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To J. D. Hooker   2 October [1866]

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Did not think JDH had written Murray review [see 5217].

Does not think Gardeners’ Chronicle best for publication of "Insular floras" [Gard. Chron. (1867): 6–7, 27, 50–1, 75–6].

T. Laxton’s article, on direct action of pollen of peas on seed and pod, a grand physiological fact and "delightful" for Pangenesis.

Interview with Herbert Spencer.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  2 Oct [1866]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 301
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5227

To J. D. Hooker   [4 October 1866]

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Susan Darwin is dead.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [4 Oct 1866]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 302
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5228

To J. D. Hooker   [21 October 1866]

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Introduces Ernst Haeckel.

Lyell sent same chapters to CD, who thinks them very good but is not convinced that changes of land and water will do all he thinks.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [21 Oct 1866]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 303
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5257
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