JDH is returning corrected proofs of the [RBG Kew Annual] Report to Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer. As the weather is 'wretched' JDH suspects Thiselton-Dyer is troubled by leakages at RBG Kew & consequently dealing with the Works Department. JDH reports that his son Willie [William Henslow Hooker], currently with his tutor James Digues La Touche, is ill & suffering with haemorrhoids. JDH is busy re-landscaping [Sir James William] Colvile's grounds at Craigflower House. He mentions removing poplars & 'used up evergreens'.
Letter details
Record number
JHC416
From
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To
Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date
4 September 1879
Sent from
Craigflower, Torryburn, Dunfermline, [Scotland, United Kingdom]