To Fritz Müller 17 October [1865]
Summary
Is sending FM’s two letters on climbing plants as a paper to the Linnean Society ["Notes on some of the climbing plants near Desterro, in south Brazil", J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1867): 344–9].
Adaptations for pollination in Catasetum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 17 Oct [1865] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4916 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … 10 October 1865] . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 October [1865] . CD later sent the letter to Daniel Oliver , …
- … Daniel Oliver, 23 October 1865 ). The term ‘bracteæ’ does not appear in the published version of the Müller letter; the description of Strychnos mentions ‘rudimentary leaves’ at the tip of each tendril (see Müller 1865b , p. 344, and letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ). Only one plate accompanied the published paper (see Müller 1865b and letter …
To Fritz Müller 22 February [1867]
Summary
Observations on orchid self-sterility.
Wants information on characters that may have originated through sexual selection in lower animals.
Encloses queries on expression.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 22 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5410 |
To Fritz Müller 23 May 1866
Summary
Thanks for information on orchids
and facts on coastal flora and fauna.
Asks FM to look out for dimorphic aquatic and marsh plants.
Has read pamphlets "in our favour" by Carl v. Nägeli and Oscar Schmidt.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 23 May 1866 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5097 |
To Fritz Müller 20 September [1865]
Summary
Thanks for interesting letter on climbing plants.
FM’s view on Anelasma seems probable.
Difficulty quoted by FM from A. Agassiz on embryology of Echinodermata is quite beyond CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 20 Sept [1865] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4895 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] and n. 19). CD refers to Bronn trans. 1862, ‘Two forms in species of Linum ’ , and ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ ; the last is on trimorphism. Catasetum is discussed in chapter 6 of Orchids , pp. 211–85 (Bronn trans. 1862, pp. 130–53). For more on pollination in Catasetum , see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Hermann Crüger, 21 January 1864 , and letter to Daniel Oliver, …
