From J. D. Hooker 20 April 1863
Summary
Attacks by Falconer [Athenæum 4 Apr 1863, pp. 459–60] and Joseph Prestwich on Lyell.
W. B. Carpenter fails to attack Owen.
Welwitschia male cones with useless ovules marvellous example of lost function and retained structure.
JDH evaluates his sons.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Apr 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 128–31; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Director’s correspondence 174 (New Zealand letters, 1854–1900): 281–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4111 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … as ‘spiny shrubs or small trees’ ( J. D. Hooker 1864–7 , p. 43). In his letter to Haast …
- … the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (J. D. Hooker, 1864–7, p. 12). In late 1862, Canterbury …
- … to Hooker’s forthcoming Handbook of the New Zealand flora ( J. D. Hooker 1864–7 ), which …
- … pp. 295–8. In the preface to J. D. Hooker, 1864–7, p. 12, Hooker paid tribute to the …
- … a handbook of New Zealand flora ( J. D. Hooker 1864–7 ) was discussed in his letter to …
From George Maw 25 April 1863
Summary
Has obtained fossils from Gibraltar that he believes are human. Requests Lyell’s address so that he can send the bones.
| Author: | George Maw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Apr 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4128 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Maw, George | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Maw, George | (1) |
