From J. D. Hooker 26 October 1872
Oct 26/72
Dear Darwin
I trust that this will find you back & better.1
I have set on foot enquiries about Dionæa, I asked at Veitches the other day both for it & Drosera for you, but they had lost all—2 I am sure that they & we keep things far too hot & grow them too long a season— they become glaucous plants in a few weeks & then die off.
If I had time I would attend to them myself. I can’t persuade gardener to be moderate with heat and water & if I interfere the plants die directly!
I have a stock of Dionæa coming from America & shall not forget you.
Dr King3 is at home his address is
83 Hereford Road
Westbourne Grove
Bayswater | W.
He is better, but consumptive & is off soon for Mentone4 so write at once.
Ever yrs affec | J D Hooker
Footnotes
Bibliography
Columbia gazetteer of the world: The Columbia gazetteer of the world. Edited by Saul B. Cohen. 3 vols. New York: Columbia University Press. 1998.
Summary
Has initiated inquiries about Dionaea.
Sends George King’s address.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8578
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 103: 126–7
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8578,” accessed on 22 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8578.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
