To Francis Darwin 17 July [1878]
Summary
Discusses sleep movements of Porlieria.
Has read an abstract of Julius Wiesner on heliotropism and geotropism ["Die heliotropischen Erscheinungen im Pflanzenreiche", Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien 15 (1878): 137–40] which seems important but is puzzling.
Gives details of his observations on climbing plants with reference to comments by Julius Sachs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 17 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11615 |
Matches: 26 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 17 July [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 37 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 July [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … Pflanzenreiche", Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien 15 (1878): 137–40] which seems important but …
- … London: John Murray. 1875. Wiesner, Julius. 1878–80. Die heliotropischen Erscheinungen …
- … im Pflanzenreiche. [Read 4 July 1878 and 18 March 1880. ] Denkschriften der kaiserlichen …
- … this letter and the letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1878 (see n. 6, below). …
- … Letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] . See …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] and n. 10. CD’s letter, in which he suggested …
- … post ( letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Quick-lime or calcium oxide is a drying …
- … see letter to G. J. Romanes, 16 June [1878] ). A gee-gee may have been Bernard’s word for …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] and n. 3). Francis had reported that the P. …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Francis had been unsure of what CD …
- … to the stomata (see letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] and n. 8). The …
- … s monograph on heliotropic phenomena in the plant world ( Wiesner 1878–80 ) was presented …
- … on 4 July 1878 at the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna; an abstract …
- … Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 15 (1878): 137–40. Wiesner called heliotropism (and …
- … letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1878 and n. 7. Federico Delpino had described …
- … in T. dealbata , see the letter to Francis Darwin , 7 [July 1878] , the letters to G. …
- … H. Darwin, 10 [July 1878] and …
- … 11 [July 1878] , and the letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 July [1878] . Francis had reported Sachs’s views …
- … plants in his letter of [before 17 July 1878] . CD refers to Climbing plants 2d ed. , p. …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] ). Climbing plants 2d ed. , p. 132. For …
- … lists of sleeping plants, see the letters from Francis Darwin , [12 July 1878] and [before …
- … 17 July 1878] . See …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] . CD had described the effect of carbonate of …
To Francis Darwin 25 July [1878]
Summary
Is forwarding the writing machine to Carl Semper.
Is glad FD has taken up his old friends, the twiners.
Hopes to get heliotropic aerial roots from J. D. Hooker. Asks FD to find out whether any moulds or roots are apheliotropic. Is puzzled by heliotropism in subterranean roots.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 25 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11631 |
Matches: 21 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 25 July [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 40 Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 July [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … history of the Near Eastern Settlement, 1878–1880. London: Frank Cass & Co. Movement in …
- … between this letter and the letter from C. G. Semper, 22 July 1878 . See letter from C. …
- … G. Semper, 22 July 1878 . CD was giving his typewriter to Carl Gottfried …
- … Semper . Francis planned to return home on 8 August 1878 (see letter from …
- … Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] ). Francis had reported that the leaves of a Porlieria …
- … closed (see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] and n. 10). CD’s observations …
- … to be buried. In his letter of [21 July 1878] , Francis Darwin had referred to the slight …
- … Kew (see letter to Francis Darwin, 6 [July 1878] ). Leguminosae (a synonym of Fabaceae) is …
- … letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] and n. 2). CD carried out numerous experiments on …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Francis had made tracings showing the …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] and n. 4). CD concluded that the great …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] and n. 6). De Vries had studied the relation …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] ). Kliment Arkady Timiryazev of Moscow, in …
- … responses to light intensity, see the letter from G. H. Darwin, 10 October 1878 . See …
- … the letter to Francis Darwin, 20 [July 1878] , in which CD wondered why moulds would turn …
- … his views on heliotropism in moulds in his letter of 11 May 1878 . Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … had visited Down from 20 to 22 July 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … On 13 July 1878, the major European powers had replaced the Treaty of San Stefano, which …
- … the end of the Russo-Turkish War in March 1878, with the Treaty of Berlin. The Treaty of …
To Francis Darwin [21 November 1878]
Summary
Instructs FD to make some observations on movement in Trifolium and Impatiens. Sends some seeds to be sown.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Nov 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11754 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [21 November 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 47 Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 [21 Nov 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … On 9 December 1878, Francis Darwin gave a lecture at the London Institution titled ‘Self- …
- … Litchfields attended ( Royal Cornwall Gazette , 20 December 1878, p. 2; Emma Darwin to H. …
- … E. Litchfield, [10 December 1878] (DAR 219.9: 185), and Emma Darwin to W. …
- … E. Darwin, [10 December 1878] (DAR 219.1: 119)). …
- … The date is established by the postmark. In 1878, the Thursday before 22 November was 21 …
- … see the letter to Francis Darwin, 2 July [1878] and n. 8. CD had asked Francis to observe …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 [August 1878] ). For CD’s conclusions on the role of the …
- … me-not) in his letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 30 October [1878] . See also letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 21 November [1878] . Emma Darwin attended a …
- … at Bryanston Square in London on 19 November 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); CD and …
- … II)). CD visited George John Romanes (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 [November 1878] ). …
- … s notes on T. strictum up to 17 November [1878] are in DAR 209.9: 62–3; Francis’s notes on …
To Francis Darwin 26 June [1878]
Summary
Asks questions related to movement in plants. The cotyledons of Oxalis offer a promising field for study.
Wonders why Julius von Sachs thinks bloom is a protection against insects.
Encloses notes on the cotyledons of Oxalis species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 26 June [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 29–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11570 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 26 June [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 29–30 Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 June [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … Nischkowsky. McNab, William Ramsay. 1878. Botany: outlines of morphology and physiology. …
- … the letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] . Presumably another letter containing both …
- … was sent but has now been lost. See letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] and n. 2. …
- … In his letter of 18 June [1878] , CD had asked Francis to borrow Theophil Ciesielski’s …
- … of morphology and physiology ( McNab 1878 , pp. 140–3); the chapter contains a reference …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, 18 June [1878] and n. 4. For CD’s earlier interest in the …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 March [1878] . Oxalis valdiviana is a synonym of O. …
- … Your affect. old Father | C. Darwin June 25 th 1878. The short petioles of the Cots. of …
- … sliced radicles is on p. 33. See also letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] . See …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] and n. 6. The Outwards book , p. …
- … Porliera hygrometrica ’ ( Porlieria hygrometra ) was sent to Down on 5 July 1878. See …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] and n. 7. CD was probably reading William …
To Francis Darwin 14 July [1878]
Summary
Asks for list of families of sleeping plants. Believes sleep is merely modified circumnutation at a particular time of day.
Porlieria has had no water for some time but shows no sign of flagging.
Describes the response of Thalia flowers to touch.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 14 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 35, 36, 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11608 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 14 July [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 35, 36, 39 Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 July [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [12 July 1878] ). Horace Darwin had been so enthusiastic about …
- … a list of species that slept (see letters from Francis Darwin , [after 7 July 1878] and [ …
- … 12 July 1878] ). CD gave a list of the families of plants that slept (i.e. closed up leaf- …
- … hygrometrica was sent to Down on 5 July 1878 ( Outwards book , p. 463, Archives, Royal …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, [12 July 1878] . Gossypium is the genus of cotton in the …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] and n. 3). For CD’s observations …
- … alligator-flag), see the letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] , the letters to G. …
- … H. Darwin, 10 [July 1878] and …
- … 11 [July 1878] , and the letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 July [1878] . Dionaea muscipula is the Venus fly trap. CD had …
- … laboratory in Würzburg in the summer of 1878. CD and Francis were carrying out experiments …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] and n. 5). Horace Darwin’s suggestion was in …
To Francis Darwin [17 August 1878]
Summary
Instructions to sow some seeds
and suggestions for experiment on effects of removal of bloom.
Likes Hugo de Vries very much; has hardly ever seen so modest a man.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Aug 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11668 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [17 August 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 44 Charles Robert Darwin Barlaston [17 Aug 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … Darwin, [4– 7 August 1878] ); he and his son Bernard Darwin returned to Down on 12 …
- … 242)). Francis had been away from 3 June 1878, when he had travelled to Würzburg to work …
- … in the laboratory of Julius Sachs ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 2 June 1878 ). Hugo de …
- … Vries visited CD at Abinger on 14 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … and his family, from 15 to 22 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); the only …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 24 August [1878] ). CD and Francis had been investigating …
- … but see the letter to G. H. Darwin, 17 [August 1878] . Edward John Routh was a well-known …
- … had joined the Darwins at Leith Hill Place, Surrey, on 8 August 1878 ( letter from Francis …
To Francis Darwin 30 July [1878]
Summary
Comments on function of bloom.
Describes the effect of water shortage on sleep movements in Porlieria.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 30 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11635 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 30 July [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 41 Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 July [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter from Francis Darwin, 24 and 25 July 1878 . See the …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, 24 and 25 July 1878 , reporting being unwell and also his …
- … and Staffordshire between 7 and 22 August 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). The only …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, 24 and 25 July 1878 and n. 1). Francis, having seen a twig …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] and n. 3). This may be a reference to the …
- … Wedgwood in Emma Darwin’s diary for August 1878 is a note on 23 August recording ‘Fanny H. …
- … see letter to Hugo de Vries, [15] August [1878] ). Sachs had shown Francis the fruit of …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, [21 July 1878] ). Sachs suggested that leaves wanted to …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, 24 and 25 July 1878 ). Émile Mer had suggested that submerged …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, 24 and 25 July 1878 . Plants of Porlieria in Würzburg were …
To Francis Darwin 20 [July 1878]
Summary
Has offered Carl Semper the writing machine.
Speculates on the mechanism of movement in plants and their reception of and response to stimuli.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 20 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11620 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 20 [July 1878] …
- … other functions (see letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 11 May 1878 and n. 3). …
- … DAR 211: 38 Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 [July 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … John Murray. 1880. Vines, Sydney Howard. 1878. The influence of light upon the growth of …
- … unicellular organs. Arbeiten des botanischen Instituts in Würzburg 2 (1878–82): 133–47. …
- … and the letter to C. G. Semper, 19 July 1878 . CD wanted to give his typewriter to Carl …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [after 14 July 1878] ). A rendered account is a bill that has …
- … records a payment of £2 10 s . on 22 July 1878 under the heading ‘ Morris furniture’, but …
- … s research on the movement of moulds ( Vines 1878 ) suggested that heliotropism might have …
To Francis Darwin 18 June [1878]
Summary
Has been observing the movements of leaves and cotyledons; sleep movements are exaggerated circumnutation. Reports some odd observations on movement in Oxalis species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 18 June [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11559 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 18 June [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 27 Charles Robert Darwin Down 18 June [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … Francis Darwin, 2 July [1878] . Francis Darwin’s son, Bernard Darwin . Sachs was director …
- … letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] . The enclosure has not been found. Francis …
- … at Würzburg from 3 June until 8 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242); letter from …
- … Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [11 August 1878] (DAR 219.1: 114)). Sachs had referred to …
- … in DAR 209.5. CD resumed his experiments on heliotropism in early July 1878; see letter to …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, [13–26 May 1878] and n. 3). CD was observing the movement of …
- … seed-leaves); see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 2 June 1878 . See also letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] . Oxalis valdiviana is a synonym of O. valdiviensis ( …
To Francis Darwin 15 [July 1878]
Summary
A report has arrived for FD which CD will forward.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 15 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11511 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 15 [July 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 24 Charles Robert Darwin unstated 15 [July 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … Bibliography Micheli, Marc. 1878. Revue des principales publications de physiologie …
- … of an elastic sphere appeared in Nature , 4 July 1878, pp. 265–6. George’s work focused on …
- … publications on plant physiology in 1877; Micheli 1878 ), was published in Archives des …
- … sciences physiques et naturelles , 15 April 1878. Micheli referred to F. …
- … Darwin 1878a and 1877b (see Micheli 1878 , pp. 41–2, 44–5). An abstract of a paper by …
To Francis Darwin 3 August [1878]
Summary
Is pleased FD’s climbing work goes well.
Thanks him for information on heliotropism.
Discusses sleep movements
and his observations on the sensitivity of radicle tips.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Aug [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11639 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 3 August [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 42 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Aug [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letters from Francis Darwin , 24 and 25 July 1878 and [before …
- … 3 August 1878] . Francis had described his own and Julius Sachs’s observations on spiral …
- … vines) in his letter of [before 3 August 1878] . Stauntonia and Akebia are now placed in …
- … views on climbing plants, see the letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] . See …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] . CD had asked about heliotropism in …
- … in his letter to Francis of 25 July [1878] ; he also extended an invitation for Sachs to …
- … from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] and nn. 5 and 9. CD described sleep movements …
- … 322–3. In his letter of [before 3 August 1878] , Francis had drawn a sketch of the unusual …
To Francis Darwin 6 [July 1878]
Summary
Has a magnificent bush of Porlieria. There is no vestige of bloom; CD will test for sleep movements. Reports successful experiments on temperature-induced sensitivity of radicles.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 6 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11593 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 6 [July 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 33 Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 [July 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … the letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 July 1878 . CD had asked to borrow a Porlieria hygrometrica …
- … from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 July 1878 ). A plant …
- … was sent to Down on 5 July 1878 ( Outwards book , p. 463, Archives, Royal Botanic Gardens, …
- … name Porlieria hygrometrica , see the letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] and n. 6. …
- … John Ferguson McLennan was expected to visit Down on Friday 5 July 1878 (see letter to O. …
- … C. Marsh, 2 July 1878 ). His visit may have been postponed until 6 July. …
- … mays (maize), dated between 2 and 8 July [1878], are in DAR 209.5: 208–19; the experiments …
To Francis Darwin 5 [June 1878]
Summary
Sends letter and seeds from [F. J. Cohn].
Is working too hard.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 5 [June 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11303 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 5 [June 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 22 Charles Robert Darwin unstated 5 [June 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … observe the viscid threads in seeds sent by Cohn; see letter to F. J. Cohn, 5 June 1878 . …
- … and the letter to F. J. Cohn, 5 June 1878 . CD enclosed a letter from Ferdinand Julius …
- … found; see letter to F. J. Cohn, 5 June 1878 . In 1861, CD had published his observations …
To Francis Darwin [11 May 1878]
Summary
Julius von Sachs will "swear & curse" when he finds out he has missed sensitiveness of root apex. Has been putting his notes together and the case is conclusive. [Dated "Saturday 10th" by CD.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [11 May 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11504 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [11 May 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 23 Charles Robert Darwin Bassett [11 May 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … Southampton, from 27 April to Monday 13 May 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Bernard …
- … was at Bassett, Southampton from 27 April to 13 May 1878 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). …
- … Saturday fell on 11 May 1878, not 10 as CD wrote. …
- … An article in Nature , 17 January 1878, pp. 222–3, titled ‘Insectivorous plants’, …
- … Francis added a memorandum, dated 6 May 1878, at the end of his published paper, referring …
- … in Botanische Zeitung (Kellermann and Raumer 1878; see F. Darwin 1878a , p. 32). Julius …
To Francis Darwin [22 November 1878]
Summary
Suggests experiment to detect salts deposited on surface of leaves.
Wants FD to have another go at horse-chestnut radicles.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [22 Nov 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11755 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [22 November 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 48 Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 [22 Nov 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, [before 22 November 1878] and n. 2. Bernard Darwin . …
- … leaves in his letter of [before 22 November 1878] ; geranium is sometimes used as a common …
- … letter to Edward Frankland, 22 November [1878] . Leaves of Geranium and Pelargonium have …
- … was immersed in water (see letter from Francis Darwin, [4–7 August 1878] and nn. 4 and 8). …
To Francis Darwin 7 [July 1878]
Summary
Describes sleep movements in Porlieria and his experiments on movements of radicles.
Thalia flowers have interesting mechanism to ensure cross-fertilisation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 7 [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11595 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 7 [July 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 34 Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 [July 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … Porlieria hygrometrica from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on 5 July 1878 (see letter to …
- … Francis Darwin, 6 [July 1878] and n. 2). Francis had reported that Sachs did …
- … see letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] and n. 6). CD may have wanted to check the …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, [before 7 July 1878] and n. 5. Francis had sent a work by …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 6 [July 1878] and n. 4). Getting the pieces of card to stay …
- … T. dealbata , dated from 9 to 20 July [1878], are in DAR 209.13: 1–11. The journal Nature …
To Francis Darwin [c. 23 June 1878]
Summary
Can send FD twisted branches of some climbing plants if he wishes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 23 June 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11564 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [ c. 23 June 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 28 Charles Robert Darwin Down [ c. 23 June 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 23 June [1878] . Aristolochia sipho is Dutchman’s pipe; ‘so- …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] and n. 5). Francis Darwin had shown Julius …
- … see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 23 June [1878] and n. 4. Francis’s baby son, Bernard …
- … see letter to G. J. Romanes, 16 June [1878] and n. 3. A copy of Eduard Tangl’s two-part …
To Francis Darwin [13–26 May 1878]
Summary
Has had conflicting information on the movement of radicles; wants FD to experiment with them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [13–26 May 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11538 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [13–26 May 1878] …
- … DAR 211: 26 Charles Robert Darwin Down [13–26 May 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … letter and the letter from Francis Darwin, [12 May 1878] , and by the date of Francis’ …
- … s return to Down, 27 May 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis was in Wales …
- … after returning to Down (see letter from Francis Darwin, [12 May 1878] and n. 8). …
- … See letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] and n. 4). Julius Sachs had referred to …
To Francis Darwin 2 July [1878]
Summary
Suggests FD call on Carl Semper.
Inquires about Porlieria: Do the leaves shut to check evaporation? Does it appear silver under water?
Explains how he thinks the pulvinus acts; wishes FD would investigate the point.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 2 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11586 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 2 July [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 32 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 July [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [29 June] 1878 (see n. 5, below). James Murie was assistant …
- … see letter to Francis Darwin, [13–26 May 1878] ). The letter in which Francis described …
- … D’Arcy had arrived at Down House on 1 July 1878. She and Elizabeth Darwin left Down for …
- … boo’ (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 16 June [1878] ). Francis had asked whether he should …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [29 June] 1878 ). Semper had dedicated his book on the visual …
- … from Kew ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 July 1878 ). Francis had described the plant …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] ). Joseph Duval-Jouve had discovered the …
- … the letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] . CD described ‘a so-called joint, cushion …
To Francis Darwin [19 August 1878]
Summary
Asks FD to reply to a letter [11653a] requesting a list of CD’s books.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [19 Aug 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.2: 4v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11669 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Francis Darwin [19 August 1878] …
- … DAR 271.2: 4v Charles Robert Darwin Barlaston [19 Aug 1878] Francis Darwin …
- … flowers in 1877. The card (postcard) has not been found; 22 August 1878 fell on Thursday. …
- … and his family, from 15 to 22 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); the only …
- … Hermenegildo Giner de los Ríos, 12 August 1878 ; CD had been asked to provide a complete …
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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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- … is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his …
- … scientific man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December [1878] ). Writing to Ernst Haeckel on …
- … plants.’ Movement in plants In the spring of 1878, Darwin started to focus on the …
- … come up arched’ ( letter to Sophy Wedgwood, 24 March [1878–80] ). While Darwin was studying the …
- … of apex’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] ). Having found plants responsive to …
- … at my blunder’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 22 December [1878] ). Son abroad Darwin’s …
- … kind to him’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June [1878] ). While Francis was away, Darwin …
- … work, I scribble to you ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] ). Two weeks later he wrote: ‘I …
- … to discuss it with’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 20 [July 1878] ). It is unclear why the …
- … reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ): ‘The oats have only just begun to …
- … Francis wrote ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 17 July 1878] ), ‘a strong horizontal axis …
- … rather’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [before 3 August 1878] ). One day Francis observed that the …
- … out one’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Sachs’s confidence was apparently …
- … him,’ he reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [22 June 1878] ). ‘Sachs doesn’t consider that …
- … all evils’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [24 and 25 July 1878] ). Babies and animals …
- … he added a week later ( letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] ). Darwin had of course observed …
- … have said a gee-gee’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 17 July [1878] ). On 12 September , Darwin …
- … will always do so’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 August [1878] ). Darwin remarked that a monkey …
- … in your house!’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 2 September [1878] ). More remarkable cases of …
- … of a thieving wasp’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 21 June 1878 ). An inspiration In …
- … ( letter from J.-B. Dumas and Joseph Bertrand, 5 August 1878 ). Despite his many botanical …
- … to me quite ridiculous’ ( letter to John Price, 2 April [1878] ). When a wealthy businessman tried …
- … ( letter from Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, 28 April 1878 ). ‘What a wonderful change in the …
- … The Swiss botanist Arnold Dodel-Port announced on 12 June 1878 the first issue of an atlas with …
- … come together’ ( letter from Arnold Dodel-Port, 18 June 1878 ). In countries where …
- … are without you’ (letters from Carl Kraus, [31?] January 1878 and 10 February 1878 ). Darwin …
- … been school-boys’ ( letter to Karl von Scherzer, 1 April 1878 ). More critics Closer …
- … matter’ ( letter from H. N. Ridley, [before 28 November 1878] ). Darwin received a copy of the …
- … care of himself ’ ( letter from J. B. Innes, 1 December 1878 ). Darwin did not think the Oxford …
Darwn's letters from 1878 online
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Investigating the movements and 'sleep' of plants, being entertained by the mental faculties of his young grandson Bernard, finally elected a corresponding member of the French Académie des sciences, trying to secure a government grant to support…
Wearing his knowledge lightly: From Fritz Müller, 5 April 1878
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Darwin received letters from so many people and wrote so many fascinating letters himself, that it’s hard to choose from many letters that stand out, but one of this editor’s favourites, that always brings a smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5…
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- … smile, is a letter from Fritz Müller written 5 April 1878 . Müller was a German naturalist …
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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- … specimen, both sides of which are reproduced, 29 January 1878 S. B. J. Skertchly's …
Power of movement in plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Family experiments Darwin was an active and engaged father during his children's youth, involving them in his experiments and even occasionally using them as observational subjects. When his children…
3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo
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< Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father sitting on the verandah at Down House, also portrayed him as a melancholy philosopher. His head, brightly lit from above, emerges from the enveloping darkness; he…
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- … when he took his photographs. This one must be before August 1878, when it was reproduced as a …
- … copies in the Darwin archive say the photograph was taken in 1878. The latter date is accepted by …
- … Leonard wrote to his father from Brompton Barracks in April 1878 enclosing two photographs …
- … of the photograph at Down House that he took it in 1878. It was this photograph which …
- … date of creation undated; probably early 1878 computer-readable date c.1878-01-01 to c …
- … to his father, enclosing unidentified photographs, 25 April 1878. Woodburytype reproduction of …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
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The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … son Francis worked in this laboratory in the summers of 1878 and 1879, he encountered some of the …
- … Movement in plants , p. 179. In May 1878, Darwin had pointed out the importance of …
- … his experiments on the function of bloom. By December 1878, Darwin was thinking about the …
- … accuracy ( letter from J. D. Cooper, 13 December 1878 ). The method would be expensive, so Darwin …
4.31 'La Lune Rousse', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction A drawing of Darwin by André Gill borrows a satirical trope found in The Hornet, Fun and Punch, showing him with a large caricatured head joined to the body of an ape. However, La Lune Rousse is distinctively French in…
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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- … experiments. Francis went to Germany in the summer of 1878 for more experience in physiological …
- … this to you’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [1 August 1878] ). The last years also saw Darwin …
- … and Earthworms , pp. 221–8). Darwin resumed contact in 1878. On receiving Darwin’s letter, …
- … at wormbs”’ ( letter from Mary Johnson, [after 22 July 1878] ). Edition complete …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
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- … Leonard Darwin to George Darwin, 8 February [1878] Darwin’s youngest son, Leonard (Lenny), …
1.13 Louisa Nash, drawing
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< Back to Introduction This sketch portrait of Darwin was drawn by Louisa A‘hmuty Nash as a memento of her friendship with the Darwin family and a token of her unbounded admiration and affection for Darwin himself. She and her husband, the lawyer…
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1.12 Marian Huxley, drawing
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< Back to Introduction Portrayals of Darwin by women in his social circle cannot be lumped together as the products of adoring amateurs. In 1878 he was sketched by Marian (‘Mady’) Huxley, who was then only in her late teens, but already a trained and…
Cross and self fertilisation
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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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- … A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, Murray was ready to print the second …
4.30 'La Petite Lune', Gill cartoon
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< Back to Introduction La Petite Lune was a sister paper of La Lune Rousse, and was published, edited and illustrated by André Gill, through 1878-9. It featured a series of caricatures titled ‘Les hommes illustrés’, to which this belongs. Gill again…
4.33 'Harper's Weekly', Bellew caricature
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< Back to Introduction In a page of comic drawings by Frank Bellew, ostensibly his ‘Sketches in the New York Aquarium’, yet another joke about Darwin’s simian connections makes an appearance. ‘The Chimpanzee’ sits on a fancy bed amid the straw…
2.23 Hope Pinker statue, Oxford Museum
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< Back to Introduction Henry Richard Hope Pinker’s life-size statue of Darwin was installed in the Oxford University Museum on 14 June 1899. It was the latest in a series of statues of great scientific thinkers, the ‘Founders and Improvers of Natural…
3.17 Lock and Whitfield, 'Men of Mark'
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< Back to Introduction The ambitious series of photographs of Men of Mark, published by the firm of Lock and Whitfield between 1876 and 1883, was a successor to similar sets which had appeared in the 1850s and 1860s. This one was distinguished by its…
