From J. D. Hooker [4 June 1864]
Summary
JDH is writing letters for Scott, whose temper will be "no obstacle for Hindoos and Musselmen working under him".
New curator at Kew finds considerable neglect, with hundreds of plants dying.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [4 June 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 222–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4519 |
From J. D. Hooker [11 June 1864]
Summary
CD’s photograph looks like J. R. Herbert’s Moses in the fresco in the House of Lords.
JDH is delighted about oxlip, but hybridity does not explain some large patches that are uniform and do not vary towards either cowslip or primrose.
Encloses letter from W. H. Harvey discussing Myosotis sylvatica and the common dandelion.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [11 June 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 225–6; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (letters to J. D. Hooker, vol. 11, no. 178 JDH/2/1/11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4529 |
From J. D. Hooker 15 June 1864
Summary
JDH busy reforming Kew’s operations.
Falconer may "fall foul" of Huxley’s anger over his attacks on Lyell.
Has heard of a coffee plantation post for Scott.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 227–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4537 |
From J. D. Hooker 23 June 1864
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 229 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4543 |