WCP5310

Letter (WCP5310.5854)

[1]

Kew

May 17/[18]67

Dear Darwin

I find I must not go to Down tomorrow, having sent Smith1 to the country for his health, which causes me some anxiety. I must put it off till the Gooseberry Season!—

I go again to Paris at end of month, a good holiday it makes, though the only rest I get is in the [2] Theatres. Still the show is very interesting & I have an awful deal to learn in the matter of the plants.

I hear that Wallace & Mueller2 of Victoria are the most likely candidates for gold medal for Biology, & am puzzled a little to decide, but have so very high an opinion of Wallace that I incline to him — his work is so [3] very good though less than one could have wished.

Do let me know soon how your health is & how your book3 gets on.

We are all pretty well & my wife4 [is] getting about a little.

Ever Y[our]r affec[tionate] | JD Hooker [signature]

1
Smith, John (1798-1888). British botanist and horticulturist; first curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
2
Müeller, Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von (1825-1896). German-Australian physician, geographer, and botanist. Director of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 1857-1873.
3
Darwin, C.R. 1868. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. 2 vols. London: John Murrary.
4
Hooker (née Henslow), Frances Harriet (1825-1874). British botanist, translator and first wife of J. D. Hooker.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Nguyen, Vincent Duong-Vi [2014-09-04] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-09-04] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-12-31]

Please cite as “WCP5310,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 1 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5310