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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
22 [Mar 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 146
Summary:

Asks JDH to correct names of two species of Calanthe.

Note from Asa Gray ends "Yours cordially", so CD hopes he is forgiven.

His Catasetum paper will be read 3 Apr [Collected papers 2: 63–70].

Plants and seeds sent will be of great use, especially Lythrum, which according to J. P. E. Vaucher seems grand case of trimorphism. Asks what sort of man Vaucher is.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 March 1862]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Maggie Maclear returned to Cape Town after attempting to run away to England. Herschel family instrumental in her safe return.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project