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JHC1259

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-?-1846
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.21, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1260

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-1-1846
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.22, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1261

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
15 February 1846
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.23, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1262

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-3-1846
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.24-25, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1263

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-?-1846?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.26, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

This is a four page letter over 1 folio.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1264

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-?-1846?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.27, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

A one page letter on one folio.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1265

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-?-1846?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.28, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

3 page letter over 1 folio

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1266

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
3 September 1846
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.29-30, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1267

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
14 February 1847
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.31-32, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1268

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
17 August 1847
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.33, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1269

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
25 August 1847
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.34, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1270

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
27 August 1847
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.35-36, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1273

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
16 September 1847
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.37, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1274

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
1 October 1847
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.38, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1275

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
1 April 1849
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.39-40, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1276

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
28 May 1849
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.41-43, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC13

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Lady Elizabeth Palgrave (nee Turner)
Date:
24 December 1847
Source of text:
JDH/1/10 f.14-17, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH has been delighted with his trip hitherto. Describes visiting Cairo & wishes his cousin could see the pyramids as he did. Discusses belt of productive soil along the Nile & its small rate of soil deposition. Discusses location of the pyramids & the island on which the Nilometer is situated, & its influence on the corn market. Crossed the Nile on a boat similar to that figured in Bruce’s TRAVELS. Describes two sketches made during the crossing.. On both banks saw Egyptians, Ethiopians, Nubians, Abyssinians, Turks & a few Copts. Reached Ghizeh [Giza] & struck inland, carried by Arabs when it became very muddy. Arabs were scattering vegetable seeds. Reached the pyramids, thinks the Sphinx 'stupendous'. Bases of pyramids covered deeply with rubbish. Only had time to go over the Pyramid of Cheops properly. Describes the magnificent view from the summit. Made a few sketches of the grandest but certainly least attractive scene he has ever viewed. Collected lichens from pyramid summit. Went into pyramid interior & recalled every passage & chamber from childhood interest. Finds one grievous disappointment with the pyramids; their futility as simply mausolea. As a child he regarded them as being constructed for three purposes: as astronomical buildings; as places of worship; & as edifices to the genius of the Nile. He was glad to see Matilda Rigby so soon after she had dined with Lady Palgrave.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1396

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
4 January 1847
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.191, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1397

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
9 November 1847
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.192, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC14

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Jackson Hooker
Date:
--[1848]
Source of text:
JDH/1/10 f.18-24, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH describes arrival at Point de Galle 31 Dec. Compares Cape Comorin, Cape of Good Hope & Cape Horn. Met by [George] Gardner [GG] with invitation from Lord Torrington to visit Candy [Kandy] but no time. Describes native peoples. Notes Thespesia populnea, Jack & Mango trees, & valuable timbers. Walked wooded lanes with GG, reminded of Amsterdam & Lyden. Showed GG home similar to Hartecamp, Linnaeus’ residence. Lists plant species in damp, very wet & dryer areas. Names fern species & common weeds, tropical roadside genera & palms. Discusses useful plants; Sonneratia acida wood for boxes, Terminalia catappa embryo eaten for dessert, Ficus demonum [F. daemonum] leaves to polish wood, & Artocarpus pubescens. Lists shrubs & small trees. Few parasites & epiphytes. Widespread Passiflora foetida introduced 1824, Bryophyllum & Allamanda cathartica. Discusses relationship between phosphorescent insects & humidity observed in Madras [Chennai], Calcutta [Kolkata], Behar, Birbhoom, Shahabad, Mizrapore & Darjeeling. Mosses fairly represented, algae very rare, lichens abundant. Bid farewell to Matilda. JDH uncertain he will visit Ceylon [Sri Lanka] again. Collected Trimeriza. Visited house with beautiful carved curiosities & jewels. Reminded of Professor Miller of Cambridge. Arrived Madras with GG, 5 Jan. Describes Lord Dalhousie’s military reception & vast number of natives in welcoming party. Met various knowledgeable people while staying with Lord Tweeddale. Walter Elliot directed him to Buddhist antiquities. Discusses winged lion familiar from Syrian marbles & sketches by Walter Forbes. [Brian Houghton] Hodgson says they are evidence of Asian origin of the Buddhist religion. In another letter JDH will show how the physical geography has indicated the positions of the tribes of people as well as plants, & has regulated their migration. Spent a long time with WE at botanic garden under care of Captain Worcester'. Describes garden.

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