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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
15 Apr 1880
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 205–6)
Summary:

Wants Ipomoea seeds for observing germination.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Lady Hyacinth Hooker (nee Symonds, then Jardine)
Date:
17 April 1880
Source of text:
JDH/2/22/2 f.46, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH received a letter from his wife, Lady Hyacinth Hooker, whilst at Montys Court. He is now at Torquay with his sister Bessy [Elizabeth Evans Lombe née Hooker]. He & George Bentham have sorted 'the herbarium' & had it shipped to RBG Kew. JDH will work on the [BOTANICAL] MAGAZINE then join Hyacinth in Pendock. Mr Newman met JDH at Exeter, William Jacobson [Bishop of Chester] is dying at Exmouth, Benjamin Brodie is in Torquay. Mentions his daughter Grace Ellen Hooker. Mentions the political loss of Temple & the state of politics. Sends love to Reverend & Mrs Symonds & to his son Joseph Symonds Hooker.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Lady Hyacinth Hooker (nee Symonds, then Jardine)
Date:
18 April 1880
Source of text:
JDH/2/22/2 f.47, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH thanks his wife, Lady Hyacinth Hooker, for her letter. He worries about her health. Mentions people he & [George] Bentham have seen whilst in Torquay: his sister Bessy [Elizabeth Evans Lombe née Hooker], Mr Luscombe, Mr Newman, Sir Benjamin Brodie & Mr [John Charles] Bowring. JDH has visited St Luke's church, which he used to attend with his mother [Lady Maria Hooker née Turner]. He plans to return to Kew via Exeter. JDH does not like travelling without his wife. He sends love to her & his children Gracie [Grace Ellen Hooker] & Joey [Joseph Symonds Hooker].

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Lady Hyacinth Hooker (nee Symonds, then Jardine)
Date:
19 April 1880
Source of text:
JDH/2/22/2 f.48, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Lady Hyacinth Hooker (nee Symonds, then Jardine)
Date:
-4-1880
Source of text:
JDH/2/22/2 f.49, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
15 April 1880
Source of text:
JDH/2/16 f.67, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH writes to Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer about the progress he & George Bentham have made sorting & packing the herbarium [of General William Munro] to be sent to RBG Kew. JDH & Bentham will go to Torquay the following day & JDH will return via Exeter to visit 'old family haunts'.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
2 April 1880
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 264
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
14 April 1880
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 265
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
14 April 1880
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 266
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Redmond Barry
Date:
17 April 1880
Source of text:
VPRS 5831/PO/8, correspondence inward — miscellaneous letters, pp. 236-9, VA 912 Trustees of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria 1869-1944, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
James Patterson
Date:
23 April 1880
Source of text:
S80/4126, unit 1154, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
25 April 1880
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 268
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project