From J. D. Hooker 19 October 1866
Royal Gardens Kew
October 19/66
My dear Darwin
The shrubs for your lawn are gone to day.—1 plant them singly in good light loamy soil & not too near other trees.
Lyell was here the other day very well, but blinder than ever I fear.2 He sent me his chapters X, XI, XIII3 I pointed out a few inadvertencies in X & XI. My great objection to XII is that he ignores vapor,—which plays so important a part in modifying climate— if you push the land to the Poles or to the Equator, you may not necessarily thereby alter the temp. of the globe.—only alter its distribution over the Globe4
Ever yr aff | J D Hooker
The Govt. (Lord J. Manners) has arranged that the Treasury will propose to Parliament next session to purchase my fathers collection5
Herbarium £5000
Choice of books £1000
Portraits, mss,
Correspondence &c £1000
£7000
This is what I asked. it relieves me of a great strain.
Ever yr aff | J D H
Footnotes
Bibliography
Allan, Mea. 1967. The Hookers of Kew, 1785–1911. London: Michael Joseph.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray.
Summary
Lyell has sent chapters [of 10th ed. of Principles] to JDH, who objects to CL’s ignoring the part vapour plays in affecting temperature of the globe.
Parliament will be asked to buy W. J. Hooker’s collection.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5247
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 102: 108–9
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5247,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5247.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14