From J. D. Hooker 29 December 1874
Summary
Explains that his letter had to do with how he should act publicly to Mivart if he retracted. He would not forgive him. If he does not retract, it would no longer be possible to keep him Secretary of the Linnean Society.
Drosophyllum will be sent when weather permits.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 243–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9788 |
To D. F. Nevill 29 December 1874
Summary
CD thought he had already reported to DN on Utricularia. The large swellings in roots store water. The minute bladders are adapted to catch live animals and feed on decayed remains.
Will visit DN when in London this winter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 187 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9789 |
To James Crichton-Browne 29 December [1874?]
Summary
States his very high opinion of [JC-B’s?] abilities as judged from his writings and many excellent letters, and his suitability for some post in histology and pathology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Crichton-Browne |
| Date: | 29 Dec [1874?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9790 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Addressee
| Crichton-Browne, James | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Nevill, D. F. | (1) |
| Walpole, D. F. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Crichton-Browne, James | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Nevill, D. F. | (1) |
| Walpole, D. F. | (1) |
