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JHC1201

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir Henry Barkly
Date:
8 March 1872
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.189-191, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

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Contributor:
Hooker Project

DCP-LETT-8261

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
30 Mar 1872
Source of text:
DAR 103: 107–8
Summary:

Sends, for signature, a statement approving change in rules of the Leopoldino Academy [Dresden] to be forwarded to CD to sign.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

JHC241

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff
Date:
31 March 1872
Source of text:
JDH/2/22/2 f.73, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH asks Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff to speak in 'the House' [of Commons] on behalf of RBG Kew as its scientific function & JDH's role as Director are under threat from [Acton Smee] Ayrton. [Ayrton Controversy]. JDH has attended a committee meeting of the Cabinet at Lord Rippon's, attended by Rippon, Lord Halifax & Mr Cardwell. Ipecacuanha has been introduced to Sikkim, India: propagated from plant RBG Kew sent out in 1866. The Edinburgh plants are still at Calcutta [Kolkata].

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