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To J. D. Hooker   [23 January 1867]

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My dear H.—

I shd much like Miquel’s Photograph—1 Give him my address & do not bother yourself with sending it— Thanks for your pleasant letter just received—2 We are very glad Mrs H. goes on well3

Ever yours | C. Darwin

You had better not send, if in earnest, the earth from St. Helena to me, as I could not distinguish commonest weed from the rarest now extinct plant—4

Endorsement: ‘Jany 23/67’

2
See Correspondence vol. 15, letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 January 1867.
3
Frances Harriet Hooker had recently given birth.
4
CD had joked that he would like a cask or two of St Helena earth from below the surface so that he could try to revive lost species of plants (see Correspondence vol. 15, letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 January [1867] and n. 8, and letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 January 1867).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5376F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5376F