Sonntag, 29. Dezember 2013

" Envoy

Princes or professional researchers might seem to  be  the  only  people with  the  resources  to  grow  these  butterflies.  [...] But there is  no  reason  why  an  amateur  with a reasonably  well  appointed  greenhouse,  particularly  in  the  warmer  parts  of  the  temperate  zone, should not be able to cultivate these insects for fun.  This they certainly provide."

JOURNAL OF THE  LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY
BREEDING HELICONIUS (NYMPHALIDAE) IN A TEMPERATE CLIMATE
JOHN R.G. Turner

Published 1974. I really enjoy reading old journals, they seem to be much more intellegible than current ones. During my University course I often felt  that inventing & using a language which "normal" people find hard to understand is often done for it´s own sake, to make matters sound more complicated and "scientific" than they really are, just to prove one´s cleverness - and superiority?
Still do.

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