JDH informs Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer that he has written to [John] Lubbock to arrange a meeting. He thinks WTTD can make a better plan for 'the offices' than John Lessels [of The Office of Works]. Smith has had a mild heart attack but expects to be back at work at RBG Kew in a day. JDH praises the rock garden. JDH is digesting [James Edward Tierney] Aitchison's letter, JDH wrote to Aitchison about his rose a moth previously. JDH will return to RBG Kew on Monday, 27 July 1885.
Letter details
Record number
JHC448
From
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To
Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date
24 July 1885
Sent from
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom