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To J. D. Hooker   20 January 1882

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)

Jan. 20th 1882

My dear Hooker.

It is a funny affair, but I fear this Catalogue will give you a deal of bother.—1 You are the man to bring high officials down on their marrow-bones.2 I suppose such men think that we are fools to spend time & money about weeds.

Ever yours affectionately | Ch. Darwin

P.S. | I sent £250 because you forgot to specify any sum, & I thought that a largish one might save you trouble.—

1
CD had agreed to pay £250 a year for a new catalogue of all known plants (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1882 and n. 1).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13628,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13628