To George Bentham 22 April 1868
Summary
Is not surprised that GB cannot digest Pangenesis, but it has been an immense relief to CD in tying together large classes of facts.
Sends names of men writing on crossing of plants. Criticises some French observations. Praises Hildebrand and Federico Delpino.
Sends pamphlets.
CD is experimenting on a large scale on difference in plants raised from self-fertilised and crossed seeds.
F. Hildebrand has produced a graft-hybrid which seems to lend important support to Pangenesis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: ff. 703–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6138 |
To George Bentham 3 February [1862]
Summary
Asks GB’s help to clear up discrepancies between his and John Lindley’s observations on pollination of Melastomataceae.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1862] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 694–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3437 |
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- … to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1862] , and letter to Asa Gray, 16 February [1862] . …
- … 45). See also the diagram in the letter to Asa Gray, 16 February [1862] . CD refers to the …
- … Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] and n. 13. There is a note recording this observation, dated 2 January [1862], in DAR 205.8: 16 r. CD refers to Joseph Dalton Hooker and Daniel Oliver . See letter …
To George Bentham 27 September [1866]
Summary
His memory deceived him about GB’s statement [on propagation of thistles].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 27 Sept [1866] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: ff. 705–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5220 |
To George Bentham 30 November [1861]
Summary
Thanks GB for valuable letter [3331].
Will follow his suggestion about violets.
Discusses differences between Thymus and Primula.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 30 Nov [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 691) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3335 |
To George Bentham 26 November [1861]
Summary
Would prefer to have Primula paper published in the Linnean Society’s Journal rather than Transactions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 26 Nov [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 689) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3330 |
From George Bentham 25 September 1866
Summary
Replies to CD’s two memoranda, GB explains: 1. That he never said thistles do not produce seeds, but rather that the infinite majority of new plants are propagated from buds
2. That book-borrowing rules of the Linnean Library are not so stringent as the Librarian makes out.
| Author: | George Bentham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 158 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5218 |
To George Bentham 12 December 1876
Summary
Has examined the specimens of Boronia pinnata. No evidence of two distinct bodies of individuals.
Asks whether extra-American species of Aegiphila are heterostyled.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 12 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (GEB/1/3: Correspondence, Vol 3, Daintree–Dyer, (1830–1884) 720) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10714 |
From George Bentham 10 July 1864
Summary
Sends specimens of two species of Aegiphila [see Forms of flowers, p. 123]. Discusses similar forms in other plants.
| Author: | George Bentham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 July 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: B107–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4556 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Asa Gray , [27 and 29 August] and 2 September [1861] , and 11 October 1861 ). See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter …
- … letter to George Bentham, 7 July [1864] , n. 2. The description of Boronia pinnata appears in the first volume of Bentham’s Flora Australiensis , which was published in 1863 (see Bentham 1863–78 , 1: 318–19). Bentham probably refers to Asa Gray’ …
From George Bentham 21 May 1863
Summary
Returns CD’s pamphlets.
Wishes CD would work out further what keeps certain species immutable for great periods.
Feels himself a convert, but cannot go all lengths with CD.
Feels some reviewers distort CD’s argument.
| Author: | George Bentham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 May 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 157 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4172 |
To George Bentham 16 February 1880
Summary
CD pleased to be of use to GB. He remembers his own work on orchids with pleasure. Thinks GB will be able to improve CD’s terminology for orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830-1884, GEB/1/3: f. 722) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12485 |
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Darwin in Conversation exhibition
Summary
Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…
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- … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …
