JDH discusses arrangements for securing Thiselton-Dyer's pay for his new position [as Assistant Director of RBG Kew]. There has been some delay on Lord Henrys'[?] part. JDH is anxious for Thiselton-Dyer to start work & congratulates him on getting the job, which he hopes has also pleased Thiselton-Dyer's family.
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you to work. With all congratulations
Ever yours | Jos.D.Hooker [signature]
I very much hope that Mrs Dyer and your sisters will like it & accept my hearty congratulations.
Kew
June 1875
Dear Dyer*1,
I wrote to Lord Henrys[?] P.S.[Private Secretary?] this morning & here is the result. You will see that you have lost a week or 10 days wages by his needless delay. You are however better off than I was, who lost 2 or 3 months pay on my app[oin]t[ment]: pay dated that length of time after the F[irst]. C[ommissioner of Works]. had told me I was appointed! I am most anxious to set
you to work. With all congratulations
Ever yours | Jos.D.Hooker [signature]
I very much hope that Mrs Dyer and your sisters will like it & accept my hearty congratulations.
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.
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