Watch List notes:

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Botany, Darwinism, India, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), botanist, Linnean Society of London, 1898, Bronze Laudatory Medal, by F Bowcher (1864-1938), bearded bust left, JDH Æ LXXX, rev presentation legend within floral wreath, 76mm (BHM 3632; Eimer 1829). Extremely fine, rare.
Hooker was presented the medal in gold for his study of Indian flora. Bowcher's portrait was used again on a Wedgwood plaquette and on Hooker's memorial in Westminster Abbey.

Estimate: £50-70