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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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  • of self-fertility over subsequent generations. In June 1869, Müller remarked, on receiving a new
  • sometimes depends’ ( From Fritz Müller, 15 June 1869 ). By May 1870, Darwin reported that he was
  • seeds of Ipomœa. I remember saying the contrary to you & M r  Smith at Kew. But the result is
  • relationship had lessened the fertility of the offspring (F. Müller 1868b, p. 629). Darwin urged
  • Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 28 November 1868 ). In March 1869, Müller reported results of
  • pod were mutually sterile ( From Fritz Müller, 14 March 1869 ). ‘The case of the Abutilon sterile
  • of this plant sent by Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 18 July [1869] ). Darwin sent specimens of plants
  • Julius Carus, who wrote in early May, Darwin stated, ‘M r  Murray announced my next book without
  • 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
  • 1877, the edition wasnearly exhausted’ ( From R. F. Cooke, 16 March 1877 ). In November 1877, …

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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  • … generous Darwin by his previous anonymous attacks ([Mivart] 1869; 1871c). In his review, Mivart …