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To J. D. Hooker   12 July [1864]

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Ernst Haeckel writes that young German scientists are enthusiastic for natural selection.

Did JDH write the article in Natural History Review on trees not producing flowers ["Botanical lesson books", (1864): 355–69]?

Encourages Harvey to publish on his "disagreeable" monster plants.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  12 July [1864]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 241
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4561

To J. D. Hooker   [24 July 1864?]

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Notes and queries on climbing plants for JDH [? given to him by CD at their meeting of 24 July 1864].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [24 July 1864?]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 242b
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4573

From Richard Spruce to J. D. Hooker   29 July 1864

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Gives an extract from his notes on Marcgravia umbellata, an epiphyte that might be the plant that Bates refers to as matador.

Author:  Richard Spruce
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  29 July 1864
Classmark:  DAR 157.2: 111
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4577