To J. D. Hooker [4 August 1847]
Down Farnborough Kent
Wednesday
My dear Hooker
I shall be delighted to come on or about the 10th as I may hear to meet Henslow, if I possibly can. The cause of doubt consists in my having asked Prof. Studer of Berne to come here in the early part of the month & I do not exactly know when that will be.— I must go over the remainder of my species sketch with you then.— I did not go to Cambridge.—1
I am extremely glad to hear so good an account of your sister: the Scotch scheme, must be an unusually tempting one; be idle & enjoy yourself & go, is my advice
Ever yours | in Haste | C. Darwin
It is real good news that you are at work on geograph. distrib of V. Diemen’s land.—2
Footnotes
Bibliography
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1847. Floræ Tasmaniæ Spicilegium; or contributions towards a flora of Van Diemen’s Land. London Journal of Botany 6: 106–25, 265–86, 461–79.
Summary
Wants to go over remainder of species sketch when he sees JDH.
Urges JDH to go to Scotland.
Pleased JDH works on geographical distribution of Van Diemen’s Land flora.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1105
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 114: 100
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp & C
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1105,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1105.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4
