From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Susan Hodgson (nee Townshend)
Date:
30 June 1889
Source of text:
JDH/2/22/2 f.111, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
JDH discusses an unspecified event attended by Susan & her husband Brian Hodgson. JDH did not attend as he was visiting Sir John Henry Lefroy. JDH & his wife Hyacinth Hooker would like to visit the Hodgsons in Aug. Colonel Lyell is staying with the Hookers in July. Whilst away in Devon & Cornwall JDH missed a visit from Miss Henslow, Frances's sister. In Cornwall JDH saw many plants of Rhododendron hodgsonii thriving, as well as other species, incl. R. falconeri, R.aucklandii, R. argenteum, & R. barbatum.
Contributor:
Hooker Project