To J. D. Hooker 9 May [1862]
Summary
Sorry to hear of JDH’s household troubles.
Will try to get a couple of flowers of Leschenaultia to send him.
"What a good case that of the Cameroons"; the 4000ft [elevation] is much to CD’s "private satisfaction".
Sends JDH a copy of Orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 9 May [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3541 |
From William Alexander Wooler 5 July 1862
Summary
Believes, contrary to CD, that when anthers arise from petals the development of the pollen is affected by the amputation of the petal.
Believes interbreeding can be used to combine desirable characters, but that, carried beyond narrow limits, it leads to deterioration of the breed.
Has been experimenting on crossing polyanthus.
| Author: | William Alexander Wooler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 July 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 157 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3642 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … W. E. Darwin, 9 May [1861] . The subject is discussed in Variation 1: 55–63. The journal, the full name of which was The Field, the Farm, the Garden. The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper , does not appear to have published Wooler’s observations on striping in ponies. John Henry Walsh . Lupton and Walsh 1861, p. 31. Walsh 1859 , …
To W. E. Darwin 26 April [1862]
Summary
Thanks WED for eyeglass.
Reports on health of Horace and family matters.
Has finished Orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Apr [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3520 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1859] , and CD’s Classed account book (Down House MS)), but apparently started to attend Clapham Grammar School in January 1862. According to CD’s Classed account book, CD made no payment to Reed for the period January to June 1862, and made a proportionate increase in his half-yearly payment to Clapham Grammar School. See also letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. …
From J. D. Hooker 19 [June 1862]
Summary
Household problems: wife’s health, visitors to Kew.
Will go to sale of J. C. Ross’s effects looking for glacial and Kerguelen Land works not at British Museum.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 [June 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 38–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3611 |
From Mary Butler [before 25 December 1862]
Summary
J. P. Thom [of Home News] must change his position because of his health. Asks if CD can help find him a new situation.
| Author: | Mary Butler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 25 Dec 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 392 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3838 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1859] ( Correspondence vol. 7). CD’s Account book–banking accounts (Down House MS) records payment on 1 January 1863 of £20 under the entry ‘Mr Thom Present’. See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. P. Thom, 14 January 1863 . Mr Davenport has not been identified. Emma had been encouraging CD to grow a beard (see letter to W. E. Darwin, …
| letter | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Butler, Mary | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Wooler, W. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Butler, Mary | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Wooler, W. A. | (1) |
