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Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from J. D. Hooker to C. R. Darwin   16 September 1873

Hooker, Joseph Dalton

Darwin-Hooker Letters

<p style='text-align: justify;'><i>Mimosa</i> too far gone to send now.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>CD’s marjoram is the common [<i>Origanum</i>] <i>vulgare</i>, not the pot herb.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>On the water injury, Thiselton-Dyer and he may have used too fine a spray, but plant is insensitive.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Horribly angry at P. G. Tait’s letter in <i>Nature</i> [8 (1873): 381–2].</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Tyndall writes that he is strong – the next number of <i>Nature</i> will prove it.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>G. Henslow is much better.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>JDH leaves for Bradford [BAAS meeting] tomorrow.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Rejoices at CD’s success with <i>Drosera</i>; longs to be at <i>Nepenthes</i>.</p>

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