From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[26 Jan 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 102: 7
Summary:
John Scott has arrived in Calcutta and has been given an appointment by Thomas Anderson.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances Harriet Henslow; Frances Harriet Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[27 Jan 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 231–2
Summary:
J. D. Hooker will not be able to visit CD because of ill health.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Walter Bates
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Jan 1865
Source of text:
DAR 160: 79
Summary:
Pleased at receiving CD’s letter.
HWB informs him of favourable notice of the mimetic paper [in Wiegmann’s Arch. Naturgesch. 29 (1863) pt 2: 315–19].
He is pleased with his post [Asst. Sec. of Royal Geographical Society].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Jan [1865]
Source of text:
DAR 106: B22–3
Summary:
Sends papers with comments. Convinced that the Aru pig is a species peculiar to New Guinea fauna, not a domestic animal that ran wild.
Admires CD’s paper ["Three forms of Lythrum", Collected papers 2: 106–31].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[late Feb–May 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 108: 89a
Summary:
[Outline sketches of pollen from short-styled yellow primrose and from long-styled yellow and red primroses.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
2 Feb [1865]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 259
Summary:
Hugh Falconer’s death great loss to science.
His own health has been especially bad this last week.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Feb 1865
Source of text:
DAR 102: 8–9
Summary:
Falconer’s illness and suffering. His great ability and knowledge.
CD’s paper ["Climbing plants"] went extremely well [at Linnean Society]. M. T. Masters and Bentham commented.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robertson Munro
Date:
3 Feb [1865-6]
Source of text:
DAR 96: 16
Summary:
Is glad MTM is going to experiment on Passiflora.
Is grieved to hear that John Scott has been inaccurate but cannot think he recorded, in his paper, experiments that he never made [see 4485].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Maxwell Tylden Masters
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Feb 1865
Source of text:
DAR 171: 71
Summary:
MTM heard part of the abstract of CD’s paper on climbing plants, read at the Linnean Society on 2 Feb. Offers CD his opinion and information on the subject, which he has studied for many years.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
9 Feb [1865]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 260
Summary:
Falconer’s death haunts him. Personal annihilation not so horrifying to him as sun cooling some day and human race ending.
His health has been wretched.
Masters has written his agreement with CD’s "Climbing plants".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
August Schleicher
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 Feb 1865
Source of text:
DAR 177: 53
Summary:
Sends a pamphlet and photograph to CD [missing];
announces a botanical congress at Erfurt at which CD’s theory will be discussed.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
15 [Feb 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 261
Summary:
Hildebrand has sent copy of his paper on Pulmonaria in Botanische Zeitung.
How much should CD contribute to Falconer’s bust?
Oswald Heer on alpine and Arctic floras.
A. R. Wallace on geographical distribution in Malay Archipelago.
Lyell’s new edition of Elements. Wishes someone would do a book like it on botany.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[17 Feb 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 102: 10–11
Summary:
Why botanists will not subscribe to Falconer’s bust with enthusiasm.
Scott has been offered curatorship at Calcutta Botanic Garden.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Busk
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Feb 1865
Source of text:
DAR 160: 380
Summary:
On a proposed meeting of friends of the deceased Hugh Falconer to decide on a memorial to him. Invites CD’s support.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[27 Feb 1865?]
Source of text:
DAR 102: 12
Summary:
Will arrive Saturday [4 Mar] on afternoon train.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[28 Feb – 5 Mar 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 178: 64
Summary:
Encloses some poultry feathers.
Will read over and return CD’s MS on fowls. Has been delayed by an eye injury.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frederick Ransome
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Mar 1865
Source of text:
DAR 99: 19–20
Summary:
Requests a postponement of payment on a note for £100.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frederick Ransome
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 Mar 1865
Source of text:
DAR 99: 22–3
Summary:
Thanks CD for his consideration in meeting his convenience respecting the payment of the £100.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Rudolph Heine
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Mar 1865
Source of text:
DAR 166: 134
Summary:
Admires Origin, but CD does not consider hereditary law of use and disuse.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[10 Mar 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 102: 13–14
Summary:
Thomas Thomson has gone over Scott’s paper; encloses his conclusions. Not fit for publication in present form. His experiments should have been repeated to resolve his disagreement with Gärtner.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
