From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1827]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:
She 'can only think of what is past, and is for ever forgetting the present.'
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
She 'can only think of what is past, and is for ever forgetting the present.'
Regarding the telescope of the Rev. [T. J.?] Hussey of Chislehurst.
Encloses an arrangement of the species and varieties of 'Salix' compiled by his late gardener [George] Sinclair and asks Smith's opinion prior to Smith examining his collection at Woburn Abbey. Offers to accompany Smith from London to Woburn Abbey.