 1917
Collecting Dates
1897 - 1901
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main)
Biography
Orchid enthusiast of Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, Cheshire. In 1904 a cultivar of Odontoglossum crispum from Ashworth's collection was sold at auction to McBeans for 340 guineas, raising the highest price for an orchid to that date.
References
Desmond, R., Dict. Brit. Irish Bot. Hortic., ed. 2 (1994): 24;
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