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Friday, 8 October 2010

the Museum of Economic Botany

the Museum of Economic Botany [Adelaide Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium]
is possibly my favourite museum in the whirled
it holds seeds, fruits, timbers and dye samples

recently a friend showed me a new book
published by the Museum
it comprises a series of essays by various people who have worked there
and have been involved in exhibitions
or other things

rummaging through the pages i found my name together
with some information that i though needed correcting
the correction appears below

the funny thing is
that even though i have offered [in writing] no less than three times
to prepare a set of eucalyptus dye samples [free of charge]
for the Museum [and donate it to them]
i've never had a response
and so eucalyptus dyes are not represented in
the Museum of Economic Botany

sad, really, when you consider that eucalyptus dyes and wool are a
match made in heaven...