Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton
JHC105
Darjeeling, India
JDH/1/10 f.280
Hooker, Sir William Jackson
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
20-4-1850
© Descendants of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Indian Letters 1847-1851
The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
English
Original MS
3 page letter over 1 folio
 
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& hearty
Your aff[ectionate] son | Jos D Hooker [signature]
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Dorjiling [Darjeeling]
April 20/ [18]50
Dear Father
Here are some more of the Larch seeds. Please send the two little packets to Lindley with my best regards.
Those I planted here are all growing. The Bot[anic] Garden Calcutta

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seedlings were all damping off when I left on the 8th of this month.
I start for Sylhet via Dulalgunge (below Titalyah) Malda & Dacca [Dhaka] by boat all the way to Pundua.
Thomson goes with me he is all well

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& hearty
Your aff[ectionate] son | Jos D Hooker [signature]
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