Item ADH/1/4/2 - Notes on Tulips by Lilly and William Newton and labelled pressed Tulip petals

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Notes on Tulips by Lilly and William Newton and labelled pressed Tulip petals, including notes with special reference to cytology and lists of Tulip with name of parent and name and colour of sport

Admin History: Lily Newton (26 January 1893 - 26 March 1981) was professor of botany and vice-principal at the University of Wales. She studied botany at the University of Bristol, where she was awarded the Vincent Stuckey Lean scholarship in botany. Lily became assistant lecturer in Botany at Bristol in 1919, before moving to Birkbeck College, University of London the next year. She worked as lecturer in botany until 1923, when she became a research worker in natural history at the British Museum and the Imperial College of Science. She married Dr William Charles Frank Newton in 1925, a cytologist at the John Innes Horticultural Institute. From 1927 to 1928, she worked for the John Innes Horticultural Institute, helping to prepare much of her husband's work for publication. William Charles Frank Newton, B.Sc. (Lond.), Birkbeck College, appointed student at John Innes Institute 1922, died Dec 1927.