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Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?

Summary

Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…

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  • evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost
  • … (1875) and  Cross and self fertilisation  (1876). Darwins son Francis became increasingly
  • career to become his fathers scientific secretary. Darwin had always relied on assistance from
  • Franciss decision. A large portion of the letters Darwin received in 1873 were in response
  • the previous year. As was typical, readers wrote to Darwin personally to offer suggestions, …
  • some of which were incorporated in a later edition. Darwin also contributed to discussions in the
  • Francis Galtons work on inherited talent, which prompted Darwin to reflect on the traits and
  • to observe, which I ought to have observed” ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 January [1873] ).  …
  • wicked will on itroot leaf & branch!” ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 ). …
  • copy of the  Handbook for the physiological laboratory  (1873), a detailed guide to animal
  • Darwins other main focus of botanical investigation in 1873 was cross- and self-fertilisation, work
  • flower would become modified & correlated” ( letter to T. H. Farrer, 14 August 1873 ). …
  • …  In February, Darwin received a letter from John Traherne Moggridge on the nature of animal instinct
  • without instruction or previously acquired knowledge” (A. R. Wallace 1870, p. 204). Moggridge
  • could be transmitted to its offspring ( letter from J. T. Moggridge, 1 February 1873 ). …
  • it would offend his father ( enclosure to letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 December 1873 ).  In
  • friendbut he is a deal too sharp” ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [7 April 1873] ). A group
  • happiness to us to the last day of our lives” ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 23 April 1873 ). Huxley
  • forced him to take periodic breaks from work ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 February [1873] ). They
  • new facts which I have to compare & judge of” ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 December [1873] ). …
  • believes whether or not they are sound” ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 17 November 1873 ). But no
  • unorthodoxy, troubling and potentially undermining (J. R. Moore 1985, pp. 4712). A courted
  • a personification of Natural Filosofy” ( letter from J. C. Costerus and N. D. Doedes, 18 March 1873

Cross and self fertilisation

Summary

The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…

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  • the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwins belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells
  • on plants with two or three different forms of flowers, Darwin had focused on the anatomical and
  • of different forms of pollen. Although many plants that Darwin observed had flowers with adaptations
  • rates, growth, and constitutional vigour. Although Darwin was no stranger to long months and years
  • … … is highly remarkableIn September 1866, Darwin announced to the American botanist
  • several years ( To Édouard Bornet, 1 December 1866 ). Darwin began a series of experiments, …
  • … ). It was only after a new season of experiments that Darwin would confirm that this poppy shed its
  • access to flowers was only the tip of the iceberg. Darwin next focused on the California
  • seeds of Ipomœa. I remember saying the contrary to you & M r  Smith at Kew. But the result is
  • produced by a cross between two distinct plants’ ( To JDHooker, 17 March [1867] ). He noted
  • odoratus ), and in October 1867, Darwin wrote to James Moggridge to ask him to observe whether
  • of France where Moggridge lived for part of the year ( To JTMoggridge, 1 October [1867] ). …
  • to impotence when taken from the same plant!’ ( To JDHooker, 21 May [1868] ) Pollen tubes, or
  • the season it becomes capable of self-fertilisation’ ( To JDHooker, 23 July [1871] ). Darwin
  • 5 December 1871 ). When Darwin began writing in February 1873, he asked Hooker for names of
  • with choosing which taxonomic system to follow ( To JDHooker, 17 February 1873 ). Despite also
  • with this & get it published’ ( To Asa Gray, 11 March [1873] ). In April 1873, the
  • I am already plagued by foreign Translators, Reviewers, &c.’ ( To John Murray, 4 May [1873] ). …
  • … & I have no idea when it will be published’ ( To JVCarus, 8 May [1873] ). Hermann Müller
  • my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had found Müllers
  • them by different routes’ ( To Hermann Müller, 30 May 1873 ). Although Darwin had completed a
  • and not onthe evil effects of Interbreeding’ ( To JVCarus, 2 August [1873] ). In
  • … & Trimorphic plants with new & related matter. ( To JVCarus, 19 March [1874] ). A year
  • the set of all my works, I would suggest 1,500’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 16 September 1876 ). In the
  • of hybrids, has not yet been produced’ ( From ARWallace, 13 December 1876 ). No reply to this