Letter from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Information
Title
Letter from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
MAW/1/73
Date
c.1870
Scope & content
Written from Royal Gardens, Kew. Manuscript
He doubts Maw will find the Drosophyllum; he can get it from Coimbra [Portugal] where they have got it before; he received a letter this morning offering him more; it is very difficult to cultivate from either seeds or plants; he sends tracing of Hemicrambe by his daughter [Harriet Hooker, illustrator] [enclosure not present]. Dated Thursday [?1870; an earlier listing stated the letter was ‘from 1870 packet’]