From J. D. Hooker   20 January 1873

Jany 20/73.

Dear Darwin

I hope that the Drosophyllum was all right. Smith sent it on as it was.1 If not I will get you it elsewhere.

I go to Cheshire tomorrow on a visit to a Mr Tollemache near Sir P. Egerton’s, & return on Friday.2

The opinion of Council of R.S. was taken on Thursday & I was told that 18 were for me out of 24.— (5 were for the Duke, & Airy for Spottiswode.)3

This of course private.

Ever yours affec | J D Hooker

1
See letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 January [1873] and n. 3, and letters from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873, and [13 or 20 January 1873]. Hooker refers to John Smith, curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
2
Hooker refers to Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton and John Tollemache.
3
Hooker had been elected president of the Royal Society of London (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 January 1873 and n. 15). He refers to William Cavendish, seventh duke of Devonshire, George Biddell Airy, and William Spottiswoode.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8742,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8742