To J. D. Hooker 1 October [1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Oct 1st
My dear Hooker
I am so very glad that you have found out the name of U. neglecta. I had specimens from Bisterne in the New Forest, & from near Penzance.—2 In the former place it seems common.—
Thank Harriette very much for extract.— I am trying my best to grow Aldrovanda, for I wd. give the world to try one or two experiments with it.—3
Thanks, also, for extract about Hedychium: it seems that I was quite wrong about manner of fertilisation; but I see the writer knows nothing about crossing & the meaning of insects’ visits.—4
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks JDH for extract on Hedychium pollination; it shows CD’s prior interpretation was incorrect.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9665
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 95: 421–422
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9665,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9665.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22