Excerpt from Himalayan Journals: Or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &C In 1855 Dr. Hooker was appointed assistant-director of Kew Gardens, and on his father's death in 1865, succeeded to the Directorship, which he held for twenty years. Every one knows and admires the arrangements and visible treasures of Kew Gardens, but few are aware of the priceless herbaria carefully pre served there, containing type-specimens, often unique - all being gradually described and illustrated by the corps of able botanists congregated at work there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.