From Francis Darwin [25–7 May 1880]
Summary
Hopes CD got telegram about Convolvulus. Is measuring plants every four hours. Will go to Brittany by boat from Southampton on Monday night.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25–7 May 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12616F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … Bibliography Darwin, Francis and Acton, Edward Hamilton. 1894. Practical physiology of …
- … From Francis Darwin [25–7 May 1880] …
- … DAR 274.1: 65 Francis Darwin [25–7 May 1880] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … II)). Emma Darwin’s diary records that Francis Darwin left for Brittany on Monday 31 May …
- … 196)). Emma Darwin’s diary records that Francis Darwin arrived in Southampton on Friday 28 …
- … established by the references to CD’s and Francis Darwin’s visits to Southampton; Francis …
- … s 3-year-old son, Bernard Darwin ; Bernard and Francis lived with CD and Emma Darwin , and …
- … the nutritive fluids—’ (DAR 68: 21). Francis Darwin appears to have been trying to measure …
From Francis Darwin [21 October 1881]
Summary
Commiserates on news of Wiesner and experiment on transmission of heliotropism. Asks whether he should review book for Nature.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 69 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13474F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [21 October 1881] …
- … DAR 274.1: 69 Francis Darwin [21 Oct 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1882. Prof. Wiesner on ‘The power of movement in plants’. …
- … 1882 ). Fritz Müller . See letter to Francis Darwin, 17 October 1881 . Pinguicula is the …
- … plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Wiesner, …
- … between this letter and the letters to Francis Darwin , 17 October 1881 and 22 [October …
- … 22 October was 21 October. See letter to Francis Darwin, 17 October 1881 and n. 5. CD was …
- … Francis did not write a typical review of Wiesner 1881 , but rather a detailed reply to specific criticisms made in the book ( F. Darwin …
From Francis Darwin [25 July 1881]
Summary
Reports on a visit to Hermann Vöchting and discussion of Julius Sachs.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 July 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13252F |
Matches: 13 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [25 July 1881] …
- … DAR 274.1: 67 Francis Darwin Strassburg [25 July 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1880a. On the power possessed by leaves of placing …
- … Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 420–55. Darwin, Francis. 1880c. The theory of the growth of …
- … Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 406–19. Darwin, Francis. 1901. The movements of plants. …
- … Nature , 14 November 1901, pp. 40–4. Darwin, Francis. 1920a. Springtime and other …
- … essays. London: John Murray. Darwin, Francis and Acton, Edward Hamilton. 1894. Practical …
- … For the notice, see the letter from Francis Darwin, 16 July 1881 and n. 4. The paper was …
- … By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Vöchting, …
- … Kunkel was a particular friend of Francis’s (see F. Darwin 1920a , p. 68). Carl Gottfried …
- … Francis worked at Anton de Bary ’s laboratory in Straßburg in 1881, arriving home on 1 August ( Emma Darwin’ …
- … Francis did not publish specifically on Narcissus or azaleas ( Rhododendron ), but for remarks on Narcissus , see F. Darwin …
From Francis Darwin [after 14 November 1881]
Summary
Thanks for two letters from Pfeffer. Will return translation of Pfeffer and send a letter from Elfring. Looking forward to working on "antiWiesner" experiments. Will return on 26th or 27th.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Nov 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13485F |
Matches: 12 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [after 14 November 1881] …
- … DAR 274.1: 68 Francis Darwin [after 14 Nov 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1880a. On the power possessed by leaves of placing …
- … Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 420–55. Darwin, Francis. 1881b. Ueber Circumnutation bei …
- … family in early October (see letter to Francis Darwin, 17 October 1881 and nn. 1 and 14). …
- … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 14 November [1881] . CD had sent the …
- … by Julius Sachs (see letter from Francis Darwin, 19 [May 1881] and n. 3). Ein Esel : a …
- … nutrients from ant waste (see letter to Francis Darwin, 28 [October 1881] ). Botanischer …
- … 25 February 1880]) . No correspondence between Francis and Elizabeth Darwin has been …
- … been identified. Bernard Darwin had evidently joined his father in Wales; Francis had gone …
- … in the Darwin Archive–CUL. Lurgan is a town in Ireland. CD had suggested that Francis work …
From Francis Darwin [before 5 December 1870]
Summary
Sends list of bills.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 5 Dec 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7387G |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [before 5 December 1870] …
- … DAR 274.1: 13 Francis Darwin Cambridge [before 5 Dec 1870] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 5 December [1870] ( Correspondence …
- … this volume, Supplement, letter from Francis Darwin [after 18 October 1870] ). CD sent £ …
- … 50 (see Correspondence vol. 18, letter to Francis Darwin, 5 December [1870] ; see also …
- … this volume, Supplement, second letter from Francis Darwin, [before 5 December 1870] ). …
From Francis Darwin [after 22 May 1871]
Summary
Thanks for the cheque, and also for the offer to pay for him to go on a trip to north America with G. H. Darwin.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 22 May 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7761G |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [after 22 May 1871] …
- … DAR 274.1: 21 Francis Darwin University “Pitt” Club, Cambridge [after 22 May 1871] Charles …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1922–54. [Darwin, Francis]. 1871. Letter on the melancholy of …
- … 1871 (see n. 6, below). See letter to Francis Darwin, 21 May [1871] . CD had offered to …
- … the United States (see letter to Francis Darwin, 21 May [1871] ). Edward Charles Stirling …
- … molluscs that includes cuttlefish (see letter to Francis Darwin, 21 May [1871] and nn. …
- … Francis published a short article in the form of a letter on the melancholy of bachelors of arts in the Cambridge Tatler , 22 May 1871 ( [F. Darwin] …
From Francis Darwin [after August 1878]
Summary
Observations of leaf movement at Würzburg Botanic Garden.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after Aug 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11683 |
From Francis Darwin [after 2 October 1876]
Summary
Sorry the corrections were so tedious, and offers to do revises.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 2 Oct 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10629F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [after 2 October 1876] …
- … DAR 274.1: 40 Francis Darwin Pantlludw [after 2 Oct 1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in relation to monkeys’; see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] . The paper on …
- … II)). Julius von Wiesner (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] and n. 7). …
- … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] . Francis sent …
- … and self fertilisation (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] ). CD had suggested …
- … articles by Johann von Fischer (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] and n. 4). …
- … on the teasel, see the letter from Francis Darwin, [1 June 1876] and n. 2. CD discussed …
From Francis Darwin [after 14 July 1878]
Summary
Thinks it would be a good idea to give the typing machine to Karl Semper.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11553F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [after 14 July 1878] …
- … DAR 274.1: 48 Francis Darwin - [after 14 July 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] . CD wished …
- … to Carl Gottfried Semper (see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] and n. 11). Francis …
- … could order a machine for himself (see letter from Francis Darwin, [12 July 1878] ). …
DCP-LETT-7421
Summary
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7421 |
From Francis Darwin [6 July 1879]
Summary
Describes bean experiments. Will tell Emma Darwin to tell Elizabeth Darwin that he has written to the Riffel.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [6 July 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12296F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [6 July 1879] …
- … DAR 274.1: 61 Francis Darwin [6 July 1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Ubbadubba was a pet name for Bernard Darwin , Francis’s son. The Riffelhaus, a hotel built …
- … plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Sachs, …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 4 July [1879] . Francis performed experiments to determine …
- … and Francis had already tested. See second letter to Francis Darwin, 2 July [1879] and n. …
- … 2. See letter from Francis Darwin, 4 July 1879 and nn. 3 and 6. …
- … genus of spider plants) have aerial roots. See letter to Francis Darwin, 4 July [1879] . …
From Francis Darwin [before 15 December 1880]
Summary
Will stay until London until after the Linnean Society meeting unless CD wants anything. Asks to send abstracts of papers. Has made short abstracts of papers for Nature.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 15 Dec 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12379F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [before 15 December 1880] …
- … DAR 274.1: 62 Francis Darwin London [before 15 Dec 1880] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1880a. On the power possessed by leaves of placing …
- … Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 420–55. Darwin, Francis. 1880c. The theory of the growth of …
- … Correspondence vol. 26, letter from Francis Darwin, [4–7 August 1878] , and Correspondence …
- … Nature , 23 December 1880, pp. 178–81. See letter to Francis Darwin, 27 December [1880] . …
- … Richard Buckley Litchfield . Bernard Darwin . Francis had been experimenting with potash ( …
- … Francis presented two papers at the Linnean Society on Thursday, 16 December 1880 ( F. Darwin …
From Francis Darwin [23 November 1878]
Summary
Many thnks for the pelargonium letter.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Nov 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11755F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [23 November 1878] …
- … DAR 274.1: 43 Francis Darwin - [23 Nov 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. …
- … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, [22 November 1878] , and by the …
- … see n. 6, below). See letter to Francis Darwin, [22 November 1878] and nn. 1 and 3. …
- … creeping wood sorrel); see letter from Francis Darwin, [before 22 November 1878] and n. 3. …
- … in plants , pp. 116 and 118, and letter to Francis Darwin, [21 November 1878] and n. …
- … 2. See letter from Francis Darwin, [before 22 November 1878] and n. …
- … Francis dated 23 November records that two Spanish chestnuts were ‘sliced with razor’ (DAR 209.5: 113). Bernard Darwin . …
From Francis Darwin [July 1878]
Summary
Reports observations on day and night movement in Porlieria.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 181 [2nd sheet] |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11578 |
From Francis Darwin [before 30 June 1872]
Summary
Quickening of heart-beat in fear. A. H. Garrod does not think that this means that the heart is working harder.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 30 June 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8364 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [before 30 June 1872] …
- … DAR 162: 52 Francis Darwin New University Club [before 30 June 1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … from A. H. Garrod to Francis Darwin, 30 June [1872] and n. 6. …
- … the letter from A. H. Garrod to Francis Darwin, 30 June [1872] . Alfred Henry Garrod . …
- … 74–6). Garrod had been a contemporary of Francis Darwin’s at Cambridge University and had …
- … 1872 ). See also second letter from Francis Darwin, [before 30 June 1872] , and letter …
From Francis Darwin [before 22 November 1878]
Summary
Horse chestnut roots have not acted at all well.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 22 Nov 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11754F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [before 22 November 1878] …
- … DAR 274.1: 42 Francis Darwin Down [before 22 Nov 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Pelargonium . Ubbadubba: Bernard Darwin , Francis’s son. Idy: Emma Cecilia (Ida) Farrer. …
- … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, [22 November 1878] . CD and Francis …
- … Spanish chestnut). See letter to Francis Darwin, 3 August [1878] and n. 6. Francis’s notes …
- … in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Post …
- … and without bloom (see letter from Francis Darwin, [4–7 August 1878] and nn. 4 and 8). …
- … in plants (see, for example, letter to Francis Darwin, 12 September [1878] ). Francis may …
From Francis Darwin [after 16 May 1871]
Summary
He is waiting to hear about the requirements for the MB examination before considering the possible trip to north America.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 16 May 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7761F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [after 16 May 1871] …
- … DAR 274.1: 17 Francis Darwin Cambridge [after 16 May 1871] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1871] and n. 5. The annotations are for CD’s letter to Francis Darwin, 21 May [1871] . …
- … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 May [1871] . Francis’s friend was …
- … St George’s Hospital, London (see first letter from Francis Darwin, [after 22 May 1871] ). …
- … H. Darwin, [14 May 1871] ). See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 May [1871] . See letter from …
- … Francis was hoping to travel to the United States in the summer with his brother George Howard Darwin …
From Francis Darwin 23 [May 1881]
Summary
Would like some of his notes. Has been looking at roots of Linum, cucurbits, larch, and orchids. Is content that mother should teach Bernard whatever religion she likes.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 [May 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13170F |
Matches: 12 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin 23 [May 1881] …
- … DAR 274.1: 66 Francis Darwin Strasbourg 23 [May 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Ubbadub was a nickname for Bernard Darwin , Francis’s son. The notes have not been …
- … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1878a. Experiments on the nutrition of Drosera …
- … Society ( Botany ) 17 (1880): 17–32. Darwin, Francis. 1880a. On the power possessed by …
- … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 20 May 1881 . The Monday following …
- … May 1881 was 23 May. See letter to Francis Darwin, 20 May 1881 ; CD and Francis had begun …
- … sheets had arrived at Down on 22 May 1881 (see letter to Francis Darwin, 22– 3 May 1881 ). …
- … plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Reinke, …
- … round-leaved sundew) in F. Darwin 1878 . The plants used by Francis were already mature at …
- … Francis’s article ‘On the power possessed by leaves of placing themselves at right angles to the direction of incident light’ ( F. Darwin …
From Francis Darwin [29 May 1876]
Summary
The Salvia has arrived.
Has found several fly orchids coming in flower, but no Cephalanthera or Musk.
Cannot do any teazel work.
Anthelme Thozet has sent him a lot of Ophideres.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 May 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515I |
Matches: 12 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [29 May 1876] …
- … DAR 274.1: 58 Francis Darwin Down [29 May 1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … by the relationship between this letter, the letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 , …
- … and the letter to Francis Darwin, 30 [May 1876] ; see n. 2, below. When Francis wrote …
- … had not yet arrived (see letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 and n. 1). In May 1876, …
- … to look for orchids (see letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 ). CD referred to the fly …
- … his observations to CD (see letter from Francis Darwin, [28 May 1876] ). His research was …
- … in F. Darwin 1877b . In F. Darwin 1876b , p. 311, Francis emphasised that the process of …
- … Francis had published a paper on the proboscis of Ophideres fullonica in October 1875 ( F. Darwin …
- … 1876b , p. 314; see also F. Darwin 1877b , p. 266). Francis was investigating the …
- … Francis noted that in the early stages of the process of aggregation the aggregated masses were extremely motile but in a strongly aggregated condition the masses become motionless ( F. Darwin …
From Francis Darwin [after 16 June 1879]
Summary
Reports on roots and climbing plants experiments he is performing in Sachs’ laboratory. Orchids with air roots have come. Goebel says proshelic better than helic.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 16 June 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12111F |
Matches: 14 hits
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Francis Darwin [after 16 June 1879] …
- … DAR 274.1: 53 Francis Darwin Würzburg [after 16 June 1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1879 (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 5). Francis probably got a …
- … a botanist in Sachs’s laboratory (see letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 4). …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] . …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 8. Francis was working in the …
- … the apex to Francis (see letter to Francis Darwin, [before 5 June 1879] and nn. 2 and 3). …
- … mustard ( Sinapis alba ; see also letter to Francis Darwin, 6 and 7 June [1879] and n. …
- … 5). See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] and n. 2. For CD’s description of the …
- … been found, but see the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] , in which CD mentions …
- … see Shephard 2003 , pp. 178–83). Elizabeth Darwin had written to Francis around 16 June …
- … Ubbadubba was a pet name for Francis’s son, Bernard Darwin . No letter mentioning the boys …
- … on 18 July 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis had evidently ordered orchids …
Document type
| letter | (130) |
Author
| Darwin, Amy | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | (2) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (2) |
| Darwin, Sara | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
| Ruck, Amy | (1) |
| Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (98) |
| Krause, Ernst | (3) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (3) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Tait, Lawson | (2) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, Francis | (130) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (102) |
| Krause, Ernst | (3) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (3) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
