From J. D. Hooker [14 December 1862]
Summary
On Asa Gray’s letter; has written why he avoids alluding to the war.
Has read Max Müller [see 3752] – last part unphilosophical.
On CD’s pigeon example, long-beaked and short-beaked pigeons must be either sterile or not inter se. There is "no such thing as Equality – hence no such thing as chance and Nat. Sel. is the sword of Damocles hanging over your head if you make a slip in your premisses."
Has read note on Lythrum sent several weeks ago. Its consequences are of most prolific order to CD’s doctrine.
Kew has no wild gooseberries.
JDH praises the Saturday Review reply [14 (1862): 589] to the Duke of Argyll’s bitter review of Orchids ["The supernatural", Edinburgh Rev. 116 (1862): 378–97].
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [14 Dec 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 83–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3846 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … the relationship to the letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] , and the letter from …
- … 24 November 1862 with his letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] . Hooker and Gray …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 24 [November 1862] . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] . …
- … 20 August 1862 and nn. 8 and 9. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] . …
- … letter to Hooker of 18 [November 1862] . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] …
- … See letters to J. D. Hooker, [after 26] November [1862] and 12 [December 1862] . See …
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 17 March [1864]
Summary
Request for plant.
Receipt of Oliver’s letter.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 17 Mar [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 224 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4429 |
To J. D. Hooker 14 [October 1862]
Summary
Thanks for Aldrovanda reference and Cassia.
Has wasted labour on Melastomataceae without getting a glimpse of the meaning of the parts.
Wants seeds, from their native land, of Heterocentron or Monochaetum.
Is beginning to change his view about rarity of natural hybrids.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 14 [Oct 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 166 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3762 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Letter from J. D. Hooker, [12 October 1862] . The first part of the first volume of …
- … J. D. Hooker, [18 September 1862] . See letter from J. D. Hooker [12 October 1862] , …
- … of plant parts (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [12 October 1862] and n. 4, and letter to …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 6 October [1862] . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [12 October 1862] …
- … plants , p. 321. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [12 October 1862] and n. 2. CD’s note …
- … in DAR 48: 49 v. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [12 October 1862] and n. 18. In October …
- … 1862] and n. 14. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [12 October 1862] and n. 11. CD was …
To J. D. Hooker 12 January [1873]
Summary
Had thrown Geographical Society’s Proceedings in waste-basket, but as Strachey shows such admirable powers of discrimination he will fish it out and read the whole article.
Comments on 3d ed. of Sachs’s work [Lehrbuch der Botanik (1873)]. Wishes he were more controversial.
Has become wonderfully interested in Drosera and Dionaea.
9000 copies of Expression have been printed and most are sold.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 12 Jan [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 251–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8733 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 12 January [1873] …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 …
- … Ewart Gladstone . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 7. CD refers to …
- … Sachs 1873 ). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 2. CD’s annotated …
To J. D. Hooker 18 [November 1862]
Summary
A German scholar says JDH first applied natural selection to replacement of races of men, the ruder races of Polynesians yielding to civilised Europeans. CD cannot remember reading this.
Warns JDH to take care Welwitschia does not turn into a case of barnacles and consume years instead of months.
In what months do flowers appear in Acropera loddigesia and A. luteola? CD is alarmed by John Scott’s observations on them, which differ from his own. "I am very uneasy."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 18 [Nov 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 170 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3812 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to J. D. Hooker, 3 November [1862] , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 November 1862 . …
- … Bonafous 1836 . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 November 1862 and n. 5. Samuel …
- … and Gustav Mann . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 November 1862 and nn. 7 and 8. …
- … cells. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 August 1862 and n. 12. CD wished to compare a …
From J. D. Hooker [15 and] 20 November [1862]
Summary
Sends CD West Ireland soundings.
More detail on his review "a la Lindley" [see 3797].
Bates’s paper ["Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon valley", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (1862): 495–566] is capital.
Andrew Murray’s article plays into CD’s hands through sheer ignorance.
JDH is on Royal Society Council.
Has no recollection of applying natural selection to Polynesians. None but a German would dig out such a passage if it exists [see 3812].
Has caused Tyndall to modify his pseudo-geology.
Has not seen Duke of Argyll’s review [Edinburgh Rev. 116 (1862): 378–97]. [The Duke] did not understand Orchids the least little bit, nor the Origin, when JDH saw him.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 and 20 Nov 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 71–2, 79 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3807 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … by the relationship to the letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–]12 November [1862] ; the Saturday …
- … Orchids ([J. D. Hooker] 1862c). See letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–]12 November [1862] . [ …
- … Hooker, 7 November 1862 , and letters to J. D. Hooker, 4 November [1862] and [10–]12 …
- … Variability’. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–]12 November [1862] . The second part of …
- … John Tyndall . See letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–]12 November [1862] and n. 23. [G. …
- … D. Campbell] 1862 . See letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–]12 November [1862] and n. 26, and …
- … index 1: 511–12. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–]12 November [1862] . Hooker refers to …
- … 23 [November 1862] . See letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–]12 November [1862] and n. 20. The …
To J. D. Hooker 13 April [1865]
Summary
Strelitzia has arrived
but no books or bottles from G. H. K. Thwaites.
Hopes his own judgment about Origin is as good as Hooker’s about his own papers.
Strelitzia’s neat mechanism for exposing pollen.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 13 Apr [1865] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 266 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4813 |
Matches: 3 hits
From Mary Boott 18 January 1864
Author: | Mary Hardcastle; Mary Boott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 255 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4391 |
To J. D. Hooker 4 [February 1858]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 4 [Feb 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 219 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2210 |
From J. D. Hooker [28 April 1845]
Summary
First part of "Galapagos flora" ["Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 163–233] finished but not printed.
Details of distribution of Galapagos flora. Peculiarity of island floras.
Leaves for Edinburgh on Wednesday.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [28 Apr 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 48 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-862 |
To J. D. Hooker 15 January [1867]
Summary
More comments on "Insular floras": community of peculiar genera in the Atlantic islands descended from European plants now extinct.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 15 Jan [1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 5–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5361 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to Variation (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [12 January 1867] ). Emma Darwin wrote the …
- … Hooker’s article on insular floras ( J. D. Hooker 1866a ) appeared in the Gardeners’ Chronicle , 12 …
- … Letter from J. D. Hooker, [12 January 1867] . CD refers to Frances Harriet Hooker and …
- … pp. 386–8, 358–60. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [12 January 1867] . In his letter to …
From J. D. Hooker 16 September 1873
Summary
Mimosa too far gone to send now.
CD’s marjoram is the common [Origanum] vulgare, not the pot herb.
On the water injury, Thiselton-Dyer and he may have used too fine a spray, but plant is insensitive.
Horribly angry at P. G. Tait’s letter in Nature [8 (1873): 381–2].
Tyndall writes that he is strong – the next number of Nature will prove it.
G. Henslow is much better.
JDH leaves for Bradford [BAAS meeting] tomorrow.
Rejoices at CD’s success with Drosera; longs to be at Nepenthes.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Sept 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 162–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9057 |
To J. D. Hooker 14 November [1858]
Summary
Hermaphrodite trees are enough to "knock" CD down. Can JDH observe Eucalyptus to see whether pollen and stigma mature at same time?
JDH’s facts showing European plants are more common in southern Australia than in South America are disturbing because they are improbable on CD’s views of migration.
JDH said he would give examples of Australian forms that have migrated north along the mountains of the Malay Archipelago.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 14 Nov [1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 254 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2361 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … to J. D. Hooker, 9[–10] November [1858] , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 November …
- … on 13 November. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 November 1858 . The concluding paragraph …
- … organised by Hooker for John Ralfs . Letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 November 1858 . The …
- … Darwin Archive. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 November 1858 . In Natural selection , …
- … giving any examples. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 November 1858 . CD cited Thomas …
To J. D. Hooker 14 July 1868
Summary
Thinks JDH would be wise not to touch on Pangenesis; it has very few friends. Bentham is doubtful, Carus against, and Alphonse de Candolle likes it least in the book. CD still convinced it will be hereafter looked on as "best hypothesis of generation inheritance & development". If JDH means to cut up Pangenesis he has no word to say in opposition.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 14 July 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 76–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6276 |
From J. D. Hooker 26 November 1862
Summary
Returns Asa Gray letter. Gray has made a great blunder in his criticism of Oliver: he mistakes perpetuation of a variety for "propagation of variation". Confusion between "action of physical causes" and "effects of physical causes". Neither crossing nor natural selection has made so many divergent individuals, but simply variation. "If once you hold that natural selection can create a character your whole doctrine tumbles to the ground." CD’s failure to convey this, and the false doctrine that "like produces like" is at bottom of half the scientific infidelity to CD’s doctrine. There is something to the objection that CD has made a deus ex machina of natural selection since he neglects to dwell on the facts of infinite incessant variations.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Nov 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 61–2, 77–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3831 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Hooker, 8 June 1860 , letters to J. D. Hooker, 29 [ May 1860] , 5 June [1860] , and 12 [ …
- … Hooker 1863a ), which involved prolonged microscopical examination (see letters from J. D. Hooker, 20 August 1862 and [12 …
- … See also letters to J. D. Hooker, 3 November [1862] and [10–]12 November [1862] , and …
To J. D. Hooker 15 June 1881
Summary
CD complains of discomfort, but has not the strength for a project that would let him forget it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 15 June 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 513–15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13207 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 June 1881 . The Hookers had visited Italy with Asa and …
- … 1918 , 2: 251). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 June 1881 and n. 3. Genera plantarum ( …
- … creeping wood sorrel; see letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 June 1881 and n. 1). It is an …
- … 130; Bentham 1881 ). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 June 1881 and n. 4. Hyacinth Hooker …
To J. D. Hooker 29 January [1867]
Summary
On final instalment of "Insular floras" [Gard. Chron. (1867): 75]; rejoices at extent of their agreement.
Some criticisms of JDH’s position on geographical affinities, and volcanic islands.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 29 Jan [1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 8–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5381 |
From J. D. Hooker [20 November 1858]
Summary
At work on the introductory essay to Flora Tasmaniae.
Discusses the effects of climate and geography on "vegetable strife".
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [20 Nov 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 50: E1–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2367 |
To J. D. Hooker 4 December [1864]
Summary
CD pleased with Huxley for defending him against Sabine. Also pleased with much of Sabine’s address. Is sure JDH wrote the botanical part.
Suggests James Hector observe which insects visit endemic New Zealand plants
and JDH examine distribution of white vs coloured corollas in New Zealand.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 4 Dec [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 255a–c |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4697 |
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