Letter from Jos. D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Information
Title
Letter from Jos. D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
MAW/1/159
Date
22 Nov 1876
Scope & content
Written from Royal Gardens, Kew. Manuscript
He encloses the name of the little orchid [enclosure not present]; they have planted their croci in soil they had sent up for the purpose; he does not depend on this often as he does not believe that cultivation should rely on correlation of soil and climate; Baker [John Gilbert Baker, botanist, keeper of the Kew Herbarium] promises to bear Maw’s trips in mind; Maw’s little vases look charming; he has three inferior vases of the same make which he bought in Swansea