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The Swedish Academy of Sciences has the honour of reckoning 

 among its members one of these, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, who 

 by his age stands near to Linne. 



By his works he does so too. 



By scientific expeditions to many parts of the world he has 

 revealed the secrets of their vegetation. His extraordinary 

 experience embraces both the nature of tropical India as also of 

 sub-tropical and temperate climates as well as of the cold antarctic 

 regions. The contents of his floristic works are therefore 

 exceedingly rich. He has furthermore enriched botany by 

 splendid works in other departments of this science, on the 

 geographical distribution of plants, their classification and other 

 matters. 



On account of these merits the Academy wishes to show him 

 especial honour on the day of Linne's Bicentenary by awarding 

 him the Linnean Medal, which has been struck in commemoration 

 of this day. 



Unfortunately Sir Joseph Hooker is not present. 



1 must therefore beg the representative of His Britannic 

 Majesty to receive the mark of honour that the Academy has 

 awarded his illustrious countryman. 



Sir Joseph Hooker to Foreign Office. 



The Camp, Sunningdale, 

 „ June 12, 1907. 



Sir, 



I have the honour of acknowledging the receipt of your letter 

 of June 10, 1907, No. 18036, written under direction of the 

 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, together with the Medal, 

 struck m commemoration of Linnaeus, awarded to me by the 

 Swedish Academy, and the copy of the speech delivered by Count 

 Morner, the President of the Academy, on the occasion of the 

 Crown Prince of Sweden handing the Medal to the British 

 Minister at the Court of Sweden for transmission to me. 



m Jw^u°T ^ request that y° u wil1 convey to Sir E. Grey my 

 grateful thanksfor the aforesaid communications and most especially 

 tor the expression of his pleasure in giving effect to the wishes of 

 tr!tuf,°oT- n ™i e ° f , Sweden » aQ d I can most truly say that the 



STmi^' 10 ?i mt \ Which I bave received th ^ ™*W award is 

 immeasurably enhanced by its being transmitted with the approval 



or my own Government, so cordially expressed by Sir E. Grey. 



arifbL^fi 1 ? 8 !?? Sir . *?' Rodd are enclosed in a separate envelope 

 addressed to him at the Foreign Office for transmission. 



Hon. Sir Eric Barrington, K.C.B., 



Foreign Office. 



I am, etc., 

 (Signed) Jos. D. HOOKER. 



