To C. C. Babington 4 March [1858]
Summary
Notes views of Hooker and George Bentham on monotypic forms.
Has tabulated several floras and finds that large genera show preponderance in numbers of varieties. Now sees his results are quite worthless.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Cardale Babington |
Date: | 4 Mar [1858] |
Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add.8182: 21) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2233 |
To the Secretary, Royal Society 5 March 1858
Summary
C. P. Smyth’s observations on geology and natural history of Tenerife are not precise enough to warrant publication in Philosophical Transactions. Suggests CPS draw up an abstract, for the Proceedings, of specific points actually observed, rather than conclusions arrived at on insufficient grounds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Royal Society of London |
Date: | 5 Mar 1858 |
Classmark: | The Royal Society (RR3: 255) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2234 |
To J. D. Hooker 5 [March 1858]
Summary
C. C. Babington agrees with JDH that botanists tend to note varieties more in large genera than in very small ones.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 5 [Mar 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 226 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2235 |
To Frederick Smith [before 9 March 1858]
Summary
Four queries regarding the habits of bees and ants with answers by FS interlined between each query.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Frederick Smith |
Date: | [before 9 Mar 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR Pamphlet collection (bound with Smith, Frederick (a) 1854) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2235A |
To Trenham Reeks? 10 March [1858]
Summary
Asks whether correspondent can assist in determining value of slate slabs with relief figures executed for Josiah Wedgwood [I].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Trenham Reeks |
Date: | 10 Mar [1858] |
Classmark: | British Geological Survey Archives (GSM 1/501) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2236 |
To J. D. Hooker 10 [March 1858]
Summary
Heartened that tabulations of small and large genera done in different ways yield good results. JDH has done some tabulations but has not followed CD’s method of getting equal numbers of small and large genera.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 10 [Mar 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 227 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2237 |
To Richard Kippist 10 March [1858]
Summary
In great want of two books, which he had borrowed previously: Boreau Flora du Centre de la France and A. E. Fürnrohr, Naturhistorische Topographie von Regensburg, Bd 2 Flora Ratisbonensis.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Kippist |
Date: | 10 Mar [1858] |
Classmark: | James Cummins, Bookseller (dealer) (15 November 2012) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2238 |
To J. D. Hooker 11 March [1858]
Summary
JDH’s "objection" that small local genera do not vary and mundane ones do, is exactly CD’s point. Local floras useful to test idea that varieties are incipient species. Same genus in different countries cannot be lumped.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 11 Mar [1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 228 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2239 |
From J. D. Hooker [14 March 1858]
Summary
Summary of JDH’s objections to CD’s survey of floras and conclusion that large genera vary more than small.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [14 Mar 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 182–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2240 |
To J. D. Hooker 16 [March 1858]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 16 [Mar 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 229 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2242 |
From J. D. Hooker 18 March 1858
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Mar 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 115e–f |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2243 |
To the Secretary, Royal Society 22 March 1858
Summary
Recommends Leonard Horner’s "Account of some recent researches near Cairo" for publication in Philosophical Transactions [R. Soc. Lond. 148 (1858): 53–9]. Believes all the details and sections should be published in full because of importance of investigations leading to the conclusion that man has existed in Egypt for over 13000 years.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Royal Society of London |
Date: | 22 Mar 1858 |
Classmark: | The Royal Society (RR3: 147) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2244 |
From H. C. Watson 23 March 1858
Summary
Discusses the ranges of species in large and small genera; difficulties involved in limiting the discussion to Britain.
Author: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Mar 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 98: A23–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2245 |
To ? 26 March [1858?]
Summary
Returns the Greenland catalogue, which he has kept too long.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 26 Mar [1858?] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.34) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2246 |
To George Busk, Linnean Society 30 March [1858]
Summary
Expresses his strong opinion that Huxley’s paper ["Agamic reproduction and morphology of Aphis", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 22 (1858): 193–220, 221–36] should be published.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Busk; Linnean Society |
Date: | 30 Mar [1858] |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (SP.585c) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2247 |
To J. D. Hooker 31 March [1858]
Summary
Writing section on large and small genera [for Natural selection, ch. 4].
Huxley supersedes Owen on parthenogenesis.
Buckle’s History of civilisation in England extremely interesting.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 31 Mar [1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 230 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2248 |
From Asa Gray [before 3 April 1858]
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 3 Apr 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2249 |
From Leonard Jenyns [before 18 April 1858]
Author: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 18 Apr 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 45: 20–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2250 |
To Leonard Jenyns 1 April [1858]
Summary
Thanks LJ for his book [Observations in meteorology (1858)].
CD has been working on his species book [Natural selection].
Has become dreadfully heterodox on immutability of species.
His work on pigeons: variation under domestication throws the greatest light on variation in a state of nature.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
Date: | 1 Apr [1858] |
Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2251 |
To Asa Gray 4 April [1858]
Summary
Discusses the variation of species in large and small genera.
Thanks AG for his list of close species.
Laments the slow progress he makes with his book [Natural selection].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 4 Apr [1858] |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (25) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2252 |
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