J. D. Hooker

Cited as J. D. Hooker. — 7 quotations

Attributable

Errors . . . attributable to carelessness.

Aversion

The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk.

Denizen

There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds.

Dooly

Having provided doolies, or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders, in which I put my papers and boxes, we next morning commenced the ascent.

Hybridizable

Hybridizable genera are rarer than is generally supposed, even in gardens where they are so often operated upon, under circumstances most favorable to the production of hybrids.

Nervation

The outlines of the fronds of ferns, and their nervation, are frail characters if employed alone for the determination of existing genera.

Sheer

A sheer precipice of a thousand feet.