From J. D. Hooker 16 February 1864

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4408,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 6 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4408

Summary

CD’s climbing plant experiments make it impossible to deny nerve force in plants.

Has discussed Frankland’s new glacial theory with Lyell.

Bishop Colenso’s trial.

Possibility of Scott’s coming to Kew as a curator.

Letter details

Record number: DCP-LETT-4408
From: Joseph Dalton Hooker
To: Charles Robert Darwin
Date: 16 Feb 1864
Sent from: Kew
Source of text: DAR 101: 183–5
Physical description: 6pp †

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12.