To J. D. Hooker 30 April [1860]
Summary
JDH has settled the Leschenaultia case, but it remains a difficulty to CD.
Goodenia, like bee orchid, seems a case of a structure with an evident function, which is not carried out. Is curvature of styles an incidental result of growth or a pollination adaptation?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 30 Apr [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 51 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2776 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 30 April [1860] …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1860] . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 April …
- … prepared. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 April 1860] , CD note and note 12. Robert …
- … early in June 1860 ([Haughton] 1860b). See letters to J. D. Hooker, 5 June [1860] , and …
- … Hooker, [28 April 1860] and n. 2. Samuel Haughton , professor of geology at Dublin University, had publicly criticised CD’s theory (see Correspondence vol. 7, letter to J. D. …
To J. D. Hooker 26 April [1860]
Summary
CD intrigued by the pollination mechanism of Leschenaultia formosa.
CD interested in Thomas Bell’s rumour that Owen avows his review.
Curved styles and their relation to pollination.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 26 Apr [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 50 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2769 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 26 April [1860] …
- … Hooker, [20 April 1860] . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [20 April 1860] . …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [April 1860] , and letter from J. D. …
- … Hooker, [20 April 1860] . The female organs of Leschenaultia formosa are shaped in such a way that it is difficult to tell which part is which: the style ends in a cup-like expansion, the indusium, enclosing the stigma. George Bentham lived in London and pursued his taxonomic investigations at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Thomas Bell and Richard Owen . See letter from J. D. …
To J. D. Hooker [3 July 1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [3 July 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 66 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2856 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [3 July 1860] …
- … Letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 July 1860 . …
- … He visited Hooker on his return to Down (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 July [1860] ). …
- … 1860 ‘came to Hartfield. ’ The house of Emma’s sister Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood was known in the family as ‘the kindly hospital for all who are sick or sorry’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 176). See letter to J. D. Hooker, [ …
To J. D. Hooker 12 [June 1860]
Summary
Progress of [Thomas?] Thomson and G. H. K. Thwaites on accepting mutability.
Bee orchid pollination.
JDH has written to CD on homologies of stigma in Goodeniaceae.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 12 [June 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 62 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2830 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 12 [June 1860] …
- … Hooker, 7 June [1860] , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 June 1860 . CD subsequently …
- … been found, but see letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 [May 1860] . Hooker 1859 . George Henry …
- … corresponding with Hooker about Origin . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [May 1860] . …
- … Hooker’s assistant in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , [4–5 June 1860]. CD refers to information obtained from Edward Parfitt . Parfitt probably wrote to CD after reading his letter to the Gardeners’ Chronicle , [4–5 June 1860]. There would not have been enough time for Parfitt to have responded to CD’s inquiry mentioned in the preceding letter. See letter to J. D. …
To J. D. Hooker 12 July [1860]
Summary
Floral anatomy; pistil curvature and pistil movement. CD’s rule that bent pistils occur in "gangway" into nectaries.
The book JDH is planning, which he and CD discussed at Kew, should deal with plant reproduction.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 12 July [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 67 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2864 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 12 July [1860] …
- … on botany. See letters to J. D. Hooker, 8 February [1860] , 14 February [1860] , and 12 …
- … Surrey. See letters to J. D. Hooker, [2 July 1860] , [3 July 1860] , and [4 July 1860] . …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 3 July [1860] . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 April [1860] . CD was …
To J. D. Hooker 17 December [1860]
Summary
Analysing results of last spring’s Primula experiments, CD infers pollen of short-styled plants "suits" long-styled plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 17 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 81 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3024 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 17 December [1860] …
- … 1860 . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [6–11 December 1860] , and letter to J. D. …
- … new volume. See letters to J. D. Hooker, 8 February [1860] , 12 March [1860] , and 18 [ …
- … Hooker, 11 December [1860] . See preceding letter. The photograph that CD refers to as making him look ‘atrociously wicked’ is that taken by Maull and Polyblank circa 1855. See Correspondence vol. 5, facing p. 448 and letter to J. D. …
- … 1860] , and letter from Daniel Oliver, 23 November 1860 . See letters to J. D. Hooker, …
To J. D. Hooker 31 [August 1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 31 [Aug 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 71 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2886 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 31 [August 1860] …
- … back with him from Hartfield. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 September [1860] . …
- … the relationship to the letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 September [1860] . Daniel Oliver was …
- … Kew. See also letters to J. D. Hooker, 2 September [1860] , and to Daniel Oliver , 11 …
From J. D. Hooker [23 March 1862]
Summary
Lighthearted thoughts on "the development of an Aristocracy" after a visit to Walcot Hall, Shropshire.
On CD’s point about the effect of changed conditions on the reproductive organs, JDH does not see why this is not "itself a variation, not necessarily induced by domestication, but accompanying some variety artificially selected".
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [23 Mar 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 27–9; American Philosophical Society Library (Hooker papers, B/H76.2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3480 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … vol. 8, letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 June 1860 , and letters to J. D. Hooker, 29 [ …
- … Correspondence vol. 8, letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 June [1860] ). See also this volume, …
- … Hooker had corresponded extensively on this point in 1860 (see Correspondence vol. 7, letter from J. D. …
- … 1860] ). CD discussed his ideas on reversion with Hooker during the preparation of his ‘big book’ on species in 1857 (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 6, letter to J. D. …
- … of guinea-pigs in Brown-Séquard 1860 . J. D. Hooker 1853 , p. x. Hooker had expressed …
- … 1860 and 1861 (see Correspondence vols. 8 and 9). Henry Holland . See letter to J. D. Hooker, …
To J. D. Hooker 13 [May 1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 13 [May 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 54 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2798 |
To J. D. Hooker 15 [May 1860]
Summary
Lyell, de facto, first to stress importance of geological changes for geographical distribution.
Asa Gray has given CD too much credit for theories of geographical distribution.
Reaction to hostile criticism
and debt to Lyell, Huxley, JDH, and W. B. Carpenter.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 15 [May 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 56 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2802 |
Matches: 4 hits
To J. D. Hooker 12 March [1860]
Summary
Lyell and CD would urge JDH to make his essays into a book, but see he has embarked on a huge project with G. Bentham [Genera plantarum, 3 vols. (1862–83)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 12 Mar [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 46 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2728 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 12 March [1860] …
- … to Origin , has not been found, but see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 March [1860] . …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, [26 February or 4 March 1860] ). CD’s experiments on the …
- … a new volume (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 February [1860] ). An announcement in the …
From Asa Gray to J. D. Hooker 5 January 1860
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 5 Jan 1860 |
Classmark: | DAR 98 (ser. 2): 20–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2638 |
To J. D. Hooker 2 September [1860]
Summary
CD has a low opinion of British entomologists.
Lyell’s ingenious difficulties with natural selection show he is in earnest.
Asks JDH to observe beetles and variation of stripes in mules on his Syrian tour.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 2 Sept [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 73 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2905 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 2 September [1860] …
- … Hooker, 26 [June 1860] ). In fact, CD refers to the letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 [August …
- … 1860’ by Hooker. Hooker may have sent CD a draft of Hooker 1862a , which he had read at the Linnean Society of London on 21 June (see letter to J. D. …
- … 1860 ). There is a note in CD’s hand about stripes on horses bound with the letter. The note had been sent to Hooker in 1857 with reference to CD’s inquiries about the colour of Norwegian horses (see Correspondence vol. 6, enclosure with letter to J. D. …
To J. D. Hooker [26 February or 4 March 1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [26 Feb or 4 Mar] 1860 |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 44 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2716 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker [26 February or 4 March 1860] …
- … Hooker, 12 March [1860] ). See letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 January 1860] . Plants of the …
- … Leschenaultia . See letters to J. D. Hooker, 12 March [1860] and 18 April [1860] . Daniel …
- … Hooker on Saturday, 3 March [1860]. The Goodenia plants referred to in the letter arrived at Down House on 9 March (see letter to J. D. …
To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 5 January 1861]
Summary
Describes how adhesive bladders enable the achenia of Pumilio argyrolepsis to attach themselves to the soil. James Drummond sent seeds to CD with a memorandum on the achenia.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
Date: | [before 5 Jan 1861] |
Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 5 January 1861, pp. 4–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3042 |
Matches: 3 hits
To J. D. Hooker 11 May [1860]
Summary
Dissection of Leschenaultia convinces CD insect agency necessary for self-fertilisation in this case.
Primroses and cowslips seem universally to occur in two forms. Very curious to see which plants set seed.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 11 May [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 53 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2795 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 September [1860]
Summary
Thanks JDH for agreeing to observe coats of asses and mules in Middle East.
Asks for observations on vigour of plants as JDH ascends mountains.
Ad hominem article in Athenæum [review of John Tyndall, Glaciers of the Alps, 1 Sept 1860, pp. 280–2].
Reports extensive experiments on Drosera.
Observations on orchid anatomy.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 6 Sept [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 74 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2908 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 6 September [1860] …
- … found. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 September [1860] . CD asked Hooker to look out …
- … trip to Syria ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 September [1860] ). Hooker observed five asses …
- … 1860] . CD refers to Erasmus Alvey Darwin . CD performed a series of experiments on Drosera after returning to Down from Hartfield on 2 August and before leaving for Eastbourne on 22 September. His notes are in DAR 60.1. CD probably refers to the ‘abstract’ mentioned in the letter to J. D. Hooker, …
To J. D. Hooker 7 May [1860]
Summary
To understand Leschenaultia pollination CD requires field observations in the native country.
Has observed two forms of cowslips, which he calls male and female. The same two forms are found in primroses.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 7 May [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 52 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2785 |
To Asa Gray 22 July [1860]
Summary
Greatly praises AG’s discussion of Origin in Proc. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci. [4 (1860): 411–15; 424–6].
Mentions other reviews of Origin; believes the BAAS meeting at Oxford greatly advanced the subject. Has heard his views are gaining ground in Germany.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 22 July [1860] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (30) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2876 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Gray] 1860b. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 [July 1860] . CD’s annotated copies of all …
- … receiving the letters to J. D. Hooker, [17 July 1860] and 19 [July 1860] . [Gray] 1860a. …
- … July 1860] , and to T. H. Huxley, 20 July [1860]). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 …
- … Hooker, 7 August [1860] . The ‘missing’ pages did not include any discussions relating to Darwin. See also letter to J. D. …
- … 1860 , and Appendix VI. Ferdinand Hochstetter, who was appointed professor of mineralogy and geology at the Imperial Polytechnic Institute in Vienna in 1860, attended the 1860 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Oxford. Bronn trans. 1860, pp. 495–520. Hopkins 1860 . See letter to J. D. Hooker, [ …
- … 1860 to 2 August (‘Journal’; Appendix II). CD had taken the water-cure at Edward Wickstead Lane’s establishment at Sudbrook Park, Richmond, Surrey, from 28 June 1860 to 7 July (‘Journal’; Appendix II). He refers to the long-continued illness of Henrietta Emma Darwin . Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 4 (1860): 410–15, 424–31. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [ …
From W. H. Harvey to J. D. Hooker 23 November [1860]
Summary
Has found some funny evidences of transmutation in Cliffortia. Sketches gradual passage "from very unlike to same" – e.g., from three-leafed form to two-leafed.
Author: | William Henry Harvey |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 23 Nov [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 47: 218–19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2995 |
Darwin, C. R. | (254) |
Hooker, J. D. | (65) |
Gray, Asa | (5) |
Wallace, A. R. | (5) |
Lyell, Charles | (3) |
Hooker, J. D. | (131) |
Darwin, C. R. | (106) |
Gray, Asa | (27) |
Lyell, Charles | (21) |
Huxley, T. H. | (9) |
Darwin, C. R. | (360) |
Hooker, J. D. | (196) |
Gray, Asa | (32) |
Lyell, Charles | (24) |
Huxley, T. H. | (11) |