JDH informs Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer that he has 'caught' a lord who wants to become a member of the Linnean Society: Lord Arthur Russell M.P.. Wallace of Colchester also hopes to join soon. JDH mentions that Charles Lyell's family are pleased he is to be buried in Westminster Abbey even though it will cost them £300. JDH is sending Reeve [his publisher] statement of correction for the FLORA OF BRITISH INDIA.
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of corrections of Fl[ora] [British] India
Ever y[ou]rs | J.D Hooker [signature]
ROYAL GARDENS KEW
1875*1
Dear Dyer*2
Have you any Linn[ean]. Soc[iety]. certificate papers? -- I have caught a live Lord! Who is also a MP.!! I think Kippist*3 will faint when he hears of it. Wallace of Colchester hopes to join soon.
Don't let me forget to let
the Lord (Ld A[rthur]. Russell) know when any thing good is coming on at the Linnean.
[Charles] Lyell will be buried in Westminster Abbey, I trust. The Family quite like it though it will cost £300.
I send Reeve statements
of corrections of Fl[ora] [British] India
Ever y[ou]rs | J.D Hooker [signature]
1. The date has been added in pencil in another hand.
2. 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.
3. Richard Kippist (1812--1882). British botanist and librarian. Employed by the Linnean Society from 1830, holding the position of librarian from 1842 to 1881.
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