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She has a public garden named after her at the Smithsonian: www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/gardens/Ripley/ripley1.html

You are correct, Eric. The Smithsonian gardeners are pretty incredible.

The person on the top right is Mr. P. B. Shekar, former collections specialist at the Bombay Natural History Society and a regular camp member of many expeditions by Dr. Ripley in India. Mr. Shekar would have many a splendid tale to speak of about the Ripley expeditions and someone from the Smithsonian should probably get in touch with him at the BNHS and record the stories.

Thanks for the lead. and your note. We will let you know what we find out! Sincerely, Effie

Bergen op Zoom was a Dutch refugee camp for those who fled to Holland from Belgium after the German invasion. Here is a contemporary account: "I visited carefully the refugee camps at Rosendaal and Bergen Op Zoom, small towns which have entertained from fifty to eighty thousand Belgian refugees. In other still smaller villages along the Dutch frontier the proportion of refugees to inhabitants was even larger. In one place of about 5,000 population there were 30,000 refugees who arrived within twenty four hours. Most of these however went on to Rotterdam Amsterdam or The Hague. At Rosendaal and Bergen Op Zoom there still remain about 25,000 refugees in each place. The condition of these people is most pitiable. For the most part they are without moneyThey arrived in great haste and in a terrified condition pouring into the country in crowded trains and in such carts and wagons as they could find and trudging on foot along the roadsThe majority of course are women and children and there are many tiny babies some born during the flight. There are all sorts of sicknesses among the fugitives, but there is as yet no epidemic ." In a moment of time: things seen on the bread-line of Belgium By Reginald Wright Kauffman (1915) books.google.com/books?id=xvc1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA260&l...

Thanks so much for filling in the details of this tragic story artolog.

In Zandvoort between Koningstraat and Prinsessweg a group of houses was built to accomodate belgian refugees. I think they were build in 1917. They have been demolished recently to make way for anappartment complex. I think it was 24 houses. Tried to dig up some sources but failed...Apparently refugees frm Belgium did not stay on the border only.

This is lovely...my wisteria has just finished! An interesting series!

Wow!! Wonderful

very nice garden!!!

An exceptional shot, great composition, colors and details .... congratulations!

awesome!