To J. D. Hooker   27 [December 1861]

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My dear Hooker

Lindley has sent me a Gongora, so do not trouble yourself.—1 He says that Acropera luteola is in no Book & that except in colour it resembles A. Loddigesii, so I will insert a note.—2

Will you be so kind as to write on scrap of paper & put in enclosed Envelope the name & address of whoever arranges & settles about your Flues & Heating Apparatus for Hot-Houses at Kew.— Mr C. has asked me to find out, as he wants for some experiments about Gas to get a large chamber heated very equally night & day.—3

I will write soon.— I write now merely to save you wasting time over Acropera & Gongora.—

Ever yours | C. Darwin

Endorsement: ‘/Dec. 61.’

2
The letter from John Lindley has not been found, but see the letter to John Lindley, 24 December [1861]. In Orchids, CD added a footnote to the description of Acropera luteola (Orchids, p. 203 n.): Dr. Lindley informs me that he knows of no species so named; nor is the origin of the name known at Kew. This species or variety differs in little or in nothing from A. Loddigesii, excepting in its uniform yellow colour.
3
CD refers to his friend Edward Cresy (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [29 December 1861]).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 Lindley] ‘L’ over ‘C’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3351,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3351