From J. D. Hooker 29 October 1876
Royal Gardens Kew
Oct 29/76.
Dear Darwin
All our Hoyas are out of flowers, & I have come across none in the many gardens which I have visited of late, but Smith is making enquiry.— A note to Gard. Chron. would no doubt be the best way to get them.1
We were at Combe bank last Sunday, & Hyacinth & I set out to walk to Down for your lunch; but the rain & winds were so thick when we got to Knockholt beeches, that we turned back.2
I am groaning over my Anniversary address, and Macmillan is pressing me for new Ed of Primer & Student’s Flora.3
Ever aff Yrs | Jos D Hooker
Footnotes
Summary
JDH looking for Hoya for CD.
Hookers tried to visit Down on foot, but weather was too inclement.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10658
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 104: 68
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10658,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10658.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24