To J. D. Hooker   [30 October 1863]

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My dear old friend.

I must just have pleasure of saying this.

Yours affecty. | C. Darwin

I have a long letter from Dr Haast: I do not know whether you would care to see it. It has something on spreading of European plants.1

Endorsement: ‘Oct 30/63.’

1
The letter from Julius von Haast, 21 July [– 7? August] 1863, contained information on the spread of European plants and animals in New Zealand. See letter from Julius von Haast, 21 July[–7? August] 1863 and nn. 16 and 17, and letter from J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin, 11 November 1863 and nn. 3–5.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4324,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4324