From J. D. Hooker [13 or 20 January 1873]1
Monday
D. D.
The Drosoph. goes to Orpington by train this evening.2
Ever yours | J D H
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter, the letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873, and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 January 1873. In 1873, 13 and 20 January were Mondays.
Hooker refers to Drosophyllum lusitanicum (the Portuguese sundew), an insectivorous plant that CD wanted to experiment on. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 January [1873] and n. 3.
Summary
The Drosophyllum goes to Orpington by train this evening.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8734
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 103: 138–9
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8734,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8734.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
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