Letter from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Information
Title
Letter from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
MAW/1/185
Date
14 May 1879
Scope & content
Written from Royal Gardens, Kew. Manuscript
He is glad to hear Maw is back safely; he thanks Maw for the Crocus, whose habitat he has attended to; he asks Maw to send the narcissi and he will group them for the ‘Botanical Magazine’; the Narcissus pouzolzii [unidentified] is lovely but too far gone to figure; it is good of Maw to think of him with regard to the Lustre ware, which will be very acceptable; he has lent a lot of his Wedgwood to Liverpool