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Barren tells Hooker he has enclosed a letter for him from Mr Pennock[?], a clergyman who Barren has accompanied on botanical trips to Cornwall. He writes that if Hooker is able to find Ralfs[?] employment he would be very glad; and he mentions trying to speak to Mr O’Brien on behalf of Lady Hooker. He says his daughter Tracy is with them along with her two month old baby, and he comments that Hooker is not yet a Great Grandfather as he is. In a postscript Barren writes about seeing Gladiolus in the New Forest, and says Mr Saunders has told him of reports that they have been found on the Isle of Wight. Before closing he asks is Hooker has heard of Saunders’s discovery of Arum italicum near Worthing. Page 1 of 3.

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Barren tells Hooker he has enclosed a letter for him from Mr Pennock[?], a clergyman who Barren has accompanied on botanical trips to Cornwall. He writes that if Hooker is able to find Ralfs[?] employment he would be very glad; and he mentions trying to speak to Mr O’Brien on behalf of Lady Hooker. He says his daughter Tracy is with them along with her two month old baby, and he comments that Hooker is not yet a Great Grandfather as he is. In a postscript Barren writes about seeing Gladiolus in the New Forest, and says Mr Saunders has told him of reports that they have been found on the Isle of Wight. Before closing he asks is Hooker has heard of Saunders’s discovery of Arum italicum near Worthing. Page 1 of 3.