JDH informs Lady Hyacinth Jardine [later Hooker] that Mr Smith has arranged for a pitcher plant to be sent to her, addressed to the Lockerbie station. JDH mentions the 'exceptionally splendid weather'. He has seen [Charles] Lyell at the Philosophical Club & found him changed: speech unintelligible & looking frail.
Letter details
Record number
JHC194
From
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To
Lady Hyacinth Hooker (nee Symonds, then Jardine)
Date
1 April 1873
Sent from
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom