Ruth Mary Tristram


Ruth Mary Tristram was a British amateur botanist.

Life

Born Ruth Mary Cardew in 25 April 1886, married Major Guy H. Tristram in 1919, they had four children. They lived at Cox's Mill, Dallington. Son Launcelot died aged eight, and Tristram attempted to communicate with him by automatic writing. Son Christopher Guy was killed when the Valaaren was sunk by German submarine U-229 after leaving convoy HX231. Son David became a noted helleborist. Ruth Mary Tristram died on 22 October 1950.

Botany

Tristram became an expert on Plantago and was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society on 7 December 1911. She worked with E. G. Barker on Plantago with a plan to publish an account in for Cambridge British Flora. They published several papers together. Tristram was also a member of the Wild Flower Society.

Works

Botanical