Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton
JHC370
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
JDH/2/16 f.18
Thiselton-Dyer, Sir William Turner
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
23-7-1874
© Descendants of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Letters to Thiselton-Dyer
The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
English
Original MS
2 page letter over 1 folio
 

JDH informs Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer that Lord Hatherley has found in George Bentham's favour on all points [regarding the amendment of the Linnean Society by-laws]. JDH still hopes [Marcus Manuel] Hartog will accept the post [of Assistant Director, Peradeniya Botanic Garden] in Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. In a post script JDH briefly discusses a recent experiment with carnivorous plants: Nepenthes rafllesiana & phyllamphora & mentions the difficulty of studying Darlingtonia & Cephalotus.

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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
July 23 [18]74
Dear Dyer*1,
Lord Hatherley gives in Bentham[']s favor on all points.*2
I still hope that Hartog*3 will go to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. He is to consult his beloved & let me know definitely in a fortnight.
E[ver] yours | J.D. Hooker [signature]
Nepenthes Rafllesiana would

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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
July 23 [18]74
Dear Dyer*1,
Lord Hatherley gives in Bentham[']s favor on all points.*2
I still hope that Hartog*3 will go to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. He is to consult his beloved & let me know definitely in a fortnight.
E[ver] yours | J.D. Hooker [signature]
Nepenthes Rafllesiana would

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not eat fibres after 9[?] days trial. So I popped the mouthful into phyllamphora & it was utterly gone in 24 hours. This is very puzzling.
Darlingtonia is a puzzle now -- & Cephalotus is an impracticable[?] beast.

ENDNOTES


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 previously held professorships at the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester, Royal College of Science for Ireland and Royal Horticultural Society. He married Hooker's eldest daughter Harriet in 1877.
2. Lord Hatherley acted as arbitrator on the legality of George Bentham's actions in passing amendments to the bye-laws of the Linnean Society in Jan 1874. Bentham was President of the Linnean Society from 1861 to 1874, he resigned due to the controversy over the bye-laws.
3. Marcus Manuel Hartog (1851--1924). Botanist. Assistant Director Peradeniya Botanic Gardens, Sri Lanka from 1874--1877. Natural History Demonstrator, Owen's College, Manchester from1879--1882. Professor of Natural History University College Cork from 1882--1921.

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