Hooker enquires what Darwin makes of ARW's paper on bird's nests and how he struck by ARW's great ability.
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Hooker enquires what Darwin makes of ARW's paper on bird's nests and how he struck by ARW's great ability.
Hooker states that he will re-read ARW's 1853 book about the Amazon as he doesn't recall it interesting him at all when it was first published.
Regarding Darwin suggestion to nominate ARW for The Royal Society's Gold Medal.
References Darwin's after notes about Darwin/Wallace publication on evolution by natural selection.
Reflects how Bentham might have been more cautious had he read ARW's volumes.
ARW's marriage to Annie Mitten.
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Hooker to send copy of his essay to ARW.
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Refers to paper by F. Smith on the distribution of ARW's Hymenoptera.
Hooker remarks that ARW has "turned table turner".
ARW's reservations about human evolution.
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JDH lists some things he has found lying in the RBG Kew herbarium for Gray: newspapers, a letter from Baird about a bronze statue of Henry, a copy of C. E. Norton's Church Building in the Middle Ages, & a specimen of Castanea vesca from Martindale with female inflorences imitating male ones. Charles Darwin's "Movements of Plants" is out but JDH thinks that ARW's Island Life is the best natural history book of the season. Miles Joseph Berkeley & his daughter have been staying with the Hooker's but left early as he had an attack of gout. Berkeley has suffered with many ailments throughout his life, he is now 78. Hyacinth Hooker is organising Miss Shepard's rooms.