From J. D. Hooker 22 July 1871
Royal Gardens Kew
July 22/71
Dear Darwin
Abutilon being a large genus in which it is not easy to find new specific names, I have gibbetted you as A. Darwinianae for Fritz Mueller’s new species. Do you know where he got it? The habitat on the ticket of his dried specimen in our Herb.m is “Capivary”, a place N.E. of Rio, according to my maps.1
We are all very pleased to hear of Henrietta’s intended as a man worthy of her.2 Your feelings must be very mixed I fear in respect of the prospect of losing her, & I both envy & pity you & Mrs Darwin.
I am very busy here. You go soon I hear to the country. My wife takes Harriett to a German (Berlin) school sometime about Aug 10th.—3
Ever yr affec | J D Hooker
Where did you grow the Abutilon in a House or in the open ground.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Emma Darwin (1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta Litchfield. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1915.
West, David A. 2003. Fritz Müller. A naturalist in Brazil. Blacksburg, Va.: Pocahontas Press.
Summary
Has given CD’s name to a species of Abutilon found by Fritz Müller.
Pleased at Henrietta [Darwin]’s engagement.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7877
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 103: 61–2
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7877,” accessed on 23 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7877.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
