From Asa Gray 7 May 1866
Summary
Thinks a new U. S. edition of Origin is needed.
Gives observations on the climbing habits of Bignonia capreolata.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 May 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 150 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5081 |
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- … See letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] . In his letter to Gray of 16 April [1866] , CD …
- … Union ( Winks 1960 , pp. 221–2). See letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and n. 17. On …
- … sold (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] and enclosure 1). The …
- … in the United States, see the letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and n. 15. Fenian …
- … to Asa Gray, 21 December [1859] , and letter to John Murray, 22 December [ 1859] , and …
- … with mosses and lichens (see ibid. , letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] , and letter …
- … see the letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and n. 16. See letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [ …
- … Asa Gray, 3 July 1866 . Gray refers to the Boston publishing firm of Ticknor & Fields (see letter …
- … to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and nn. 13 and 14. See also letter to Thomas Rivers, 27 …
- … Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] and n. 11. Gray had negotiated with the publisher, D. Appleton & Co . , the author’s share of the profits of the US edition of Origin (see Correspondence vol. 7, letter …
- … Asa Gray, 11 July 1864 ). Bignonia caproleata is discussed in ‘Climbing plants’ , pp. 56–9, 102–5, and 113. See also Correspondence vol. 13, letter …
- … Asa Gray, 27 August 1866 ). D. Appleton and Co. did not publish a new edition of Origin until 1870 ( Freeman 1977 ). Gray’s name appears on the presentation list for the fourth edition of Origin (see Correspondence vol. 14, Appendix IV). See letter …
To J. D. Hooker 16 May [1866]
Summary
Glad to see Asa Gray’s letter.
Asks whether he may insert a sentence about Cape Verde alpine plants in new edition [4th] of Origin.
Fears "twaddle" may also be the word for his two chapters on cultivated plants. Asks for Crawfurd’s paper.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 16 May [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 289, 289b |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5091 |
From J. D. Hooker [17 May 1866]
Summary
W. H. Harvey is dead. His loss to science.
Will get a copy of Crawfurd’s paper. It was such trash he tore his up.
His letter to Asa Gray was about his [JDH’s] proof that America will have an aristocracy from interbreeding of wealth, intellect, and beauty; and the lower classes, not having time for politics, will leave them to the aforementioned.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [17 May 1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 75–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5093 |
From J. D. Hooker 13 May 1866
Summary
Refers to enclosure from Asa Gray
with whom he can talk calmly now that war is over. North had no right to resort to bloodshed.
Startled by CD’s attendance at Royal Society soirée.
Has asked E. B. Tylor to make up questions for consuls and missionaries, through whose wives a lot of most curious information [for Descent?] could be obtained.
Tying umbilical cord has always been a mystery to JDH.
John Crawfurd’s paper on cultivated plants is shocking twaddle ["On the migration of cultivated plants in reference to ethnology", J. Bot. Br. & Foreign 4 (1866): 317–32].
R. T. Lowe back from Madeira.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 May 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 71–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5089 |
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From William Erasmus Darwin [7 May – 11 June 1866]
Summary
Sends flowers of buckthorn [Rhamnus catharticus] collected on Isle of Wight.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [7 May – 11 June 1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 109: A76 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5108 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … a specimen (see Correspondence vol. 9, letter from Asa Gray, 11 October 1861 , and second …
- … letter from W. E. Darwin, [18 June 1866] . In 1866, the first Monday in May was 7 May. William Erasmus Darwin lived in Southampton, where he was a partner in the Southampton and Hampshire Bank. CD became interested in Rhamnus (buckthorn) in 1861, when Asa Gray …
From J. D. Hooker 29 May 1866
Summary
JDH sends a list of the principal confirmatory evidences of CD’s theory which he has prepared at W. R. Grove’s request for Nottingham speech ["Presidential address", Rep. BAAS 26 (1866): liii–lxxxi].
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 May 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 77 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5104 |
From Thomas Rivers 17 May 1866
Author: | Thomas Rivers |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 May 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 165 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5094 |
To J. D. Hooker 31 May [1866]
Summary
Comments on JDH’s list – very good, but Orchids and Primula paper have too indirect a bearing to be worth mentioning. The Eozoon is a very important fact and to a much lesser degree the Archaeopteryx. Müller’s Für Darwin [1864] perhaps the most important contribution.
CD has forgotten to mention Bates on variation and JDH’s Arctic paper ["Distribution of Arctic plants", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (1862): 251–348] in new edition of Origin.
Now finds that Owen claims to be originator of natural selection.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 31 May [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 290 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5106 |
From W. E. Darwin 8 May [1866]
Summary
Describes the floral structure of broom, particularly the form of the varying anthers. Encloses drawings of anthers and pollen.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 May [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 76: B52, 66–72 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3144 |
To Friedrich Hildebrand 16 May [1866]
Summary
Has forwarded FH’s paper on Fumariaceae to horticultural congress. Comments on its findings.
Discusses forms of Oxalis.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
Date: | 16 May [1866] |
Classmark: | Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5092 |
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Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Hildebrand, Friedrich | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
Gray, Asa | (1) |
Hildebrand, Friedrich | (1) |
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Darwin in Conversation exhibition
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- … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …