To W. E. Darwin [30 October 1858]
Summary
Glad WED has begun under George Henslow in the way that he has. CD wishes he had had such practice under J. S. Henslow.
Has had luck in his search for striped horses.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Oct 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: A29–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2350 |
From J. D. Hooker [before 6 May 1858]
Summary
Reports that N. J. Andersson finds every European willow bar one is also American.
Has heard from David Livingstone and reports on his progress.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 6 May 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 100: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2277 |
To John Lubbock [November 1858]
Summary
Praise for abstract of JL’s paper on insects ["On the ova and pseudova of insects", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 9 (1857–9): 574–83].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | [Nov 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 25 (EH 88206474) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2331 |
To J. D. Hooker 9 February [1858]
Summary
Six volumes of Candolle’s Prodromus confirm rule that small genera vary less than large. Labiatae an exception to rule.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 9 Feb [1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2212 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 11 of Candolle and Candolle 1824–73 in December 1857 (see Correspondence vol. 6, letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December 1857] , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 December [1857] ). His tables and calculations on this work are in DAR 15.2: 35–76. Hooker had sent CD volumes 12, 13, and 14 of Candolle and Candolle 1824–73 ( Correspondence vol. 6, letter …
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Lubbock, John | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Lubbock, John | (1) |
