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To J. D. Hooker   17 September 1870

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Discusses germination of charlock after a long interval.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  17 Sept 1870
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/2/1 f. 307)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7321F

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  • John Lubbock was CD’s neighbour; some of his land adjoined CD’s ( Freeman 1978 ). Charlock …

From J. D. Hooker   24 September 1870

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Reports on the 1870 BAAS meeting at Liverpool. Huxley’s address was over the heads of the laymen.

Tyndall’s was eloquent to listen to, disappointing to read.

George Rolleston’s "Rococo" address [Nature 2 (1870): 423–7, 442–6].

Murchison.

Lyell.

Has done an immense lot of work.

Regrets CD has not kept the simple title "Origin of man" [for Descent].

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 Sept 1870
Classmark:  DAR 103: 57–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7323

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  • … of his departure in II Kings 2: 8. John Lubbock delivered a ‘lecture to the operative …
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