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To J. D. Hooker   [29 June 1870]1

Down. [6 Queen Anne Street, London]

Wed.

My dear Hooker

I have heard from Durando & he can send me only seeds of the Iberis.2

I have seeds of Hibiscus Africanus & of Nolana prostrata from Carters, said to be matured in Essex; now cd you give me seeds of these 2 plants raised at Kew; for this wd be some change of conditions, though not so great as I shd wish—3

It was a gt disappointment not to get to Kew on Sunday. We return home early on Friday mg—& if you have them you had better send the seeds to Down—4

yours affectly | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letters to J. D. Hooker, 25 May [1870] and [13 June 1870?], and by the dates of CD’s visit to London; the Darwins were in London from 24 June to 1 July 1870 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). The only Wednesday during this period was 29 June.
2
Gaetano Durando collected plants in Algiers. No correspondence with him has been found. See also the letter to J. D. Hooker, [13 June 1870?] and n. 2, and Cross and self fertilisation, p. 105.
3
See letter to J. D. Hooker, [13 June 1870?] and nn. 3 and 4. Hibiscus africanusis a synonym of H. trionum, bladder ketmia. Nolana prostrata is a synonym of N. paradoxa, Chilean-bellflower. CD probably refers to the seed merchants Carter, Dunnett and Beale of London (Post Office London directory 1870).
4
Sunday was 26 June 1870; the Darwins went back to Down on Friday 1 July 1870.

Bibliography

Cross and self fertilisation: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876.

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

Asks whether JDH can send seeds of Hibiscus africanus and of Nolana prostrata raised at Kew.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-7251
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sent from
London Queen Anne St, 6
Source of text
DAR 94: 173
Physical description
LS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7251,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7251.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18

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