To J. D. Hooker 3 July [1878]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
July 3d
My dear Hooker
You have thought so much more over the subject than I have, that I entirely yield, & so put my name down for £200 without any proviso.—2 I do not think that with my 5 sons, I ought to give more.—
We shall be delighted most thoroughily to see you here in the gooseberry season, & I hope that Lady Hooker & little Joseph both like gooseberries.—3 I do not think I am bound to say anything about the state of the crop.—
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Ask Dyer to see about Porliera hygrometrica: if I do not hear I shall understand you have not got it; or too big.4
Footnotes
Summary
CD contributes £200 to JDH’s Royal Society fund.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11588
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 95: 473
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11588,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11588.xml