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DCP-LETT-799

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 29–31
Summary:

Thanks for pleasant stay at Down.

Remarks on boulders found on southern islands.

Describes the alpine character of the Andes flora and relays information on other mountain floras.

Quotes instances of seeds that retained their vitality after being carried by ocean currents.

Sends notes on the comparative floras of New Zealand, Australia, and west coast of South America.

Encloses a copy of part of a letter from George Gardner in Ceylon concerning the European character of the mountain flora.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-804

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 32–4
Summary:

Thanks for CD’s comments on "sketch".

Lengthy discussion of geographical distribution and island floras.

Has been "delighted with" [Robert Chambers’] Vestiges [of creation (1844)].

Galapagos flora work goes on well.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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JHC1246

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
28 December 1844
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.10, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1247

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-12-1844
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.11, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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