To J. D. Hooker 17 March [1867]
Summary
The date-palm seed case is important for Pangenesis.
Reports experiments on pollination of Ipomoea.
"Insular floras": A. Murray’s paper in Gardeners’ Chronicle is poor.
John Scott’s work on acclimatisation of plants.
The anomaly of the Azores flora on the migration theory.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 17 Mar [1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 13a–e |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5445 |
To J. D. Hooker 21 March [1867]
Summary
Suggests change in sentence of JDH’s "Insular floras" to make meaning clear.
Naudin’s letter about hybrids.
Pangenesis.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 21 Mar [1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 13f–g |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5451 |
To J. D. Hooker 24 [March 1867]
Summary
Returns Charles Naudin’s letter with its case in support of CD’s view of impregnation.
Twits JDH for trying to wriggle out of error made in his lecture and admires his "candour in letting the rat out of the bag". [See 5449 and 5451.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 24 [Mar 1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 92 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5457A |
To J. D. Hooker 29 [March 1867]
Summary
Anxious for news about baby.
Will remember to save all foreign plants for JDH when he has finished experimenting with them.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 29 [Mar 1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 18 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5469 |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Hooker, J. D. | (4) |