From J. D. Hooker 21 December 1874
Summary
His view of Huxley’s cutting Mivart without explanation. States his own intentions. Mivart’s apology in October Quarterly Review is abominable.
Has heard of a Drosophyllum in Edinburgh. Is it too late?
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 236–8; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Dawson 2.214) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9768 |
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- … George Bentham had qualified as a barrister ( ODNB ). G. H. Darwin’s response to Mivart’s criticisms appeared in the October issue of Quarterly Review (137 (1874): 587–8), followed by an anonymous rejoinder by Mivart. See also Appendix V. Reginald Hawthorn Hooker . CD had been seeking specimens of Drosophyllum lusitanicum (Portuguese sundew or dewy pine) for his work on Insectivorous plants (see letter to David Moore, 12 …
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