To J. D. Hooker 31 [August 1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 31 [Aug 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 71 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2886 |
To J. D. Hooker 7 August [1860]
Summary
Owen wants to be civil, and sneer behind CD’s back.
Those, like Rudolph Wagner, who want to go halfway on theory, are "booked to go further".
Anatomy of orchids.
Huxley says K. E. von Baer goes "a great way with me".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 7 Aug [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 72 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2892 |
To J. D. Hooker 2 September [1860]
Summary
CD has a low opinion of British entomologists.
Lyell’s ingenious difficulties with natural selection show he is in earnest.
Asks JDH to observe beetles and variation of stripes in mules on his Syrian tour.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 2 Sept [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 73 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2905 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 September [1860]
Summary
Thanks JDH for agreeing to observe coats of asses and mules in Middle East.
Asks for observations on vigour of plants as JDH ascends mountains.
Ad hominem article in Athenæum [review of John Tyndall, Glaciers of the Alps, 1 Sept 1860, pp. 280–2].
Reports extensive experiments on Drosera.
Observations on orchid anatomy.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 6 Sept [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 74 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2908 |
To J. D. Hooker 21 November [1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 21 Nov [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 75 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2991 |
To J. D. Hooker 26 November [1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 26 Nov [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 76 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2999 |
To J. D. Hooker 4 December [1860]
Summary
Third edition of Origin will answer reviewers.
Drosera experiments detailed.
Hopes for W. H. Harvey’s conversion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 4 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 78 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3008 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 December [1860]
Summary
Henry Fawcett’s article on Origin [Macmillan’s Mag. 3 (1860): 81–92] quotes JDH’s Oxford speech.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 6 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 79 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3011 |
To J. D. Hooker 11 December [1860]
Summary
On JDH’s suggestions for new edition of Origin.
Gray’s Atlantic Monthly articles to be published [in England] as a pamphlet.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 11 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 80, 78E |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3019 |
To J. D. Hooker 17 December [1860]
Summary
Analysing results of last spring’s Primula experiments, CD infers pollen of short-styled plants "suits" long-styled plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 17 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 81 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3024 |
To J. D. Hooker 26 December [1860]
Summary
Sends JDH note on adaptation of an Australian Compositae for dispersal in dry climate. Is it too trivial to publish? [Collected papers 2: 36–8].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 26 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 82 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3031 |
To J. D. Hooker 29 December [1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 29 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 83 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3034 |
To J. D. Hooker 19 [June 1860]
Summary
CD writes of his admiration for pollination contrivances in Gymnadenia. Ask George Bentham whether this plant should be removed from genus Orchis.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 19 [June 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 69 (EH 88206052) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3290 |