JDH informs his wife Hyacinth Hooker that he is enclosing another letter for her [letter not present]. He recounts a lunch he had with Balfour & the Balloch family, cousins of the late Thomas Thomson who were acquainted with JDH's niece Wilielma Dawson Hooker. William Henslow Hooker has been at a fire at Strand on the Green. JDH sends his love to Hyacinth's parents [the Symonds] & to 'little lion' [his son Joseph Symonds Hooker].
Letter details
Record number
JHC222
From
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To
Lady Hyacinth Hooker (nee Symonds, then Jardine)
Date
29 September 1882
Sent from
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom