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Ref NoJDH/1/10/281-282
Alt Ref NoJHC106
TitleLetter from Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton to Hooker, Sir William Jackson from Darjeeling, India
DescriptionOn returning from Calcutta [Kolkata] JDH is arranging his journey to Sylhet with Thomas Thomson [TT], travelling from Dulalgunge [Dhaulgani], Titalyah, to the Ganges via Malda, Gour & Rampore. Then to Dacca [Dhaka] & up the Soorma to Pundua in the Khassya Hills which they will ascend from Pundua to Churra [Cherrapunji]. JDH will send 40 baskets of Orchideae to Calcutta. JDH is waiting for glazed cases to arrive to transport his collections of Rhododendron dalhousieae, punctatum & argenteum. Sent with Booth's things to the Garrows [Garos]. Discusses Lobb's character. JDH sent his father, William Jackspm Hooker, a packet of Larch seeds. His are growing well in open air, & discusses Jock Smith's technique. JDH can only collect Orchideae. JDH spent two days at Cathcart's, discusses Cathcart's collection of Dorjiling [Darjeeling] plants & his team of artists. JDH has a dried herbarium specimen of Plectocomia. He has enclosed a raceme & wishes the Benthams to look at it. JDH thinks it is Uriceous family. JDH has decided against Nepal, despite Lord Dalhousie asking him not to give it up. Telescope & Actinometer are safe. JDH expects to leave on Wednesday & arrive in Pundua in 20 days.
Date27 Apr 1850
FormatOriginal MS
URLwww.kew.org/josephhooker
CreatorHooker, Sir Joseph Dalton
Collection TitleSir Joseph Hooker Papers
LevelItem
Extent8 page letter over 2 folios
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