From J. D. Hooker 2 July 1866
Kew
July 2d. /66.
Dear Darwin
Many thanks for your note.1 I shall write to James for the map & take your advice about some sketches or diagrams of leading forms.2
With regard to the Gallegos fossils, could we not have a memorial drawn up by Huxley & other Geologists.3 The matter not being Botanical I would rather not myself bring it forward, though I would write to the Duke privately backing it, if brought forward by Geologists.4 Perhaps Murchison would take it up.5
I am extremely sorry for your account of poor Sullivan6—but do not wonder— I really think, his brain must be affected from what I saw of him last, some 5 months ago.
Spencer last number I hope to read soon7
F. & Brian enjoyed their stay at Down amazingly.8
I find the Beech twigs I spoke of to be deformed—9
Smith10 knows nothing of origin of cut-leaved.
Alkanna hispidifolia we never had—11
I cannot find the name of any Lamium campanulatum 12
The other questions will soon be answered.
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–.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Spencer, Herbert. 1864–7. The principles of biology. 2 vols. London: Williams & Norgate.
Summary
Suggests a memorial from Huxley, Murchison, and other geologists on the Gallegos fossils. He will speak privately to Duke of Somerset.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5139
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 102: 79–80
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5139,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5139.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14