Postcard from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Information
Title
Postcard from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
MAW/1/184
Date
26 Mar 1879
Scope & content
No address [postmarked Kew]. Postcard. Manuscript
The Iris is Iris persica; it was the first plate of the ‘Botanical Magazine’ in 1786 [1787] and was known to Parkinson [John Parkinson, botanist] in 1629