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To J. D. Hooker 31 October 1873
Summary
On Nepenthes.
Asks JDH, if he publishes, to mention CD’s work on digestive powers of Drosera so that charges of plagiarism will not be made against CD later when he publishes.
Describes at length his observations on the movements of Desmodium.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 31 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 300–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9118 |
To Herbert Spencer 31 October [1873]
Summary
Discusses adaptations in flowers and their heritability.
Mentions advertisements for HS’s book [? Study of sociology (1873)].
Thought HS would have profited by principle that a character appearing late in life is inherited at same age.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Herbert Spencer |
| Date: | 31 Oct [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 486 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9119 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Addressee
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Spencer, Herbert | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Spencer, Herbert | (1) |
