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To J. D. Hooker   5 [March 1858]1

Down.—

5th

My dear Hooker

I write merely to say that I send up to London this evening D. C.2 I suppose you will not get them till Saturday. Very many thanks for the loan.— The Sections of all biggest genera in each order in the 3 vols. (which include all the least favourable orders) behave as I wish them, but not very strongly.—

Babington with hesitation gives same verdict as you but confines his verdict to very small genera.—3 He really writes a very sensible letter on subject. He never thought of case before, but seems now to have thought deliberately & consulted some Botanical friend.—

Ten thousand curses!

Ever yours | C. Darwin

1
The endorsement is confirmed by the reference to the letter from C. C. Babington, 3 March 1858.
2
CD refers to the volumes of Candolle and Candolle 1824–73 that he had borrowed from Hooker.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.2 5] over ‘4’
1.4 orders] after del ‘genera’
2.1 as you] interl
2.2 subject.] before omitted point

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-2235,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-2235