Letter to William Mitten about a forthcoming visit by Nylander
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My dear Mitten*1
Nylander*2 is coming over here in about a fortnight to study the Hook Herb Lichens for his Synopsis Lichenum. I do not know whether you have any in your hands or no that might be worth his seeing -- but whether or no I thought it worth while to apprise you
My dear Mitten*1
Nylander*2 is coming over here in about a fortnight to study the Hook Herb Lichens for his Synopsis Lichenum. I do not know whether you have any in your hands or no that might be worth his seeing -- but whether or no I thought it worth while to apprise you
of the fact.
Ever since[rel]y y[ou]rs | Jos D Hooker [signature]
Kew Oct[ober] 10/[18]57
1. William Mitten (1819-1906) was an English pharmaceutical chemist and authority on bryophytes.
2. William (Wilhem) Nylander (1822 – 1899), a Finnish botanist and entomologist.
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