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To J. D. Hooker   [16 or 23 February or 1 or 8 or 15 March 1872]1

9. Devonshire St. Portland Place

Friday

My dear Hooker.—

Shall you be at home on Sunday & may we drive down on Sunday morning & spend an hour or 112 hour at most with you? We cd start at 9o clock & I suppose arrive about 10° 14. & leave again about 1114 or 12.— I shd so much like just to see you & have a look at the great Hot-Houses.— Please send a Post-Card with “yes” or “no”2

Ever yours | C. Darwin

1
The dates are established by the address. CD stayed at 9 Devonshire Street, London, from 16 February to 21 March 1872 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The Fridays during this period were 16 and 23 February, and 1, 8, and 15 March.
2
No reply has been found, and it is not known whether the Darwins visited Kew at this time.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8212F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8212F