CD’s visit to Kew.
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CD’s visit to Kew.
Concerned about Father’s health.
Forwards a letter from FitzRoy.
Dr Erasmus Darwin’s scientific prophecies are the talk of London.
J. D. Hooker has described Capt. King’s Tierra del Fuego plants and CD’s Galapagos plants [in Flora Antarctica, pt 2 (1847)] which have extraordinary interest and novelty.
A malicious person has sent George Grey, Governor of New Zealand, a letter CD had written to J. L. Stokes, containing a derogatory statement likening Grey’s expedition to "a set of school boys".
Has read JDH’s paper ["Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 116–233] and thinks it the best essay on geographical distribution he has ever met with. Comments on the paper.
Thanks for reading paper. Accepts CD’s criticisms; discussion of some points.
Hopes JDH can come to stay in January.
Thanks for the corallines.
Mention of JDH’s capital speech.
Can JDH come on 16 Jan? CD will ask the "old set" to come and also the Lyells.
Discusses the buying and selling of certain railway shares.
Wants JW’s permission to carry out certain investments.
CD understands that JFR cannot lend him the volumes [of Trans. Agric. & Hortic. Soc. India] at present. Thanks for offer to inform him of other works on the breeds of animals in India.
CD fears his belonging to the new club [Philosophical Club of the Royal Society] would be useless, since he is seldom able to dine out.
Responds to LH’s comments on South America.
Discusses inclination of lava stream.
Sketches in second edition of Journal of researches more accurate than in first.
Asks JDH not to think of looking at his species sketch until he has leisure.
Cirripede observations.
Would like to hear what JDH has to say about his species sketch.
Can JDH come to 7 Park St. on Wednesday?
Asks to call on RC.
Notes on part of CD’s species sketch.
Will come to 7 Park St. on Wednesday for a palaver on distribution, species mutability, migration, etc.
Illness has delayed his departure. Will try to call on JDH on Thursday.
Thanks for JDH’s notes on species sketch. Proposes to drive to Kew to discuss them with him.
Health permitting, proposes to visit Kew on Friday.