From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 July 1875
Source of text:
DAR 104: 33–4
Summary:
His appreciation of Insectivorous plants, especially Utricularia section.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
His appreciation of Insectivorous plants, especially Utricularia section.
Has previously quoted details concerning the regrowth of her amputated extra digit in Variation [2: 14–15]. The case has since been disputed, so CD, who is revising his work, asks for some fuller details.
Gives extracts from her father’s diary concerning the amputation and regrowth of her sister’s extra finger.