From J. D. Hooker 24 January 1872
Royal Gardens Kew
Jany 24/72
Dear Darwin
You will I am sure be glad to hear that William has come out in the first division of the Matriculation list at the L.U.1
Have you, or had you ever Zizinia aquatica— we have raised, flowered, & lost it several times: & this looks as if it were an annual, which I can hardly believe.2 Have you still Leersia?3
No news of my affairs: & I must again stir up the mud4
I met Miss Thackray the other day, & liked her so very much; she talked heaps about you all.5
I should like to run down to Down on Saturday 3d. if nothing prevents, & Mrs Darwin is “conformable”.6
Just now I am in agonies about these appointments to the Garden & Herbarium, which are taken out of my hands, & thrown open to open competition by Mr Ayrton— just fancy selecting your Gardeners by such a means.7
I have heard nothing of Henrietta8 for some time; how is she?
Ever yrs affec | J D Hooker
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Summary
William [Hooker] is in first division of matriculation list of London University.
Other family news.
No news on Ayrton affair. Ayrton has taken staff appointments out of JDH’s hands.
Asks whether CD knows about Zizania aquatica – can hardly believe it is an annual.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8176
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 103: 103–4
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8176,” accessed on 21 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8176.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20