TALBOT7954

Sept^r 11^th 1859

Thanks, my dear Sir, for the photoglyphic engraving. ¹ It is necessarily a most faithful representation of the Fern, Adiantum concinnum[?]

What we want now of days, is not only a representation of the plant, but the analysis of the fructification, venation &c. in magnified figures.

This is a great desideratum too in “ Nature-printing: ²” – &, there besides, is the defect arising from inequality of surface in the plant; & where there is pubescence, & fructification – all that is blurred.

faithfully Yours,
W. J. Hooker.

To H. F. Talbot Esq^re
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