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Sunningdale, where he had built a house and laid out a charming 
and well-furnished garden. 
If retirement, in Hooker’s case, meant release from the cares of 
administration, it did not mean leisure. He continued to edit the 
‘Icones Plantarum’ for four more years, until the end of 1889, and 
the ‘ Botanical Magazine’ for the next 17 years, until 1902, when he 
associated with himself in this task Mr. W. B. Hemsley, with whose 
was published in 1895. 
Meanwhile, however, Hooker had undertaken the superintendence 
of another heavy task. His friend Darwin, some time before his 
death, informed Hooker of his intention to devote a considerable 
sum to meet the cost of some work of utility to biological science, 
and to arrange that this might be completed if it were not finished 
uring his own lifetime. His difficulties in connection with his own 
studies led Darwin to suggest that the work should consist of an 
index to the names, authorities and countries of all flowering plants; 
The responsibility connected with the ‘Index Kewensis’ had 
barely ended ere Sisakier arranged, as an act of justice to the 
memory of Sir Joseph Banks, to edit the ‘Journal’ kept by that 
naturalist during Captain Cook’s first voyage, 1768-71; this edition 
was published in 1896. Just as this volume appeared an a 
was made to Hooker to undertake the completion of the *‘ Handbook 
to the Flora of Ceylon’ begun by Dr. Trimen, but of which only 
three parts had appeared when Trimen died. Hooker responded to 
the appeal, and in 1898 the fourth part, edited to some extent from 
manuscript left by Trimen, was issued from the press; the fifth and 
— part, which Hooker had to write himself, was published 
in ; 
The next two years were devoted to the preparation of a life 
of his father, Sir William Jackson Hooker, the first Director. 
This life appeared in December 1902, simultaneously with the 
