Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal January 1912

At the end of the book the author has enumerated all his writings but unfortunately the copyist2 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Benyal. [...] These works from the merely descriptive stanpoint are the highest excellence and importance while the philosophieal discussions they contain on the geographical distribution of plants gave an impetus to the study of this aspect of the science of botany that has only gathered force with the lapse of time. [...] The period of Hooker's Assistant Directorship and Directorship was remarkable not merely for the development of the Garden but for the impetus given to thg study of the vegetation of the tropical and sub-tropical possessions of the British Crown and the development of important tropical agrcultural products such as cinchona tea coffee rubber and fibres. [...] The direction and supevision of the work involved in the preparation of the Index Kewensis which is an index of the names varieties and countries of all flowering plants was at the request of Darwin also undertaken by Hooker the actual preparation however being entrusted to Mr. [...] To the Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta Hooker contributed in 1895 a century of drawings of the orchids from amongst the manuscript figures in the Calcutta Herbarium.