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THE CAMP,*1
SUNNINGDALE.
May 27 1909*2
My dear Stapf*3
Meebold*4 informs me that his Peninsular species of Impatiens were not poisoned. I therefore return them for the latter operation, addressed to the Director. When operated upon please retain them, as I hope to go to the Herbarium soon, & may have to recall the whole of the Peninsular collection to intercalate so many new species & additional specimen & write up the names on the genus covers here.
The Herb[arium] Petrograd[?] collection of Balsams is still at Kew. I left them in charge of Hemsley,*5 not to
THE CAMP,*1
SUNNINGDALE.
May 27 1909*2
My dear Stapf*3
Meebold*4 informs me that his Peninsular species of Impatiens were not poisoned. I therefore return them for the latter operation, addressed to the Director. When operated upon please retain them, as I hope to go to the Herbarium soon, & may have to recall the whole of the Peninsular collection to intercalate so many new species & additional specimen & write up the names on the genus covers here.
The Herb[arium] Petrograd[?] collection of Balsams is still at Kew. I left them in charge of Hemsley,*5 not to
be returned till some species had been drawn by Miss Smith.*6 The latter is now so fully occupied with drawing garden flowering plants that she can hardly get even the "Icones" done, & I fear she will never get the Herb[arium] Petrog[?] uniques in hand.
Do not trouble to answer this. There is no hurry.
Ever y[ou]rs sincerely | Jos D Hooker[signature]
1. Joseph Hooker had a residence built in Sunningdale, Berkshire called 'The Camp'. Completed in 1882 he lived there full time, with his second wife Hyacinth and their family, after retiring from RBG Kew in 1885.
2. There is a annotation by Otto Stapf as follows, "repl[ied] 31.5.[19]09. See copy of letter attached. O[tto] S[tapf]."
3. Otto Stapf FRS (1852--1933). Austrian botanist and taxonomist. He moved to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 1890, becoming keeper of the Herbarium in 1909--1920.
4. Alfred Karl Meebold (1863--1952). Botanist, author and anthroposophist. A prolific traveller, he saw many continents and countries, collecting plants in India, Southern Africa, Polynesia, the Antipodes and Europe.
5. William Botting Hemsley (1843--1924) was an English botanist. He started work at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, as an Improver, then Assistant for India in the Herbarium, and finally became Keeper of the Herbarium and Library.
6. Matilda Smith (1854--1926). Botanical artist. A second cousin of Joseph Hooker, she was invited to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to be trained as a botanical artist. She replaced W. H. Fitch as illustrator of Curtis's Botanical Magazine. She appointed official artist at Kew in 1898.
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