To J. D. Hooker [24 July 1864?]1
[Down]
Mr John Scott, Denholm, Hawick Roxburghshire2
Smilax latifolia,—has it aborted tendrils as long as nail of little finger3
Hanburya Mexicana: is this Cucurbitaceous? Does it spirally twine?4
Jasminum pauciflorum or parviflorum5
Vanilla, when it climbs along rafters, do the aërial roots twist round wires, stick &c—or do the roots merely adhere to surface?6
(Passiflora gracilis,7 you wish for seed & Carter sells.—)8
Cobæa scandens—order?9
Corydalis, Himalayan,—name?10
“Matador tree”—how does it climb by rootlets or outgrowth of wood— is it a Ficus11
Beer on Orchids,12 new German book, to be sent to “C. Darwin care of G. Snow, Nag’s Head Borough”.13
Harvey of Dublin—to be allowed to quote from him about plants (give names) which are not spiral twiners in their native country of S. Africa, but become so in Bot. Garden of Dublin.—14
Have you seed of Boronia. Australian plant, which Bentham says is dimorphic.15
I have Bignonia unguis, buxifolia, Venusta, speciosa, capreolata, Chamberlayni,— any other species would be useful.—16
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bates, Henry Walter. 1863. The naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the equator, during eleven years of travel. 2 vols. London: John Murray.
Beer, Joseph Georg. 1863. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Biologie der Familie der Orchideen. Vienna: Carl Gerold’s Sohn.
‘Climbing plants’: On the movements and habits of climbing plants. By Charles Darwin. [Read 2 February 1865.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 9 (1867): 1–118.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Summary
Notes and queries on climbing plants for JDH [? given to him by CD at their meeting of 24 July 1864].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4573
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 115: 242b
- Physical description
- Amem 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4573,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4573.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12