CHRISTOPHER MUDD. 



COLLECTOR IN SOUTH AFRICA. 

 1877. 



THIS collector, son of a former curator of the Cambridge 

 Botanic Gardens, went on an expedition to South Africa in 

 1877, and great things were expected to result from the 

 undertaking. These expectations, however, were not realized, 

 for Mudd, who seemed to have no special aptitude for collect- 

 ing, and entirely lacked the explorer's instinct, sent home 

 little of horticultural value, and the mission, which was 

 practically a failure, had to be recalled. 



Mudd subsequently settled in New Zealand. 



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