To J. D. Hooker   [16 June 1867]

My dear Hooker

We go up tomorrow to 6 Q. Anne St for a week.— Send me a line to say whether you are, & will be, at Kew; & whether you are at all likely to be in London & to have an hour’s time to spare to see us..— Or if I sh^d be supernaturally strong, might I drive down for an hour or hour & half rather early some morning.— But I am not very strong & have a good deal to do, so I doubt whether I could give myself this treat, even if you are at Kew & not worked to death.—¹

Ever yours Affect^ly | C. Darwin