JDH asks if William Thiselton-Dyer would be willing to contribute descriptions of orders, genera & species for a proposed flora of India & outlines the terms of employment.
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pay would be £200 per 1000 species press correcting included -- Of course I would help you all I could, & chuse[sic] easy Orders for you to begin with. The would Orders would have to be finished by time, & the work
ROYAL GARDENS KEW
Ja[nuar]y 12/[18]71
Dear Mr Dyer *1
Supposing I undertook a Flora of India, would you be disposed to favor aid me by supplying short descriptions of Orders, Genera & species, on the plan of my "Students Flora" -- the[?] Orders would as published bear the authors name, & the
pay would be £200 per 1000 species press correcting included -- Of course I would help you all I could, & chuse[sic] easy Orders for you to begin with. The would Orders would have to be finished by time, & the work
mainly done at Kew.
Working steadily I calculate a man should do five species a day easily taking the Orders as they come.
Ve[r]y t[rul]y y[our]s | Jos. D. Hooker[signature]
1. Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1843--1928). British botanist and third Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1885--1905). He succeeded Joseph Hooker in the role after serving as his Assistant Director for ten years. He also married Hooker's eldest daughter Harriet in 1877.
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