Letter from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw

Title

Letter from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

MAW/1/110

Date

17 Sep 1872

Scope & content

Written from Royal Gardens, Kew. Manuscript

He asks where Maw got the Pyrethrum; his specimen is from Reraia [Morocco] at 4-5,000 feet and only from there, and has a remarkable, spoon-like pappus; he has made a rockwork on purpose for his Marocco [Morocco] things and planted them out

Level

Item

Extent

2 page letter (1 sheet)

Is part of

George Maw archive

Repository

Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library

Copyright

© Courtesy of David Symonds Hooker / The Descendants of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

Credit Line

Courtesy of David Symonds Hooker / The Descendants of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker / RHS Lindley Collections

Usage terms

Non-commercial use with attribution permitted (CC BY-NC 4.0)