Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from J. D. Hooker to C. R. Darwin 16 June 1868
Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Darwin-Hooker Letters
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Will get name of grass [see <em class="doubleUnderline">6243</em>] from Gen. William Munro.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Has heard from Charles Wheatstone that CD has Prussian Order of Merit. Rejoices because it is the only distinction worth a fig.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Went to Handel festival; heard <i>Messiah</i>.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Went to poor old N. B. Ward’s funeral.</p>