To J. D. Hooker [before 15 February 1862]¹

My dear Hooker

Will you give me M^r W. C. Crockers (is this spelt right?) address in enclosed envelope:² I am half mad about Mormodes perhaps he may know. ³

C.D.

Dated by the relationship to the letter from J. D. Hooker, [before 15 February 1862].

Charles William Crocker had retired from his post as foreman of the propagating department at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and lived in Chichester (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [before 15 February 1862], and letter from C. W. Crocker, 17 February 1862).

CD had for some time been anxious to obtain reliable information concerning the mechanism by which the pollinia of this orchid are ejected, and had unsuccessfully sought observations and specimens from various of his botanical correspondents. See Correspondence vol. 9, and this volume, second letter from D. F. Nevill, [before 22 January 1862], letter from John Rogers, 22 January 1862, and letter from James Bateman [1 February 1862]. CD discussed Mormodes in Orchids, pp. 249–69.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3428,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3428