To J. D. Hooker 1 August [1857]
Summary
Important issue at stake with new flora calculations: evidence that species are only strongly marked varieties. Planning large-scale survey.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 1 Aug [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 206, 207 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2130 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 1 August [1857] …
- … Koch 1843–4 . Ledebour 1842–53 (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 August [1857] ). …
- … Gray 1856a . J. D. Hooker 1853–5 and J. D. Hooker and Thomson 1857–8. Wollaston 1854 . …
- … Boreau 1840 . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 July [1857] . By ‘hair splitters’ CD means …
- … Hooker, 27 [June 1854] , and letter from J. D. Hooker, [29 June 1854] . The proper dosage of chloroform had recently been the subject of discussion in various medical journals following an increase in the number of deaths resulting from its use. See letters to J. S. Henslow, 10 August [1857] , …
To John Lubbock 11 August [1857]
Summary
Asks JL not to call as he has a "very old friend" [J. S. Henslow] coming to visit him.
Yesterday visited poultry show at Crystal Palace.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 11 Aug [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 21 (EH 88206470) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2481 |
To J. D. Hooker 22 August [1857]
Summary
Tabulation of varieties goes on; very important as it shows the branching of forms. Mentions his principle of divergence.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 22 Aug [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 208 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2134 |
To J. S. Henslow 10 August [1857]
Summary
Delighted that JSH is coming to Down. Sends correct train time.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 10 Aug [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: A122 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2132 |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Addressee
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Lubbock, John | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Lubbock, John | (1) |
