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From H. C. Watson to J. D. Hooker 4 January 1861
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Comments on the travels of JDH.
Genera plantarum a most worthy undertaking.
Criticisms of the Darwin–Hooker understanding of HCW’s views of convergence.
| Author: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1861 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence 105: 205) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3041A |
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- … J. D. Hooker, [16 April 1846] ). Hooker used centrifugal variation to designate variation that accompanied extensive geographical distribution, as in Senecio ( Hooker 1844–7 , p. 315), while Watson used it to signify the mechanism of divergence. CD disapproved of Hooker’s use of the word centrifugal ( Correspondence vol. 7, letter to Charles Lyell, 31 [October 1859] …
