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DCP-LETT-924

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[5 or 12] Nov 1845
Source of text:
DAR 114: 45
Summary:

Thanks for Antarctic flora [Flora Antarctica (1844–7)].

Agrees geographical distribution will be "the key which will unlock the mystery of species".

Could JDH look over a rough sketch on species?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-927

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[17 Nov 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 46
Summary:

Comments on JDH’s Flora Antarctica. CD is delighted with it.

"I can never cease marvelling at the similarity of the Antarctic floras: it is wonderful."

Questions JDH on points raised by the work: absence of alpine flora on southern islands; comparison of climate and floras of Tasmania and New Zealand.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-929

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[21 Nov 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 47
Summary:

Is busy with shell work and cannot make it to Kew. Invites JDH to Down. Intends asking Edward Forbes and Hugh Falconer.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-930

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[25 Nov 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 48
Summary:

Can JDH come to Down on 6 December? If this is convenient, CD will ask Forbes, Falconer, and perhaps Waterhouse.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-931

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[29 Nov 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 49
Summary:

Delighted that JDH will come to visit him.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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