To J. D. Hooker 17 June [1860]
Summary
Has reread JDH’s paper ["On the functions of the rostellum of Listera ovata", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 144 (1854): 259–64].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 17 June [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 68 (EH 88206051) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1571 |
To J. D. Hooker 3 January [1860]
Summary
High praise and detailed comments on JDH’s introductory essay to Flora Tasmaniae, which CD has now finished reading.
Disagrees on power of transoceanic migration. Advocates glacial transport of plants.
CD’s response to reviews of Origin in Saturday Review [8 (1859): 775–6] and John Lindley’s in Gardeners’ Chronicle [but see 2651].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 3 Jan [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2635 |
To J. D. Hooker 14 [January 1860]
Summary
CD has learned from Lyell that JDH reviewed Origin in Gardeners’ Chronicle writing in Lindley’s style.
Lyell is working on man.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 14 [Jan 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 36 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2651 |
To J. D. Hooker 31 [January 1860]
Summary
CD preparing historical sketch, which will go into second American edition of Origin.
Asks JDH to copy out Naudin’s line on finality.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 31 [Jan 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 38 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2671 |
To J. D. Hooker [22 January 1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [22 Jan 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2672 |
To J. D. Hooker 8 February [1860]
Summary
Urges JDH to work his essays into a book.
CD’s historical sketch ends with JDH’s introductory essay to Flora Tasmaniae.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 8 Feb [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 39 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2689 |
To J. D. Hooker 14 February [1860]
Summary
Huxley’s Royal Institution lecture on Origin [10 Feb 1860, Not. Proc. R. Inst. G. B. 3 (1858–62): 195–200] an "entire failure" as an exposition of CD’s doctrine.
R. I. Murchison very civil.
CD counts Lyell among the converted.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 14 Feb [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2696 |
To J. D. Hooker [20 February 1860]
Summary
Comments on W. H. Harvey’s article on a monstrous Begonia [Gard. Chron. 18 Feb 1860].
Is astonished at being attacked for not allowing great and abrupt variations under nature. More evidence needed to make CD admit that forms have often changed "by saltum".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [20 Feb 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 41 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2705 |
To J. D. Hooker [23 February 1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [23 Feb 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 42 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2708 |
To J. D. Hooker 26 [February 1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 26 [Feb 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 43 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2715 |
To J. D. Hooker [26 February or 4 March 1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [26 Feb or 4 Mar] 1860 |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 44 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2716 |
To J. D. Hooker 3 March [1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 3 Mar [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 45 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2719 |
To J. D. Hooker 12 March [1860]
Summary
Lyell and CD would urge JDH to make his essays into a book, but see he has embarked on a huge project with G. Bentham [Genera plantarum, 3 vols. (1862–83)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 12 Mar [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 46 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2728 |
To J. D. Hooker 18 [March 1860]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 18 [Mar 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 47 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2730 |
To J. D. Hooker 13 [April 1860]
Summary
Sends a letter concerning priority [of Patrick Matthew] for JDH to read and post.
Angered at Owen’s review.
Huxley’s Royal Institution lecture ends well.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 13 [Apr 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 48 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2758 |
To J. D. Hooker 18 [April 1860]
Summary
What a base dog Owen is for praising his own work in reviewing Origin [anonymously].
J. H. Balfour is narrow-minded.
CD cannot understand pollination of Goodenia.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 18 [Apr 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 49 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2763 |
To J. D. Hooker 26 April [1860]
Summary
CD intrigued by the pollination mechanism of Leschenaultia formosa.
CD interested in Thomas Bell’s rumour that Owen avows his review.
Curved styles and their relation to pollination.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 26 Apr [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 50 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2769 |
To J. D. Hooker 27 April [1860]
Summary
Sends list of plants with asymmetry in nectar-secreting surfaces and pistils bent in that direction. Shows insect agency so important that structure has changed. Asks for contrary or confirming examples and that request be passed on to Daniel Oliver.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 27 Apr [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 67 (EH 88206050) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2770 |
To J. D. Hooker 30 April [1860]
Summary
JDH has settled the Leschenaultia case, but it remains a difficulty to CD.
Goodenia, like bee orchid, seems a case of a structure with an evident function, which is not carried out. Is curvature of styles an incidental result of growth or a pollination adaptation?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 30 Apr [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 51 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2776 |
To J. D. Hooker 7 May [1860]
Summary
To understand Leschenaultia pollination CD requires field observations in the native country.
Has observed two forms of cowslips, which he calls male and female. The same two forms are found in primroses.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 7 May [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 52 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2785 |
Hooker, J. D. | (53) |
Darwin, C. R. | (53) |
Hooker, J. D. | (53) |