From J. D. Hooker [14 September 1867]1
Kew
Saturday—
Dear Darwin
Very many thanks for the famous collection of plants, which are most acceptable especially the Oxalis.2
I have better news from Norwich, whither I go again today till Monday—but I suppose there is some occult cause for these repeated attacks, which there is little chance of removing even if discovered, whether morbid or proceeding from functional derangement may never be known.3
Ever aff yrs | J D Hooker
My wife had a long letter from Lady Lyell who seems to have been delighted with the Brit. Assn.4
Footnotes
Angræcum eburneum Cymbidium ensifolium Maxillaria Stanhopea Oxalis rubella. hirta. Spe. spe. Brazil — speciosa. multiflora — versicolor. cunaefolia. — bifida. & pectinata A quantity of Ophrys insectivora 2 Lobelias. 2 [Cordias]. A pot of seedling Gesnerias — — — Borrerias.
(Inwards book, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.)Summary
Is going to Norwich again on account of his mother’s health.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5627
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 102: 178
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5627,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5627.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15