To John Scott 9 February [1864]
Summary
Bentham so impressed with JS’s paper that he is invited to become Associate Member of Linnean Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 9 Feb [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 93: B17–19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4405 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Dalton Hooker (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [before 9 February 1864] ). From 1861 …
- … dominions (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [before 9 February 1864] and n. 3). Though …
- … 1864] and nn. 2–5). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 February 1864 . George Bentham …
- … n. 6, above, and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 March 1864 ), or later; after Scott left …
- … 1866 (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [before 9 February 1864] and n. 3, and List of the …
- … each year (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [before 9 February 1864] and n. 3). The 1862 …
- … in England (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 26[–8] October 1864 and n. 15). In fact, …
To J. D. Hooker 19 [April 1864]
Summary
Another plea to take Scott on at Kew. Emma begs CD not to employ him at Down.
Has just received a long article on the Origin from D. J. Brown, an Edinburgh baker [see 4464].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 19 [Apr 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 230 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4468 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 19 [April 1864] …
- … by CD. For Hooker’s replies, see the letters from J. D. Hooker, [2 April 1864] and [4 …
- … them, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] . CD enclosed the letter from John …
- … Henry Lettington (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] and n. 11). CD refers not …
- … below; see also letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 April 1864 ). CD refers to an unidentified …
To J. D. Hooker 28 August [1864]
Summary
CD is not well enough to sit for Woolner.
Two Bignonia plants, which JDH does not distinguish as species, can be separated by differences in climbing and sensitivity behaviour.
Wants to write a non-quarrelsome reply to R. A. Kölliker ["Darwin’sche Schöpfungstheorie", Z. Wiss. Zool. 14 (1864): 174–86] in the Reader. Lyell opposes, but E. A. Darwin and Hensleigh Wedgwood support the idea.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 28 Aug [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 246 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4601 |
From J. D. Hooker 5 July 1864
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 July 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 230–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4552 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 5 July 1864 …
- … J. D. Hooker, 26 [March 1863] and n. 1). See letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 [June 1864] . …
- … Wicklow, Ireland (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 23 June 1864 ). Seven Churches is in the …
- … Hooker visited CD on Sunday 24 July ( letter from J. D. Hooker to Asa Gray, 29 July 1864 , …
- … west India (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 June 1864 and n. 13). The person to whom …
To J. D. Hooker 2 June [1864]
Summary
Requests climbing plants.
Asks that Oliver be told that he now does not care "how many tendrils he makes axial".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 2 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 237 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4517 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 2 June [1864] …
- … s answers, see letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] and nn. 10–11. See also, …
- … in the letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1864] . No letter from Hooker …
- … from Hooker on this occasion (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 June 1864 ); however, …
- … from Hooker in February (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [20–]22 February [1864] ). CD had …
- … peduncles (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [27 January 1864] and nn. 19–22, and letter to …
From J. D. Hooker [20 February 1864]
Summary
Sends a Corydalis.
Hermann Crüger’s paper [see 4394] splendid, but he has made a mess of propagating Cinchona in Trinidad.
JDH’s opinion of Germans.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [20 Feb 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 186–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4413 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [20 February 1864] …
- … and the letter to J. D. Hooker, [20–]22 February [1864] , in which CD acknowledges his …
- … did refer in the letter to J. D. Hooker, [20–]22 February [1864] to ‘scraps’ he had sent …
- … genus in the family Fumariaceae (see memorandum to J. D. Hooker, [24 July 1864? ] …
- … and letter from J. D. Hooker, [4–]6 August 1864 ). CD’s notes on the species are in DAR …
- … Hooker 1854 , 1: 163–4, and J. D. Hooker and Thomson 1855, pp. 273–4). Hooker refers to Hermann Crüger’s paper ( Crüger 1864 ), …
To John Hutton Balfour 15 September [1864]
Summary
Inquires which nurserymen near Edinburgh cultivate coloured primroses and cowslips. Wants to repeat John Scott’s remarkable experiments.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Hutton Balfour |
Date: | 15 Sept [1864] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Balfour papers) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4613 |
From Daniel Oliver [28 January – 8 February 1864]
Summary
Botanists are obliged to regard tendrils as either leaf- or stem-formations. Vitis, Passiflora, and Clematis are discussed. [See 4398.]
Author: | Daniel Oliver |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [28 Jan – 8 Feb 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 157.2: 97 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4398F |
To J. D. Hooker 13 April [1864]
Summary
CD has told Scott not to hope for help from JDH.
Health improving.
Hopes to write Lythrum paper soon.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 13 Apr [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 229 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4461 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 13 April [1864] …
- … Office, RG9/462: 70, 74)). See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 April [1864] , n. 19. …
- … s note to Hooker (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 6 April 1864 ). In CD’s ‘Journal’, he …
- … 1864 . See also letters to J. D. Hooker, [1 April 1864] and nn. 3–5, and 7 April [1864] …
- … 17 March 1864] , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 March 1864 and n. 23). Contemporary …
- … magnesia, see the letter from J. D. Hooker, 6 April 1864 , n. 9. See also letter from …
- … to [Oliver] 1864a (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 April [1864] and n. 22). In [Oliver] …
To J. D. Hooker 22 [May 1864]
Summary
CD’s pleasure at JDH’s willingness to help Scott find a position in India.
Naudin underrates contamination of his experiments by insects. Thus CD doubts Naudin’s results on rapidity and universality of reversion in hybrids.
Wallace’s paper on man [see 4494] reflects his genius, although CD does not fully agree with it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 22 [May 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 236 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4506 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 22 [May 1864] …
- … to the Linnean Society by 10 June 1864 (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] ). …
- … 36, 49–50. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 September [1864] and nn. 4 and 6; Olby …
- … May 1864 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 May 1864 . The last five chapters of Charles …
- … Bynum 1984 . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 May 1864 and n. 3, and letter to A. …
- … May 1864] . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 May 1864 and n. 12. CD included a drawing …
- … pp. 112–14. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] . ‘Three forms of Lythrum …
- … 1864] and n. 5. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 May 1864 and nn. 10 and 11. CD is …
From W. H. Harvey 8 November [1864]
Summary
The plants from the Cape did not show climbing habit in native country; WHH believes it a consequence of their being grown under disadvantages of climate.
Author: | William Henry Harvey |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Nov [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 117 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4665 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … of South Africa since July (see memorandum to J. D. Hooker, [24 July 1864? ] and n. …
- … 14, and letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 September [1864] ). Harvey was professor of botany …
- … for Harvey in his letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 October [1864] . The memorandum has not been …
- … and 11 November 1864 . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [28 September 1864] and n. 7. …
To J. D. Hooker [9 April 1866]
Summary
Sad about Oliver’s loss.
JDH’s reference to odd Begonia at same time as an article about it came out in Gardeners’ Chronicle [(1866): 313–14].
Is astonished that Pangenesis seems perplexing to JDH. Pleads guilty to its being "wildly abominably speculative (worthy even of Herbert Spencer)".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [9 Apr 1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 284 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5051 |
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker [28 April 1864]
Summary
Emma prepares JDH for his visit to Wedgwood factory and Barlaston.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [28 Apr 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 232 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4473 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker [28 April 1864] …
- … Freeman 1978 ). See letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] and nn. 5 and 6. Frances …
- … Henrietta Emma Darwin ; see letter from J. D. Hooker, [26 or 27 April 1864] . …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, [26 or 27 April 1864] and n. 15. Godfrey Wedgwood was a …
- … 1980 ). See letter from J. D. Hooker, [26 or 27 April 1864] and n. 2. Rhododendron …
From J. D. Hooker 19 May 1864
Summary
JDH suggests Scott go to India; he will write letters of introduction.
Conversation with Herbert Spencer.
George Bentham would like to know how CD’s view of hybridism diverges from Charles Naudin’s.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 May 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 220–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4501 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 19 May 1864 …
- … II)). See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 July [1864] and n. 9. For an indication of …
- … Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [15 May 1864] and n. 2. …
- … Hooker’s assessment of Scott’s temperament, see letters from J. D. Hooker, 6 April 1864 …
- … Victor Naudin . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [May 1864] . For Bentham’s interest in …
- … volume, letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February 1864 and n. 3. CD began observations on …
- … Staffordshire (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [26 or 27 April 1864] and n. 15). The only …
- … to in the letter from J. D. Hooker to James Hector, 19 May 1864 , in the Museum of New …
- … J. D. Hooker, 22 December 1858 . CD discovered a fossil tree allied to Araucaria on Chiloe Island, Chile, during his Beagle voyage (see Journal and remarks , p. 406, and South America , pp. 121, 202). George Bentham was president of the Linnean Society ; he delivered the anniversary address on 24 May 1864 ( …
From J. D. Hooker [21 July 1864]
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [21 July 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 265 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4572 |
From T. H. Huxley to J. D. Hooker 3 December 1864
Summary
His suspicions regarding [Edward] Sabine’s treatment of CD were justified by the Anniversary Address. THH, [George] Busk, and [Hugh] Falconer insisted on a more accurate account of the grounds on which the Copley Medal was awarded to CD.
Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 3 Dec 1864 |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 2: 129–30) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4691F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley to J. D. Hooker 3 December 1864 …
- … from Hooker ( letter from Edward Sabine to J. D. Hooker, 14 November 1864 , Royal …
- … of London , pp. 310, 314). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 and n. 6. …
- … Falconer . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 . In the version of Sabine’ s …
- … and n. 3, and letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 . Huxley also entered into a …
- … to J. D. Hooker, vol. 18, letter 218)). In his letter of [6 December 1864] , Hooker …
From J. D. Hooker [2 April 1864]
Summary
JDH explains why he cannot take Scott on at Kew.
John Tyndall cannot answer CD’s questions on glaciers. Edward Frankland’s ignorance. In JDH’s opinion, heaviness of winter snowfall is the greatest element in size of glaciers and this is a function of low mean temperature. Discusses descent of glaciers.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [2 Apr 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 198–200, 203; DAR 104: 222 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4445 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker [2 April 1864] …
- … curator at the end of April 1864 (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 March 1864 and n. …
- … as curator (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 March 1864 and n. 4). William Jackson …
- … Isle of Wight (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 March 1864 ). Hooker observed the lower …
- … glacier advance (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and nn. 14 and 15); CD …
- … of researches. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. 15. See n. 11, …
- … 4, and letter from J. D. Hooker, [26 or 27 April 1864] and n. 23). John Smith ( …
From John Scott 29 July [1864]
Summary
Asks for additional financial aid for trip to India.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 July [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 112 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4578 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … employment (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 May 1864 , letter to John Scott, 21 May [ …
- … to Thomas Anderson and Arthur Grote (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1864] ). …
- … was Henry Taylor (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [29 July 1864] and n. 2). CD had given …
- … and n. 5). In his letter to J. D. Hooker of 22 [May 1864] , CD wrote that he would pay …
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 12 March [1864]
Summary
Request for plants.
CD’s continuing ill health.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 12 Mar [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 223 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4426 |
From J. D. Hooker 24 January 1864
Summary
JDH’s opinion of Herbert Spencer.
Rejects CD’s view of inheritance of induced modifications.
Huxley grows fat.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 176–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4396 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 24 January 1864 …
- … J. D. Hooker 1864–7 . In the preface to J. D. Hooker 1864–7 , dated 30 June 1864, …
- … name was Hardcastle (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 and 12 January 1864] and n. 5). …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 and 12 January 1864] and n. 5. …
- … J. D. Hooker, 26 December [1863] ). Hooker also refers to Erasmus Alvey Darwin and to the Athenaeum Club in London. William Jackson Hooker . In his letter of 2 January 1864 , …
- … Hooker, [24 March 1863] , and letter to J. D. Hooker, [29 March 1863] ). The French circus, Franconi’s Cirque Impérial , performed at the Royal Alhambra music hall, Leicester Square, from 7 December 1863 to 5 March 1864 ( …
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