JDH thanks Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer for his letter & sympathises with the trouble he has had about 'the cheque'. He mentions the theft of Bain's portrait. Reeve [Pulishing Company] has not returned the [BOTANICAL] MAGAZINE proofs he promised which will delay publication of some [species] descriptions. JDH has transferred Orychophragmus back to the genus Moricandia from where Bunge had placed it in ragworts[?]. JDH has got engaged to Lady [Hyacinth] Jardine & informed his family.
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will you kindly see that he prints a slip[?] with the names of the plants, which he has. I transferred the Orychophragmus back to the genus Moricandia. Bunge*3 had it so in rag[wort]s.
Since I left I have engaged myself to be married to Lady Jardine & expect to see her father today. I have informed my family of it.
Ever most sincerely y[ou]rs | Jos.D.Hooker [signature]
I shall be back in London on Friday but not in time to go to Kew before I dine in London at 8.
Stokesay
June 28th
1876
Dear Dyer*1,
Thanks for your letter. I cannot tell you how vexed I am about the cheque & the trouble you have had.
I am distressed about the theft of Bain's portrait, it certainly points to persons who have an personal interest in the man.
Reeve*2 never sent me over the magazine proofs, for which he had abundant time & which he faithfully promised.The descriptions must be delayed till next month now.
will you kindly see that he prints a slip[?] with the names of the plants, which he has. I transferred the Orychophragmus back to the genus Moricandia. Bunge*3 had it so in rag[wort]s.
Since I left I have engaged myself to be married to Lady Jardine & expect to see her father today. I have informed my family of it.
Ever most sincerely y[ou]rs | Jos.D.Hooker [signature]
I shall be back in London on Friday but not in time to go to Kew before I dine in London at 8.
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. Lovell Reeve Publishing Company. Augustus Lovell Reeve (1814--1865), founder of the Lovell Reeve Publishing Company. In 1845 the Botanical Magazine was launched by William Hooker and Reeve later acquired it. When Lovell Reeve died, the management of the firm passed on to his partner, Francis Lesiter Soper and the editorship of the Botanical Magazine was passed to Joseph Hooker.
3. Alexander Georg von Bunge (1803--18 July 1890) was a German botanist.
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