From J. D. Hooker [late August – early September 1851]1
no use being nice however, & I hope my success will not prove a bad precedent.
Till Aiton’s is repaired we take a House on Kew Green.2
The Great Exhibition3 are to give me £100 for revising all the reports & doing the Literary Editorship of the disjuncta membra—i.e of 36 Jury Reports of all lengths & degrees of goodness & badness of subject & matter.4 I think the pay very handsome indeed, Playfair got me the job.5
My wife sends sincere regards she has returned well & happy having enjoyed her trip extremely.6
Ever affecy yours | J D Hooker.
Do you know a case of a hybrid between common Salmon & Salmo ferox, if you want particulars I will get them from Jas Wilson.7
Also Herrings inhabit throughout winter, a small fresh-water lake, communicating tidally with Loch Fyne—they pass winter in upper part of Lake, where water is perfectly fresh always—are a small var. of common Herring. 8
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Summary
James Wilson reports case of salmon hybrids.
Herrings inhabit freshwater lake in Scotland during winter.
JDH will edit juror reports for the Great Exhibition.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1440
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 205.10: 98
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp inc †
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1440,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1440.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5