To J. D. Hooker 24 November [1869]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Nov. 24th.
My dear Hooker
I return Lady Lyell’s very nice note as you might wish to have it back.2
The title of A. Kerner’s book is “Die Abhangigkeit der Pflanzen von Klima & Boden: 1869 Innsbruck.— If you like I could lend it you, & finish reading it when returned to me.3 He does not give the one parent form of the genus, but selects two intermediate forms as probably the earliest. The distribution of the sub-species near the margins of the larger areas inhabited by some of the other species is very curious; as is his explanation of this fact.4
Please tell Bentham that I will write to him in a few days. Many thanks for your last note—5
yours affectly | Ch. Darwin
I may do it inside as I like the looks—
To Dr. Hooker C.B.6 F.R S. | &c &c &c
Footnotes
Summary
Sends title of Kerner’s book [see 6997] and comments that AK does not give the one parent form of the genus.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7006
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 94: 162–3
- Physical description
- LS(A) 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7006,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7006.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
