To J. D. Hooker 21 March [1871]
Summary
Asks name of an Abutilon from Fritz Müller.
Questions about Drosophyllum for experiments;
the meaning of "Sirdar".
Wonderful success of Descent. Astonished by liberality of public. No abuse yet.
Marvels at JDH’s plans for a trip to Morocco. Asks him to look for alpine insects.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 190–192 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7607 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … John and Ellen Frances Lubbock . CD had received specimens of Drosophyllum lusitanicum from Portugal in 1869 and had given two plants and seed to Hooker (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Inwards book , p. 197, No. 336, 29 September 1869; see also Correspondence vol. 17, letter to W. C. Tait, 27 August [1869] and n. 4). CD had studied Drosera (the genus of sundews) since 1860 ( …
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