JHC1027 - Page 1
Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton
JHC1027
The Camp, Sunningdale, Berkshire, United Kingdom
PRAIN LETTERS PRA f.152
Prain, Sir David
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
31-8-1892
© Descendants of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Letters to D. Prain
The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
English
Original MS
2 page letter over 1 folio
 
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The Camp. Sunningdale
Aug[ust] 31/[18]92
Dear Dr Prain
The received batch (of two boxes) of Palms have arrived safely & are full of fine things that we had not. The genus Licuala is especially rich in novelties -- but it is too late for me to work them up. Before I send Beccari’s*1 voluminous notes on Indian Palms back, I will have

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The Camp. Sunningdale
Aug[ust] 31/[18]92
Dear Dr Prain
The received batch (of two boxes) of Palms have arrived safely & are full of fine things that we had not. The genus Licuala is especially rich in novelties -- but it is too late for me to work them up. Before I send Beccari’s*1 voluminous notes on Indian Palms back, I will have

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all the numbers of Malayan things worked[?] out so that both Kew & Calcutta may know how they stand in the matter of things they both lent to Beccari. I have had a tough job with Pandanus*2 & been obliged to leave a good many leaves flowers & cones undetermined. [illeg.] | JDHooker [signature]

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1. Odoardo Beccari (1843—1920) Italian naturalist. He discovered many new species in his career, largely palms 2. Pandanus is a genus of palm-like plants
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