Letter from Richard Owen [Sir Richard Owen] to William Robinson
Information
Title
Letter from Richard Owen [Sir Richard Owen] to William Robinson
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
WRO/2/155
Date
1 Oct 1887
Scope & content
Written from Sheen Lodge, Richmond Park, [Surrey]. Manuscript
As he read Robinson’s number of 1 Oct 1887 [‘The Garden’] the wish he has often felt this summer became too strong to be suppressed, but he fears they live too far apart; Robinson would be welcome to spend an hour with him in the garden then join him for dinner; his weekly enjoyment of Robinson’s contribution of horticultural novelties and progress heightens his sense of Robinson’s friendly kindness