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DCP-LETT-1869

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 May 1856
Source of text:
DAR 100: 94–5
Summary:

Non-endemic Ascension Island plants brought by man, not wind-transported.

Bentham has found intermediates between oxlip and cowslip in Herefordshire.

JDH finds quantity of albumen in seeds is not variable within a species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1870

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
9 May [1856]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 161
Summary:

Lyell urges CD to publish a sketch of species theory; CD asks JDH’s opinion on best course.

Concerned about opposition, particularly by Owen, to Huxley’s admission to Athenaeum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1874

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
11 May [1856]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 162
Summary:

CD is unsure about JDH’s recommendation that he publish a separate "Preliminary Essay". It is unphilosophical to publish without full details.

CD will work for Huxley’s admission to Athenaeum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1876

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
21 [May 1856]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 163
Summary:

Huxley’s "vehement" [Royal Institution?] Lectures make it difficult to propose him for Athenaeum.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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