Studies in Oenothera Cytogenetics and Phylogeny [Sir John Burnett's copy] by Cleland, Ralph E - 1950

Bloomington: Indiana University Bookstore, 1950. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp 348, fore-edge foxed, also affecting the last few pages and the title page, slightly used internally, paperback, covers faded and a little worn. [From the library of Sir John Burnett, with his signature on the front cover. A distinguished academic career and a lifelong interest in fungi, botany and nature conservation made him the ideal champion for biological recording in the UK. He held that effective nature conservation could be achieved only if good quality information about species and their habitats was accessible to all who needed it - a belief that made him perfectly suited to run the National Biodiversity Network, founded in 2000. He was convinced that academics with high administrative posts must continue with some personal research, in his case on the myxomycetes.]. First Edition. Paperback. Good.