To J. D. Hooker 3 March [1877]
Summary
CD counters Thiselton-Dyer’s objection to protoplasmic filaments of Dipsacus protruding beyond cell-wall, as Frank’s paper claims, by citing white "blood cells passing through vessels".
Has received Moseley’s collection of photographs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 435–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10874 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 3 March [1877] …
- … of flowers ; see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 January [1877] . Henry Nottidge Moseley ; see …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 March 1877] . See letter from J. D. …
- … Hooker, [2 March 1877] . Francis Darwin had delivered his paper on the teasel ( Dipsacus sylvestris ; F. Darwin 1877a ) at the Royal Society of London on 1 March 1877. CD alludes to Francis’s wife, Amy, who had died on 11 September 1876; see Correspondence vol. 24, letter to J. D. …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 14 July [1877]
Summary
"Frank and I are working very hard on ""bloom"" and sleep" [movements]. Asks for succulent species for experiment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 14 July [1877] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 70–1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11053 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 May [1877] , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 31 May 1877 ). …
- … Dalton Hooker (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 May [1877] ). Hooker replied that they no …
- … have it at Kew ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 31 May 1877 ). The nocturnal movement of the …
- … for seeds ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 31 May 1877 ). Hooker had offered CD Strephium …
To J. D. Hooker 31 May 1877
Summary
CD thanks JDH for assistance with "bloom" study.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 31 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 442 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10978 |
To J. D. Hooker 8 November [1877]
Summary
CD and Frank working hard on cotyledonary movement.
CD suggests technique for growing Welwitschia.
Approves of J. D. Dana and of O. Heer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 8 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 461–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11229 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 8 November [1877] …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 November 1877 . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 7 November …
- … in Switzerland in September 1877; see letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 November [1877] and n. 5. …
- … Hooker had met her sister Theodora on his 1877 visit to the US ( letter from J. D. Hooker, …
To J. D. Hooker 25 November [1877]
Summary
Neptunia seeds germinated by applying great heat. CD wants advice of Kew gardener, R. I. Lynch, on how to proceed.
Printed public oration for CD’s Cambridge doctorate enclosed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 463 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11253 |
To J. D. Hooker 21 October [1877]
Summary
Welcomes JDH home from American expedition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 457–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11195 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 21 October [1877] …
- … letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1877 . Hooker had reported his late …
- … honeymoon (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1877 and n. 5). John Smith was the …
- … United States. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1877 and n. 3. William Erasmus …
To J. D. Hooker 25 January [1877]
Summary
CD notes growth of Royal Society may force it to hire officers.
Speculates on cold resistance of bacterial germs.
Will communicate to Royal Society Frank’s paper on the ingestion of solid particles by the protoplasmic protrusions of Dipsacus glands.
CD working on plant dimorphism.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 Jan [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 430–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10814 |
To J. D. Hooker 16 June [1877]
Summary
CD cannot see the Emperor of Brazil because he is in Southampton, but he sends sincere respects for the Emperor’s role in assisting science.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 16 June [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 443–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11002 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 16 June [1877] …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 June 1877 . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 June 1877 . …
- … 1877 (see L. Huxley ed. 1918, 2: 205–17). The Star of India was an order founded in 1861; it had three classes: Companion, Knight Commander (KCSI), and Knight Grand Commander ( EB ). Hooker had been offered a knighthood in 1869, but had declined it (see Correspondence vol. 17, letter from J. D. …
To J. D. Hooker 20 March [1877]
Summary
CD apologises for his burdensome request of Oliver.
Criticises JDH’s notice on Forsythia, which JDH said was dioecious. Forsythia sent to CD from Kew was heterostylous.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 20 Mar [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 437–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10906 |
To J. D. Hooker [26 October 1877]
Summary
Requests seeds for experiments he and Frank are doing on automatic movements of cotyledons.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [26 Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 455–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11210 |
To J. D. Hooker 28 January 1877
Summary
CD thinks A. Günther’s tortoises are relics of closely allied forms, once widely distributed. Expressed this view to AG a few months ago. Cannot explain their restriction to volcanic islands.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 432–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10819 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 November [1877]
Summary
Requests seeds for study of movement in cotyledons. Would love to study Welwitschia cotyledons.
Son William is to be married 28 November.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 459–60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11226 |
Matches: 3 hits
To Francis Darwin [c. 20 March 1877]
Summary
Asks FD to mollify Daniel Oliver and assure him that CD asks "only for what I wd. give my life’s blood for".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 20 Mar 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10752 |
To C. E. Norton 25 October 1877
Summary
CD and Emma are delighted with forthcoming marriage of W. E. Darwin to Sara [Sedgwick].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1597) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11208 |
To Hyacinth Hooker [18 November 1877]
Summary
Having a splendid time at awarding of LL.D.
Thanks for bananas.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hyacinth Symonds; Hyacinth Jardine; Hyacinth Hooker |
| Date: | [18 Nov 1877] |
| Classmark: | Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11238 |
To Thomas Belt 18 January 1877
Summary
Thinks it would be a serious mistake for TB to give up his profession. How the Royal Society will distribute funds is as yet very uncertain, and CD feels that TB may well receive no support as his proposal is too theoretical.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Belt |
| Date: | 18 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10804 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … biology; (C) chemistry; (D) general purposes ( J. D. Hooker 1877 , p. 432). For the record …
- … 1877 and probably discussed the Royal Society of London grant at that time (see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). In his presidential address to the Royal Society in November 1876, Joseph Dalton Hooker had announced a new source of funding, separate from the existing £1000 grant from the Treasury, and worth £4000 annually for five years (see J. D. …
To J. D. Hooker 21 April [1877]
Summary
CD regrets not being able to see JDH.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 Apr [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 439 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10935 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 May [1878]
Summary
CD wants some plants; asks Lynch to raise some Cactaceae for him. Observations on sensitivity and movements of radicle.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 9 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 119–21) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11499 |
To J. D. Hooker 28 November [1877]
Summary
Suggests revisions in JDH’s 1877 Presidential Address to the Royal Society [Proc. R. Soc. Lond. (1877): 427–46].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 28 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 465 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11257 |
To J. D. Hooker 25 May [1877]
Summary
CD has again become interested in "bloom" on plants; requests JDH’s help with seeds and plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 May [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 440–1; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 69) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10972 |
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| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (10) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
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| Jardine, Hyacinth | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (52) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (19) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (10) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
| Hooker, Hyacinth | (2) |
