Letter, from Sir William J. Hooker to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Reference number: HS/9/457

Date: 14 February 1846

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thinks it a good idea to send a memo to the Colonial Office on the question of a Cape botanical garden. Has consulted W. H. Harvey on the question. What a curious plant is found on the coasts of Africa.

Reference number: HS/9/457
Earliest possible date: 14 February 1846
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William Jackson Hooker

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William Jackson Hooker, Letter, from Sir William J. Hooker to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 14 February 1846, HS/9/457, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_457/letter-from-sir-william-j-hooker-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-botanic-gardens-kew, accessed on 23 June 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 9 R Grahame-Horsburgh
1819-1871 Reference number: HS/9

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