To J. D. Hooker 3 March [1877]
Summary
CD counters Thiselton-Dyer’s objection to protoplasmic filaments of Dipsacus protruding beyond cell-wall, as Frank’s paper claims, by citing white "blood cells passing through vessels".
Has received Moseley’s collection of photographs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 435–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10874 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 January [1877] . Henry Nottidge Moseley ; see letter from J. …
- … between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 March 1877] . See letter …
- … J. D. Hooker, [2 March 1877] . Francis Darwin had delivered his paper on the teasel ( Dipsacus sylvestris ; F. Darwin 1877a ) at the Royal Society of London on 1 March 1877. CD alludes to Francis’s wife, Amy, who had died on 11 September 1876; see Correspondence vol. 24, letter …
To J. D. Hooker 31 May 1877
Summary
CD thanks JDH for assistance with "bloom" study.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 31 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 442 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10978 |
To J. D. Hooker 25 November [1877]
Summary
Neptunia seeds germinated by applying great heat. CD wants advice of Kew gardener, R. I. Lynch, on how to proceed.
Printed public oration for CD’s Cambridge doctorate enclosed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 463 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11253 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … has not been found. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 November [1877] and n. 2, and letter …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 November 1877 . Richard Irwin Lynch was …
- … J. D. Hooker, 13 November 1877 . Neptunia oleracea (a synonym of N. prostrata ) is water mimosa or sensitive neptunia. CD discussed the movement of the cotyledons of Oxalis sensitiva (a synonym of Biophytum sensitivum ) in Movement in plants . See also letter …
To J. D. Hooker 8 November [1877]
Summary
CD and Frank working hard on cotyledonary movement.
CD suggests technique for growing Welwitschia.
Approves of J. D. Dana and of O. Heer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 8 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 461–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11229 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 November 1877 . See letter …
- … J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1877 ). Susan Ridley Sedgwick Norton , the sister of Sara and Theodora, died in 1872. Theodora’s letter …
- … J. D. Hooker, 7 November 1877 . CD discussed the movement of the cotyledons in Cycas pectinata in Movement in plants . Francis Darwin was assisting him with his work. William Erasmus Darwin was engaged to Sara Sedgwick . Hooker had met her sister Theodora on his 1877 visit to the US ( letter …
To J. D. Hooker 16 June [1877]
Summary
CD cannot see the Emperor of Brazil because he is in Southampton, but he sends sincere respects for the Emperor’s role in assisting science.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 16 June [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 443–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11002 |
To J. D. Hooker 21 October [1877]
Summary
Welcomes JDH home from American expedition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 457–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11195 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1877 . Hooker had reported his …
- … Hooker’s daughter Harriet Anne in June, was about to leave for a delayed honeymoon (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1877 …
- … United States. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1877 and n. 3. William Erasmus …
To J. D. Hooker 20 March [1877]
Summary
CD apologises for his burdensome request of Oliver.
Criticises JDH’s notice on Forsythia, which JDH said was dioecious. Forsythia sent to CD from Kew was heterostylous.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 20 Mar [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 437–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10906 |
To J. D. Hooker 25 January [1877]
Summary
CD notes growth of Royal Society may force it to hire officers.
Speculates on cold resistance of bacterial germs.
Will communicate to Royal Society Frank’s paper on the ingestion of solid particles by the protoplasmic protrusions of Dipsacus glands.
CD working on plant dimorphism.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 Jan [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 430–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10814 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 November [1877]
Summary
Requests seeds for study of movement in cotyledons. Would love to study Welwitschia cotyledons.
Son William is to be married 28 November.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 459–60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11226 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … gyrans , see the letter to J. D. Hooker, [26 October 1877] . Earlier in the year, William …
- … Hooker’s work on Welwitschia , see J. D. Hooker 1862 and Correspondence vol. 10. CD’s son-in-law, Richard Buckley Litchfield , had been taken ill with appendicitis in Switzerland in September 1877 ( letter …
To J. D. Hooker 28 January 1877
Summary
CD thinks A. Günther’s tortoises are relics of closely allied forms, once widely distributed. Expressed this view to AG a few months ago. Cannot explain their restriction to volcanic islands.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 432–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10819 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 August 1881
Summary
Responds to JDH’s outline history of plant geography.
Considers Humboldt the "greatest scientific traveller who ever lived".
Discusses the origin and rapid radiation of angiosperms in Cretaceous period.
Comments on importance of work of Alphonse de Candolle, Saporta, Axel Blytt.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Aug 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 518–23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13277 |
To J. D. Hooker 28 [February 1878]
Summary
CD solicits JDH’s aid in obtaining Government funds for James Torbitt’s efforts to breed disease resistance in potatoes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 28 [Feb 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 449–50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11380 |
To J. D. Hooker 25 March [1878]
Summary
CD and Frank think they have proved that function of plant sleep is to protect leaves from injury by chilling radiation. Requests plants for experiment to determine whether underside of leaf is hardier than upper.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 Mar [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 469–70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11443 |
