Kew Nov 30/74
My dear Mueller
The papers will have announced to you the dreadful stroke I have sustained in the loss of my beloved wife.1 — the sharer of all my toils Official, Scientific, Social & domestic.
Under the circumstances you will I am sure excuse me from saying any thing more.
But believe me
as Ever
Most sincerely yr
Jos. D. Hooker.
Please cite as “FVM-74-11-30,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on