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Discusses establishment of the Museum of Economic Botany at Kew by William Jackson Hooker; asks about how to find a book of paper samples like one owned by Babbage for the Museum.
Encloses seeds gathered from Heracleum sphondylium. Brief discussion of William Jackson Hooker’s trip to the Alps region, including failed attempt to climb Mont Blanc.
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Sends JSH copy of his Ornithological Biographies and asks about sending copies to Cambridge for sale. Comments on the binding of The Birds of America. Mentions forthcoming trip to America.
Sends JSH a copy of second volume of Ornithological Biographies; discusses progress on third vols of that work and The Birds of America.
Asks if a museum in Cambridge might be interested in purchasing North American mounted birds from an associate in Nova Scotia. Asks if JSH knows anyone with a collection of bird eggs for species comparison.
Sends JSH a copy of third volume of Ornithological Biographies. Asks why G. N. Granville has discontinued patronage of The Birds of America as it is nearing completion.
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