Joseph Hooker talks with Charles Darwin about Indian
plants
A lunchtime lecture by Emma Townshend
Friday 12 June, 13.15
BP Lecture Theatre
Admission free, booking advised
Emma Townshend, gardening correspondent of The Independent
on Sunday, examines the period of correspondence and
discussion in the mid 19th century between the great botanist and
plant-collector Joseph Hooker and Charles Darwin.
Related to the exhibitions India Landscape and
Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of
Jodhpur.
Booking information
Image: Death of Vali; Rama and Lakshmana
Wait out the Monsoon (detail). Illustration from the
Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas(1532–1623) Jodhpur, c. 1775;
62.7 x 134.5 cm. © Mehrangarh Museum Trust