Postcard from J.H. [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Information
Title
Postcard from J.H. [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
MAW/1/189
Date
9 Jul 1879
Scope & content
No address [postmarked Kew]. Postcard. Manuscript
He has just returned from a few days in Hampshire; Adlumia cirrhosa [Adlumia fungosa] is right; Baker [John Gilbert Baker, botanist, keeper of the Kew Herbarium] says the Iris is similar to Iris versicolor of the United States [United States of America], and asks if the locality is correct