From T. H. Farrer 10 September 1868
Summary
Sends a paper he has written [on scarlet runner].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6361 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … work. Believe me | Very truly yours | T H Farrer Charles Darwin Esq FRS Top of letter : ‘ …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 10 September 1868 …
- … DAR 242)). CD’s annotation is for his letter to T. H. Farrer, 15 September [1868] . …
- … as Farrer 1868 (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 15 September [1868] , and letter from …
- … T. H. Farrer, 20 September 1868 ; see also Farrer 1868 , p. 255). Farrer described how …
- … by insects, see the letter from T. H. Farrer, 4 June 1868 . CD discussed how flower …
- … Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1868. On the manner of fertilization of the scarlet runner and blue lobelia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 2: 255–63. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition. ) Edited by H. …
From T. H. Farrer 30 November 1868
Summary
Thanks CD for advice to watch the action and not only the structure [of plants].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Nov 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6485 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … condition as it comes in. Believe me | Sincerely yours | T H Farrer C Darwin Esq | FRS …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 30 November 1868 …
- … See letter to T. H. Farrer, 26 November 1868 . Farrer had recently published an …
- … of Le Maout and Decaisne 1868 (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 26 November 1868 and n. 3). …
From T. H. Farrer 20 September 1868
Summary
Sends an addition to Lobelia paper; admires adaptations for fertilisation.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6381 |
From T. H. Farrer 26 October 1868
Summary
Delighted with mechanisms of Salvia and Viola. How can anyone who compares structure of Viola cornuta and common violet still suppose them to be separate creations?
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Oct 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6432 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … try— Believe me | Sincerely yours | T H Farrer C Darwin Esq r Thank you very much for …
- … From T. H. Farrer 26 October 1868 …
- … annotations are notes for his letter to T. H. Farrer, 29 October [1868] . CD presumably …
- … 1867a to Farrer (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 19 September [1868] ). Farrer had sent CD …
- … in its publication (see letters from T. H. Farrer, 10 September 1868 and 17 September …
From T. H. Farrer 4 June 1868
Summary
Describes work with pollinia of another Orchis species.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 June 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6229 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … the pollinia bend. Sincerely yours | T H Farrer I find several Stigmas of Hab. viridis …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 4 June 1868 …
- … muscifera (the fly ophrys), see the letter from T. H. Farrer, 17 May 1868 and n. 1. …
- … p. 76). See also letter from T. H. Farrer, 17 May 1868 . CD described the movement of …
From T. H. Farrer 24 September 1868
Summary
Wonderful how every flower one looks at is explained by, and throws light on, the fertilising process.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Sept 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6391 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … this— It is only thanks Sincerely yours | T H Farrer Immer so vor vielen Jahren Eifrig war …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 24 September 1868 …
- … See letter to T. H. Farrer, 24 September [1868] and n. 2. Farrer refers to his …
- … of the Board of Trade. See letters to T. H. Farrer, 15 September [1868] , 19 September [ …
From T. H. Farrer 2 November 1868
Summary
The conversion of Asa Gray must be a pleasure.
CD’s doctrine accounts for and gives a vera causa of structures.
Discusses F. Hildebrand’s book.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Nov 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6445 |
From T. H. Farrer 18 May 1868
Summary
Is confirmed about the bending of the fly orchid pollinia. [See "Fertilisation of orchids", Collected papers 2: 141.]
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 May 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6183 |
From T. H. Farrer 17 September 1868
Summary
Encouraged by CD’s reply. Sends another paper, on blue Lobelia.
Asks advice on books.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Sept 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6373 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … Believe me with sincere thanks | Very truly yours | T H Farrer Charles Darwin Esq FRS …
- … From T. H. Farrer 17 September 1868 …
- … See letter to T. H. Farrer, 15 September [1868] . Farrer’s wife, Frances Farrer , was …
- … credulity’ ( OED ). See letter to T. H. Farrer, 15 September [1868] . Farrer evidently …
- … See letter to T. H. Farrer, 15 September [1868] and n. 5. In his letter of 15 …
- … as Farrer 1868 (see letter from T. H. Farrer, 10 September 1868 ). CD cited Farrer …
- … of Farrer 1868 , see the letter to T. H. Farrer, 15 September [1868] and n. 7. …
From T. H. Farrer 21 November 1868
Summary
Thinks CD’s views of insect agency and crossing might explain structure and variations of papilionaceous flowers. Lists five points. Asks CD’s opinion.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 49; Linnean Society of London, MS Case 6B, No. 299 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6470 |
From Thomas Henry Farrer 17 May 1868
Summary
Raises a question about a statement in Orchids; his observations differ.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 May 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 163: 14/2; DAR 164: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6178 |
Document type
| letter | (11) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (11) |
