Edmund Russow an authority on Sphagnaceae (sphagnum mosses) and remembered for his research in plant anatomy and histology, in particular studies of the plant family Marsileaceae (aquatic and semi-aquatic ferns). The plant genus "Russowia" is named in his honor, as is "Sphagnum russowii" (Russow's sphagnum). Edmund Russow Edmund August Friedrich Russow (24 February 1841 – 11 April 1897) was a Baltic German biologist born in Tallinn (), in present-day Estonia. Son of a military engineer, Edmund Russow studied at the Universities of Tartu () and Berlin. In 1867 he became an associate professor at Dorpat, where from 1874 to 1897, he served
Honda D-Type was completed in August 1949. Production began at the company's Hamamatsu factory. By late 1949 frames for the D-Type were being produced in the Yamashita plant in Hamamatsu and engines were coming from the Noguchi-cho plant. Officially the origin of the "Dream" name is unknown. The most commonly reported story is that at a party to celebrate the completion of the D-Type an employee spontaneously remarked "It's like a dream!" Honda felt that the D-Type was a step on the path to fulfilling his own aspirations, and made the bike's official name "Dream Type D". The D-Type proved popular and