From John Scott 10 April 1865
Summary
Comments on CD’s Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31]
and on H. Crüger’s orchid paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35].
May take position at Calcutta Botanic Garden.
Regrets he cannot be elected to Linnean Society.
Pleased Asa Gray has commented on JS’s paper.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Apr 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4810 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … Scott 1864c (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. …
- … 1864c to CD for comments (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from John Scott , 28 March …
- … March 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. …
- … 1863] , and Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. 16. CD …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 …
- … on 4 February 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, 5 February …
- … its contents (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] , and …
- … and otherwise, see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 , n. 1, …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [after 12] April [1863] and 21 May [ …
- … available from 12 June 1865 (see Freeman 1977 , p. 117). In a missing letter to Scott ( …
- … 12–16, and Orchids 2d ed. , pp. 167–71). Scott had taken a position at Rungbee, a Cinchona plantation near Darjeeling, India, in December 1864 (see letter …
- … letter of 10 June [1864] ). CD communicated both papers to the Linnean Society in June 1864. ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ . Scott is comparing CD’s work on the trimorphic Lythrum with CD’s work on the structure and functions of the reproductive organs in the dimorphic Primula , ‘Dimorphic condition in Primula ’ , which had stimulated Scott’s study of this genus ( Scott 1864b ). For Scott and CD’s discussions of the Primulaceae, see Correspondence vols. 10–12. …
From J. D. Hooker [7–8 April 1865]
Summary
Reforms at Kew.
X Club Dinner. H. B. Wilson and J. W. Colenso as guests.
Troubled by Lubbock’s going into Parliament – loss to science.
Has written to Busk.
Sending Botanische Zeitung.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [7–8 Apr 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 15–16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4807 |
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- … Trimen in 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters to Roland Trimen , 13 May 1864 and …
- … curator, see also Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1864] and …
- … his defence funds. See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from E. A. Darwin, 1 February [ …
- … of the X Club, see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February 1864 …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 April [1865] . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 April [ …
- … in his letters of [2 April 1864] and 8 April 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). Smith became …
- … his letters of [2 April 1864], [4 June 1864], and 15 June 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). …
To Asa Gray 19 April [1865]
Summary
Congratulates AG on the "grand news of Richmond".
Still interested in dimorphism and would welcome new cases.
Working on Variation
and correcting proofs of Climbing plants.
Would like seed of AG’s dimorphic Plantago.
Cannot understand how the wind could fertilise reciprocally dimorphic flowers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 19 Apr [1865] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (77) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4467 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 1 September 1863 , and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] ). See …
- … and n. 6, and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 May [1864] , and …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] , Correspondence vol. …
- … Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix III. CD refers to Variation (see letter to John Murray, …
- … the letters from Asa Gray , 16 February 1864 and 11 July 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). …
- … 12. Gray acknowledged receiving a copy of ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ in his letter …
- … 12 June 1865 in a double issue of the Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) ( ‘Climbing plants’ ). CD had an author’s offprint separately printed by Taylor and Francis, and it was also published commercially in August 1865 by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green and by Williams and Norgate (see Publishers’ Circular , 1 August 1865, p. 391, and Freeman 1977 , pp. 116–18). CD apparently began sending out copies of the paper to correspondents in early June (see letter …
From Lucy Caroline Wedgwood [April–May 1865?]
Summary
Observations for CD on oxlips, which she finds never grow near cowslips or primroses.
| Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Apr–May 1865?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 108: 171–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4370 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 April [1865]
Summary
Asks to borrow Botanische Zeitung (1860) with Friedrich Alefeld on Pisum [pp. 204–5].
JDH should ask George Busk whether he knows a better doctor than William Jenner "for giving life to a worn out poor devil".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 262 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4805 |
From Herbert Spencer 22 April 1865
Summary
Wonders whether CD might contribute, if possible, an occasional letter to the Reader to help in their effort to establish the journal.
| Author: | Herbert Spencer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 225 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4817 |
From W. E. Darwin [April–May 1865]
Summary
Sends camera outlines of pollen. Thinks the red longstyled ones are more sterile than the yellow.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Apr–May 1865] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4506F |
To J. D. Hooker 13 April [1865]
Summary
Strelitzia has arrived
but no books or bottles from G. H. K. Thwaites.
Hopes his own judgment about Origin is as good as Hooker’s about his own papers.
Strelitzia’s neat mechanism for exposing pollen.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 13 Apr [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 266 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4813 |
To J. D. Hooker 10 [April 1865]
Summary
Roguery at Kew.
Who wrote reviews of Linnean Society’s Transactions, of Planchon, and of subspecies in Natural History Review [Apr 1865]?
Is rereading Origin for second French edition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 10 [Apr 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 263 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4809 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 10 April 1865
Summary
MS [of CD’s pigeon chapter] arrived safely.
Pigeon and poultry engravings [for Variation].
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Apr 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4808 |
From J. D. Hooker [19 April 1865]
Summary
Pleased at CD’s opinion of Thomson’s article.
Non-reading is great fault of the best school of English scientific men.
Opposed to Lubbock’s going into Parliament.
W. J. Burchell’s collections are coming to Kew.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19 Apr 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 18–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4816 |
To J. D. Hooker 17 April [1865]
Summary
On Lubbock’s plans.
Visited by Antoine Auguste Laugel.
Guessed right on Bentham’s "Planchon".
Much struck by Thomson’s article on nomenclature [see 4812]; importance of this subject.
Sorry best scientists read so little; few read any long papers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 Apr [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 265 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4814 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier [7 April 1865]
Summary
Fowl MS has arrived safely.
Sends pigeon MS for WBT’s perusal.
Further instructions for Luke Wells.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | [7 Apr 1865] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4806 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter to Tegetmeier of 14 March [1865] . CD had begun writing the first chapter on pigeons in June 1858, and completed the second chapter in June 1860 (see Correspondence vol. 7, Appendix II, and Correspondence vol. 8, Appendix II). CD may have returned to the pigeon chapters when he began revising the manuscript of Variation in November 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
| Harrison, L. C. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
| Scott, John | (1) |
| Spencer, Herbert | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (2) |
| Wedgwood, L. C. | (1) |
Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
Summary
You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
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- … You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait
Summary
< Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more may once have existed. In a letter of 1873 an old Shrewsbury friend, Arthur Mostyn Owen, offered to send Darwin a watercolour sketch of him, painted many years…
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- … < Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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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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- … Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
German and Dutch photograph albums
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Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
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- … In 1877, Charles Darwin was sent some unusual birthday presents: two lavishly …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … I am merely slaving over the sickening work of preparing new Editions …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Species theory In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …
