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 |
To J. D. Hooker 10 June [1864]
Summary
CD has proved common oxlip to be a hybrid of cowslip and primrose.
Reviewing literature on climbing plants, CD finds he has much new material.
W. H. Harvey claims evidence of saltation in a dandelion.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 10 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 238a–c |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4525 |
To J. D. Hooker 13 June [1864]
Summary
W. H. Harvey’s dandelion case worth publishing.
Suspects the uniform Primula elatior JDH referred to is a distinct species.
Scott’s paper on Passiflora shows variability of reproductive systems.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 13 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 239 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4531 |
To J. D. Hooker 25 [June 1864]
Summary
John Scott preparing to leave soon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 [June 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 239b, 240 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4544 |
From J. D. Hooker [4 June 1864]
Summary
JDH is writing letters for Scott, whose temper will be "no obstacle for Hindoos and Musselmen working under him".
New curator at Kew finds considerable neglect, with hundreds of plants dying.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 June 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 222–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4519 |
From J. D. Hooker [11 June 1864]
Summary
CD’s photograph looks like J. R. Herbert’s Moses in the fresco in the House of Lords.
JDH is delighted about oxlip, but hybridity does not explain some large patches that are uniform and do not vary towards either cowslip or primrose.
Encloses letter from W. H. Harvey discussing Myosotis sylvatica and the common dandelion.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [11 June 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 225–6; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (letters to J. D. Hooker, vol. 11, no. 178 JDH/2/1/11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4529 |
From J. D. Hooker 15 June 1864
Summary
JDH busy reforming Kew’s operations.
Falconer may "fall foul" of Huxley’s anger over his attacks on Lyell.
Has heard of a coffee plantation post for Scott.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 June 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 227–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4537 |
From J. D. Hooker 23 June 1864
Summary
JDH going to visit W. H. Harvey in Ireland.
New curator at Kew.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 June 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 229 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4543 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
