From J. D. Hooker 8 December 1876
Royal Gardens Kew
Dec 8/76
Dear Darwin
1. Bentham Oliver & I have been at the Hoya flower, & are none of us satisfied as to the 5 processes alternating with the sepals.— Most probably they represent glands that occur between the sepals of some Hoyas. I would suggest that you called them simply processes.1
2 I send Asperula flower Alkanna flower (so miscalled) it should be Arnebia.
Cinchona flower
Roucheria flower no use we have very few & all squashed. Only one sort as far as we can see.2
3. The Brazilian flower is Ægiphila obdurata Vellago.—Verbenaceæ.3
4) I enclose R. S. Council minutes, with Owen’s & Günther’s letters. I think that Gs. is abominable, & the sending it in without investigation to the Treasury is disgraceful on the part of the Trustees— no man’s character is safe when such things are done. Thom. was bound by orders of Govt to make all collections over to the Govt. & never had a notion of doing what Günther suspects.4
We are off to Yarmouth.
We did enjoy our stay at Down—5
Ever yours affec | J D. Hooker
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Forms of flowers: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877.
Summary
He has examined Hoya flowers with Bentham and Oliver, but they are not satisfied about the five processes alternating with the sepals. [See Forms of flowers, pp. 331–2.] Sends specimens of plants.
Babington’s surprise at JDH’s advocacy of Darwinian views at Norwich [BAAS meeting].
Criticism of the behaviour of the trustees of the British Museum [in the Challenger affair].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10705
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 111: A85, DAR 104: 73
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10705,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10705.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24