Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from C. R. Darwin to J. D. Hooker 28 February [1858]
Darwin, Charles Robert
Darwin-Hooker Letters
<p style='text-align: justify;'>JDH has confirmed CD’s opinion on the affinities of species in great genera. Is looking at large genera in several local <i>Floras</i> to find the "range & commonness of varying species".</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Has been "beyond measure interested" in the construction instincts of the hive-bee.</p>