To J. D. Hooker [10 February 1846]
Summary
Thinks JDH’s explanation of polymorphism on volcanic islands is probably correct.
Proposes experimental test to see whether alpine form of a plant is inherited like a true variety.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [10 Feb 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-951 |
To J. D. Hooker [2 October 1846]
Summary
Hopes to start looking over his species notes in about a year.
Very much enjoyed Southampton [meeting of BAAS, 9–12 Sept].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [2 Oct 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1003 |
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- … J. D. Hooker, [6 October 1846] . Humboldt 1846–8. There is a copy in the Darwin Library–CUL. E. Forbes 1846 . CD refers to the barnacle collected in the Chonos Archipelago, which he at first named Arthrobalanus and then Cryptophialus minutus . The descriptive work that CD anticipated taking ‘some months’ developed into an eight-year study of the whole sub- class, see Living Cirripedia ( 1851 , 1854 ) …
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| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
