Ruth Mary Tristram (nee Cardew) (1886-1950). Miss R. M.
Cardew was born on April 25th, 1886, and became interested in botany
at a very early age. The discovery of Holosteum umhellatum, previously
known in this country only from Suffolk and Norfolk, in Surrey in
1905 by this " young and enthusiastic botanist " brought her to the
notice of well-known workers of the day (1905, J. Bot., 43, 189). A
little later she turned her attention to a study of Plantago in colla-
boration with the late E. G. Baker and with a view to an account of
the genus for Moss's Camhridge British Flora. This resulted in the
joint publication of P. coronopiis var. Sahrinae [P. Sahrinae (Baker
& Cardew) Druce] in 1911, Pep. Bot. Soc. E.G., 3, 28-29, and Notes
on Plantago, 1912, J. Bot., 50, 55-58.
Meanwhile Miss Cardew had been elected a Fellow of the Linnean
Society on December 7th, 1911 (the same meeting at which our late
member, Mr. A. J. Wilmott, was elected). As only six years had passed
since the Linnean had first admitted women, and as she was only 25
at the time of election, the honour was a very considerable one of which
she remained proud until the end of her days.
She was an early member of the Wild Flower Society but did not
join the B.E.C. until 1934, resigning under the stress of war in 1940.
She married Major G. H. Tristram, R.A., in 1919, and had four chil-
dren. Mrs. Tristram died on October 22nd, 1950, and her husband
and two children survive her.
J. W. Cardew and J. E. Lousley.
All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 20:09, 17 January 2018 (UTC).Reply
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