From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 July 1856
Source of text:
DAR 100: 96–9
Summary:
[T. Bell Salter’s?] "hybrid" Epilobium a false claim.
Admires Huxley’s response to Falconer [see 1904].
Tristan da Cunha plant list, requested by CD, supports JDH’s position [on continental extension?].
Chilean plants not exceptional.
JDH considers parallels between Australian Alps and European plants strong evidence for multiple creations.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
