Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from J. D. Hooker to C. R. Darwin [23] December 1865
Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Darwin-Hooker Letters
<p style='text-align: justify;'>No one believes in Karsten.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Surprised by CD’s observations that illegitimate crosses within a species produce hybrid-like offspring.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>JDH’s scepticism of Scott’s observations.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>On proposing James Hector vs Julius von Haast for Royal Society; on learned society honours.</p>