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To J. D. Hooker 13 October [1875]
Summary
R. L. Tait has requested CD send his [Tait’s] paper on Nepenthes to Royal Society. CD considers this a nuisance.
Certificate for G. J. Romanes.
Francis’ experiments on mechanism of twisted seeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 13 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 392–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10193 |
From J. D. Hooker 14 October 1875
Summary
JDH shares CD’s annoyance with R. L. Tait.
Has identified awned carpels for CD.
Sports of Paritium.
Suggests extending Francis’ experiments with glycerine on twisted seeds, to Mimosa.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 38–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10197 |
To J. D. Hooker 15 October [1875]
Summary
Has decided to send R. L. Tait’s paper to the Royal Society.
Will try glycerine on Mimosa but doubts it will have an effect.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 394–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10200 |
From J. D. Hooker 19 October 1875
Summary
Gives directions for growing plants he has sent and corrects CD’s taxonomy.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 40–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10205 |
To J. D. Hooker 21 October [1875]
Summary
Describes observations by his son Horace on the extreme sensitivity of twisted seeds to moisture.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 397–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10209 |
From J. D. Hooker 23 October 1875
Summary
Comments on Hermann Müller’s article on the structure of Gunnera flowers.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 42–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10215 |
Document type
| letter | (6) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Hooker, J. D. |
