From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
15 Feb [1866]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.313)
Summary:
Thanks CL for Hooker’s letter.
Discussion of Hooker’s views on glacial action and temperature with specific reference to S. America.
His squabbles with Hooker on transport of seeds via water currents,
temperate plants, and preservation of tropical plants during cooler period.
Expresses interest in seeing Agassiz’s letter.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project