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From J. D. Hooker   [4 June 1864]

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JDH is writing letters for Scott, whose temper will be "no obstacle for Hindoos and Musselmen working under him".

New curator at Kew finds considerable neglect, with hundreds of plants dying.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [4 June 1864]
Classmark:  DAR 101: 222–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4519

From J. D. Hooker   [11 June 1864]

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CD’s photograph looks like J. R. Herbert’s Moses in the fresco in the House of Lords.

JDH is delighted about oxlip, but hybridity does not explain some large patches that are uniform and do not vary towards either cowslip or primrose.

Encloses letter from W. H. Harvey discussing Myosotis sylvatica and the common dandelion.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [11 June 1864]
Classmark:  DAR 101: 225–6; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (letters to J. D. Hooker, vol. 11, no. 178 JDH/2/1/11)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4529

From J. D. Hooker   15 June 1864

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JDH busy reforming Kew’s operations.

Falconer may "fall foul" of Huxley’s anger over his attacks on Lyell.

Has heard of a coffee plantation post for Scott.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 June 1864
Classmark:  DAR 101: 227–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4537

From J. D. Hooker   23 June 1864

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JDH going to visit W. H. Harvey in Ireland.

New curator at Kew.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  23 June 1864
Classmark:  DAR 101: 229
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4543
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