From J. D. Hooker   19 September 1866

Royal Gardens Kew

Dear old Darwin

Seringe has come all safe.1

Mrs Hooker tells me of the distress you are again in—2 My dear friend we do feel deeply for you—

The Drosera shall go in a day or two—3

Ever yr affec | J D Hooker

Kew Sept. 19/66.

1
Hooker refers to Seringe 1830 (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [4 September 1866] and n. 14).
2
The reference is to Frances Harriet Hooker. Hooker probably alludes to the illness of CD’s sister, Susan Elizabeth Darwin, who died two weeks later. Her death was thought to have been imminent at the end of August (see letter to W. D. Fox, 24 August [1866]).
3
Hooker had promised to send a specimen of Drosera binata (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 18 August 1866).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5214,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5214