From J. D. Hooker [17–23 December 1857]
Summary
Sending more Candolle volumes for survey of species with well-marked varieties.
Has begun his introduction [to Flora Tasmaniae]; will not make generalisations.
J. D. Dana’s pamphlet too metaphysical for JDH.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [17–23 Dec 1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 194 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2188 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [17–23 December 1857] …
- … the relationship to the letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 December [1857] , in which CD reported …
- … 16 December (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 December [1857] ). Hooker’s mention of sending …
- … CUL. For CD’s opinion of Dana 1857 , see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 December [1857] . …
- … written. Candolle and Candolle 1824–73 . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 December [1857] . …
- … Hooker refers to CD’s calculations on the order Labiatae (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December 1857] ). …
- … J. D. Hooker 1855 [–60]) was published separately. The ‘two tracts’ were probably Asa Gray’s review of Arthur Henfrey’s Elementary course on botany (London, 1857) …
To J. D. Hooker 4 December [1857]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 4 Dec [1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 216 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2180 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 4 December [1857] …
- … of John Stevens and Harriet Henslow . Letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 December 1857] . …
- … pp. 153–4. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December 1857] , and letter to F. J. H. …
- … 1857]. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 December 1857] . Frances Harriet Hooker was the …
- … p. 413). See letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December 1857] . The final results of CD’s …
From J. D. Hooker [6 December 1857]
Summary
Finds CD’s results [of his survey of well-marked varieties from A. P. and Alphonse de Candolle’s Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis (1824–73)] "very curious and suggestive". Thinks the Labiatae will present an obstacle to him as it is a very large and distinct order with well-defined species and genera. Would like to see him tackle more volumes of Candolle’s Prodromus, as his case can only be established by evidence from mundane plants. CD should beware of generalising from local species variability. A comparison of C. C. Babington’s and G. Bentham’s [British] Floras [Babington Manual of British botany (1843, 4th ed., 1856); Bentham Handbook of British flora (1858)] would be invaluable. Suggests CD write to Ferdinand Müller and Charles Moore in Australia. Moisture favouring extension of species is important for CD’s view.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [6 Dec 1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 195–6, DAR 47: 192 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2181 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [6 December 1857] …
- … J. D. Hooker, 4 December [1857] . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 December [1857] . In CD’ …
- … Hooker about the leaf arrangement in Linum (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 October [1857] , …
- … Hooker to investigate this point (see CD note attached to letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 October [1857] ). …
- … did not hold. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 December [1857] , for CD’s response to this …
- … friend Dr. J. D. Hooker (Flora Indica, Introductory Essay, &c. )’ ( Decaisne 1857 , p. …
- … Hooker and Thomson 1855 and to J. D. Hooker 1853–5 . Babington 1851 and Bentham 1858 . In October 1857, …
To J. D. Hooker 9 December [1857]
Summary
Survey of species with well-marked varieties: JDH’s Labiatae case a "great blow", but result is very generally consistent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 9 Dec [1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 217 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2182 |
From J. D. Hooker [2 December 1857]
Summary
News of Mrs Henslow’s death.
Studying Impatiens, which bears on CD’s problems. Though genus is endemic to India, with over 100 species, CD will be glad to know they do not run into one another.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [2 Dec 1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 178–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2178 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [2 December 1857] …
- … Wednesday before letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 December [1857] . Harriet Henslow had died in …
- … November 1857 (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 November [1857] ). Harriet Henslow was the …
- … to vary. ’ See letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 October [1857] . The crossing of sweet and …
To J. D. Hooker 25 December [1857]
Summary
Species with marked varieties.
Dana’s pamphlet also too metaphysical for CD.
Natural selection chapter on hybridism completed.
Doubts JDH will resist theory in his introduction to Flora Tasmaniae.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 25 Dec [1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 218 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2194 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 25 December [1857] …
- … J. D. Hooker 1860 . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [17–23 December 1857] and n. 5. See …
- … 1857 (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [17–23 December 1857] ). In ‘Thoughts on species’ ( …
- … II). See letter from J. D. Hooker, [17–23 December 1857] . CD did not conclude his …
To George Bentham 15 December [1857]
Summary
For his studies on fertility of crosses, asks GB to mark a list of pairs of Cucubalus as to whether they are varieties of the same species, or distinct species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Bentham |
Date: | 15 Dec [1857] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 681 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2184 |
To Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller 8 December [1857]
Summary
Asks whether British or north European perennial plants can, under cultivation, withstand the climate of S. Australia.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich (Ferdinand) von Mueller |
Date: | 8 Dec [1857] |
Classmark: | DAR 92: A31–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2378 |
To T. H. Huxley 16 December [1857]
Summary
THH’s catalogue [THH and R. Etheridge, A catalogue of the collection of fossils in the Museum of Practical Geology (1865), part published in 1857] best résumé he has seen of science of natural history. On classification he is not quite sure that he wholly goes along with THH. Encloses a few criticisms of THH’s preface.[enclosure survives as copy only].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 16 Dec [1857] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 151); DAR 145: 178 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2185 |
To A. R. Wallace 22 December 1857
Summary
Comments on agreement of their respective views on distribution.
Reference to differences on subsidence.
Reports on progress of his work and praises ARW’s investigations.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 22 Dec 1857 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2192 |
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Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Bentham, George | (1) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
Mueller, Ferdinand von | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
Bentham, George | (1) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
Mueller, Ferdinand von | (1) |