Very old photo of Botanist, JOHN DAVIDSON ........... with wellies ! ........... at Vancouver Natural History Society’s Camp, in Canada.

Very interested love to read about anything interesting like this.

He looks very comfortable and relaxed sitting there.

TT, you are lucky... more wellies! :) Interesting! I have an e-mail subscription for "Botany Photo of the Day" from Daniel Mosquin. :)

Thanks, folks.. Yes, this old botanical history is fascinating, isn't it !
Uma ~ when I was making my blog, I noticed the "Botany Photo of the Day" feature.... excellent :o)

..and, agreed.... I don't miss a chance to put a pic on GoYpedia Wellies and Garden Footwear ! Lol.

I have so much admiration for people like Mr Davidson.

Hi, Tt!!!

Thank You so Much for putting up these fascinating pics from your UBC blog, to add in as "stand-alone" pictures on my recently-acquired "botany" and "botanical gardens"pages on GOYpedia. XXX

No telephones , no computers , no mod cons... perfect peace :o)

Got beaten 2 Nominating againTT !! :/

Thanks, Wagger, David, Amy.... and...
sorry, Jacque.... you see David got here before you and put it on GoYpedia. Lol.

Uma... you got my words.. all I saw were wellies.... LOL!!!!

I knew David wouldnt miss it anyway TT ;) lol

Great photo. Would it be sacreligious to do some computer wizadry and give him some flower power pink wellies, they might make him smile?..........err...maybe not!

Thanks, Aleyna and Jacque.

Hello Lily ~
On my UBC blog, Doctor Bob explains that the cloths wound around each of John Davidson's legs are correctly called puttees...
..that's not a word I had seen or heard before ! :o)

They were like bandages, worn in colder climate, hard to put on too, some were made of wool its a Hindi word. nice picture again interesting. Reminds me of years ago when the men went down the pits, in Wales always wore wool socks because of the water. Wool also absorbs oil very well, shame they did nt use this with oil spillages in the sea.

Perhaps the name for little knitted-woollen socks for babies - "bootees" - is a variation on "puttees" ? (Just wondering). :-)

David... your age is in question on my latest blog...

he he he

That's the result of writing too many Vedward diaries..

... were your baby bootees called puttees ??? .Lol. x

As requested TT:-
Great blog TT. I had not heard of John Davidson so you have aroused my curiosity and I Googled him to learn more. I found another picture of him raking in his (?) garden. They explain that the image is a hand-painted lantern slide, so one might assume that this might be the way the other pictures were coloured. See:- http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2005/04/john_davidson.php

Thanks, Ponty..
That gives members the chance to go to your link from this photo, as well as from my blog. :o)

My pleasure!