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To J. D. Hooker   22 December [1865]

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Is working one hour a day now, on illegitimate seedlings of Lythrum and Primula.

Begins to doubt John Scott’s accuracy about primrose and cowslip.

Does JDH believe in Karsten’s denial of parthenogenesis of Coelebogyne?

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  22 Dec [1865]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 278, 278b
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4953

To J. D. Hooker   [31 December 1865]

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Will explain about the so-called hybrids of Lythrum when they meet.

JDH should not be proposed for Copley Medal this year because Royal Society Council has so few naturalists on it.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [31 Dec 1865]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 279
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4959
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