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		contingencies on Feb 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wardian cases and the process of transporting plan... People literally used to dust soot off their garden plants We do this in China. Other significant western plant hunters who were active in China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Forrest_(botanist) Many were active in China's southwestern region of Yunnan, the origin of tea and camellias.

hammock on Feb 18, 2020 [–]

Now that I think about it, I wiped black road dust from brakes/tires off the windowsills of my drafty street-level SF (Oak Street) apartment every week too. One of the reasons I moved. It doesn't take much.

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