From Julius von Haast 6 August 1863
Summary
Sends a map of the province of Canterbury, marking his own and other explorations.
Author: | John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Aug 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4264 |
From Hermann Crüger 8 August 1863
Summary
Thanks for presentation copy of Linum paper [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Ficus experiments confirm CD’s supposition that insects visit Melastoma for nectar, but HC thinks pollen-seekers fertilise the flowers.
Maranta fertilisation.
Author: | Hermann Crüger |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Aug 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 277, 277/1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4265 |
From Robert Swinhoe 14 August 1863
Summary
Sends two interesting cases: a flamingo with barnacles covering its legs
and castrated wild asses of Kutch.
Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Aug 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.2 (Letters): 253 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4268 |
From W. E. Darwin 21 August [1863]
Summary
Has signed and forwarded some orders.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Aug [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 95 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4271 |
From John Goodsir 21 August [1863]
Summary
Agrees to examine a slide preparation of fluid [from CD’s vomit] to determine presence of Sarcina as a possible cause of his stomach ailment. Sends some authoritative references on it. Warns CD that Sarcina has been found in healthy stomachs.
Author: | John Goodsir |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Aug [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 73 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4272 |
From Hugh Falconer 24 August [1863]
Summary
Sends information about Pliocene fauna of the "Forest Bed" of the Norfolk coast.
A genus described as extinct by Owen is found by E. A. I. H. Lartet to exist in Russia.
Edouard Suess attributes to Oswald Heer and HF the generalisation "That the time during which a new species is formed, is (as a rule) very short in comparison with the time during which it persistently presents the same peculiar specific characters". [Edouard Suess, "Über die Verschiedenheit und die Aufeinanderfolge der tertiären Landfaunen in der Niederung von Wien", Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (Math-naturw. Klasse) 47 (1863): 306–31.] [See 4277.]
Author: | Hugh Falconer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Aug [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4273A |
From J. D. Hooker 26 August 1863
Summary
JDH working on the New Zealand flora.
Jules Planchon excited about CD’s Linum experiments.
T. F. Jamieson’s paper on glaciers gives great pleasure.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Aug 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 157–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4275 |
From J. D. Hooker [27 August 1863]
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [27 Aug 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 156 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4276 |
From John Goodsir 27 August [1863]
Summary
Has found no Sarcina on the slides of fluid [see 4272] and nothing referable to the food. Will repeat examination if vomiting recurs.
Author: | John Goodsir |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Aug [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 74 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4278 |
From John Goodsir 28 August [1863]
Author: | John Goodsir |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Aug [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 75 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4281 |
From John Brodie Innes 29 August [1863]
Summary
Duke of Argyll has been dubbed "Duke Darwinii" by papers.
Large number of toads have been found in railway cuttings; wishes a scientific observer had taken pains to explain where they came from.
Comments on Scottish schools and on the morals of the adult poor.
Author: | John Brodie Innes |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Aug [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 167: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4283 |
From Hugh Falconer 29 August 1863
Summary
HF will send E. Suess’s paper [Edouard Suess, "Über die Verschiedenheit und die Aufeinanderfolge der tertiären Landfaunen in der Niederung von Wien", Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (Math–nat. Klasse) 47 (1863): 306–31] which deals directly with natural selection.
Author: | Hugh Falconer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Aug 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4284 |
From George Busk [c. 27 August 1863]
Summary
Discusses and suggests treatments for CD’s stomach complaint. Recommends he consult William Brinton.
Author: | George Busk |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. 27 Aug 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 378 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4315 |
From Henrietta Emma Darwin [1 August 1863]
Summary
A memorandum describing the expressive behaviour of a cat with added notes by CD.
Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1 Aug 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 189: 9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4260F |
letter | (14) |
Busk, George | (1) |
Crüger, Hermann | (1) |
Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
Falconer, Hugh | (2) |
Goodsir, John | (3) |
Haast, Julius von | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Innes, J. B. | (1) |
Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
Swinhoe, Robert | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Goodsir, John | (3) |
Falconer, Hugh | (2) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Busk, George | (1) |
Crüger, Hermann | (1) |
Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
Haast, Julius von | (1) |
Innes, J. B. | (1) |
Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
Swinhoe, Robert | (1) |