From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[20 Apr 1882]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/1/6)
Summary:
Informs JDH of CD’s death.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Informs JDH of CD’s death.
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JDH writes to Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer regarding a misunderstanding about the building of the Marianne North Gallery at RBG Kew by [John] Lessels & [James] Fergusson. Specifically regarding the vestibule, veranda & some water. JDH also criticizes The Treasury's handling of the matter. He has enjoyed a visit to Barton, he likes his host at Morton Hall [George Duckett Berney] whom he describes as: 'a liberal conservative & enlightened man amongst a neighbourhood sunk in Torydom'. JDH also comments on the decline of farming in the area [Norfolk].