From Asa Gray 12 October 1876
Summary
Would like sheets of Cross and self-fertilisation if it is not already out.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 190 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10639 |
From Asa Gray 17 January 1865
Summary
New herbarium is finished.
Congratulations on Copley Medal.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4747 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … the Royal Society of London 13 (1863–4): 505, and Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix IV). …
- … on 5 December 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12). ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ was …
- … for the paper (see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix III). Gray may refer to Scott 1864a …
- … of Scott 1864b (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] ). CD …
- … 25 February [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). CD had requested information about cuckoos …
- … 29 October [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). The enclosure has not been found. CD’s query …
- … pp. 506–8. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Asa Gray, 5 December 1864 , …
- … about cuckoos (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Asa Gray, 5 December 1864 ). In …
- … of 7 November 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12), Benjamin Dann Walsh had remarked on Louis …
- … and 11 July 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). Gray eventually appointed Horace Mann as …
- … Civil War (see Correspondence vols. 9–12). CD had long been opposed to slavery. See …
From Asa Gray 12 January 1880
Summary
Sends some cotton seeds for CD.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12416 |
From Asa Gray 12 October 1871
Summary
Has seen CD’s sons.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 177 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8004 |
From Asa Gray 12 November 1876
Summary
Thanks for sheets of new book. Intends to talk about it at a scientific social club meeting.
Is amused to read CD’s criticisms of his own style, as in the U. S. it is spoken of as being as faultless as his temper. Corrects a reference.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 191 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10668 |
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From Asa Gray 12 May 1874
Summary
Encloses letter and sketch from O. N. Rood on pointed ears.
Reports observations on Sarracenia variolaris. A correspondent finds that the fluid in the pitchers is anaesthetic and that a sweet trail runs down the plant, nearly to the ground, to lure up ants.
Encloses two articles on insectivorous plants [Nation 18 (1874): 216–17, 232–4].
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 May 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 184 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9455 |
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From Asa Gray 4 November 1856
Summary
Outlines the ranges of northern U. S. species common to Europe. Hopes to investigate the resemblances between the floras of the north-eastern U. S. and western Europe. Discusses routes by which alpine plants appear to have reached U. S.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Nov 1856 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1982 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … to range northwards (see letter to Asa Gray, 12 October [1856] ). When he received the …
- … in the margin, ‘dele’. Letter to Asa Gray, 12 October [1856] , in which CD referred to the …
- … which the introduced species belonged (see letter to Asa Gray, 12 October [1856] ). A. …
- … Gray 1856a . See letter to Asa Gray, 12 October [1856] , n. 6. Gray refers to [J. D. …
- … Mr. Darwin Your welcome favor of Oct. 12 th . came in the nick of time, and encouraged me …
- … get the Botany of N. States, at Trubner’s 12 Paternoster Row , and you can easily gather …
From Asa Gray 29 December 1862
Summary
Encloses maize seeds.
Has heard of a butterfly with pollinia of Platanthera stuck to it.
Comments on AG’s notes ["Dimorphism in the genitalia of flowers", Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 34 (1862): 149–50].
"Precocious fertilisation".
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: 85, DAR 165: 126 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3882 |
From Asa Gray 15 and 17 May 1865
Summary
Reports Lincoln’s murder.
The end of Civil War is in sight.
Must look at dimorphism in Plantago.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 and 17 May 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 147 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4833 |
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- … from Asa Gray, 31 December 1861 , n. 12). Other incidents included the Trent affair in …
- … were issued to members of the society on 12 December 1864 ( General index to the Journal …
- … for the paper (see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix III). For CD’s earlier discussions …
- … Gray on Lythrum , see Correspondence vols. 10–12. Gray reviewed ‘Three forms of Lythrum …
From Asa Gray 28 December 1875
Summary
AG’s notices of Insectivorous plants [Nation 22 (1876): 12–14, 30–2]
and Climbing plants [2d ed., Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 11 (1876): 69–74].
Use of flower peduncles for support in Maurandia. Transition from branches to tendrils.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Dec 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 189 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10329 |
From Asa Gray 21 July 1863
Summary
Gives some observations on Drosera.
Comments on Richard Owen’s "transmutation theory" in his aye-aye paper [Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 5 (1866): 33–101].
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 July 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 128, 138 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4248 |
From Asa Gray 17 September 1868
Summary
Reached Kew last evening.
Hooker is in Scotland for two or three days.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Sept 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 165 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6370 |
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- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 and nn. 12 and 13. Joseph Dalton Hooker . …
From Asa Gray 16 February 1864
Summary
Is sending his monograph ["A revision and arrangement of the North American species of Astragalus and Oxytropis", Proc. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci. 6 (1863): 188–236].
Death of Francis Boott.
U. S. is now determined to do away with slavery.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 142 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4409 |
From Asa Gray 15 July [1862]
Summary
Observations on Platanthera.
Possibility of trimorphism in Mertensia.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 110 (ser. 2): 116, DAR 165: 113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3659 |
From Asa Gray 11 March 1880
Summary
Sends seeds of Megarrhiza and gives details of species.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.6: 202 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12532 |
From Asa Gray 24 July 1865
Summary
Is reading CD’s "Climbing plants".
The Civil War is ended; slavery is dead.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 July 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4877 |
From Asa Gray 16 June 1874
Summary
AG’s article in Nature was "just and moderate".
Sends his review of C. Hodge’s What is Darwinism? (1874) [Nation 18 (1874): 348–51].
It is uphill work making a theist out of CD.
Gives further observations on Sarracenia variolaris.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9492 |
From Asa Gray 27 August 1866
Summary
Hopes to make good arrangement for publication of CD’s Variation.
Agassiz claims to have proved all of America was covered with unbroken ice during the glacial period.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Aug 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 154 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5198 |
From Asa Gray 22–30 March 1863
Summary
Discusses the Duke of Argyll’s article on the supernatural [Edinburgh Rev. 116 (1862): 378–97].
Has heard that the Incas married their sisters; this may be worth investigating as a case of inbreeding.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22–30 Mar 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 131 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4056 |
From Asa Gray 23 September 1856
Summary
Plants that are social in the U. S. but are not so in the Old World.
Distribution of U. S. species common to Europe.
Gives Theodor Engelmann’s opinion on the relative variability of indigenous and introduced plants and notes the effects of man’s settlement on the numbers and distribution of indigenous plants.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Sept 1856 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1959 |
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| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Gray, Asa | (50) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (49) |
| Gray, J. L. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (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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- … barely understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
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…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, …
- … Stove [that is, cool hothouse]’ ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March …
- … of different temperatures’ (letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March [1869] , Calendar no. 6661) …
- … 100 yards’ to the greenhouses ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 January …
- … in mid-February (see letter from L. C. Treviranus, 12 February 1863 ). The second list is …
- … Anoectochilus argenteus 12 5 s . …
- … punctatum. 11. Mormodes aurantiaca 12. ‘Anoectochilus argenteus 5 s .’ deleted in …
- … Bolbophyllum barbigerum 12 major …
- … Ampelidae. 11. Alloplectus chrysanthus. 12. Bulbophyllum barbigerum. 13. …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
Summary
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…
Matches: 12 hits
- … Seventy years old Darwin’s seventieth birthday on 12 February was a cause for international …
- … and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of …
- … ). The botanist and schoolteacher Hermann Müller wrote on 12 February to wish Darwin a ‘long and …
- … well, and with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard …
- … ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was little …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 ). Darwin’s final task …
- … inn ‘ very comfortable’, but told Leonard Darwin on 12 August that there were ‘too many human …
- … not to have come up when the Darwins lunched with him on 12 August (Darwin’s ‘Journal’). Nor did …
- … the world. At the end of the year he was awarded a prize of 12,000 francs by the Turin Academy of …
- … which greatly pleased Darwin ( letter from Grant Allen, 12 February 1879 ). One of Allen’s targets …
- … engagement being made public ( letter from T. H. Farrer, 12 October 1879 ). Darwin’s response not …
- … accurate in its treatment’ ( letter from Francis Galton, 12 November 1879 ). The comment that …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
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…
Matches: 11 hits
- … (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material was …
- … the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 …
- … was published in November 1874 ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Though containing …
- … print runs would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's …
- … Review & in the same type’ ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). George’s letter …
- … he finally wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any …
- … & snugness’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ). More …
- … vicar of Deptford ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ), but to her …
- … mechanism that Darwin agreed with ( letter to F. J. Cohn, 12 October 1874 ). Darwin’s American …
- … bank with enormous tips to his ears ( letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 ). The Manchester …
- … excellent, & as clear as light’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 12 August [1874] ). Hooker …
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, 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…
Matches: 6 hits
- … made a small omission ’. Stephen’s reply on 12 January was flattering, reassuring, and …
- … books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 May he described …
- … Darwin had difficulty in obtaining mature plants. On 12 April, he reported to Müller , ‘I have …
- … to make me happy & contented,’ he told Wallace on 12 July , ‘but life has become very …
- … fight’ (letters to J. D. Hooker, 6 August 1881 and 12 August 1881 ). Darwin may have …
- … else’s judgment on the subject ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1881 ). However, some requests …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
Summary
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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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…
Matches: 6 hits
- … Hooker: ‘he is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual …
- … of the year, he wrote to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ): ‘my notions on …
- … least 3 classes of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to …
- … passed so miserable a nine months’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 12 September [1862] ). A family …
- … ‘Botany is a new subject to me’ ( letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] ), but, impressed by …
- … into Tyndall’s ears’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10–12 November [1862] ). Another of Darwin’s …
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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- … their generous sympathy. ( Letter to A. A. van Bemmelen, 12 February 1877 ) View the …
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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- … than insectivorous plants. As he confessed to Hooker on 12 December , ‘I have not felt so angry …
- … from his family, he sent a curt note to Mivart on 12 January , breaking off all future …
- … of a bill that was presented to the House of Commons on 12 May, one week after a rival bill based on …
- … The author, Fritz Schultze, contacted Darwin himself on 12 June , describing the aims of his book …
- … scientific Socy. has done in my time,’ he told Hooker on 12 December . ‘I wish that I knew what …
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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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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- … Rubiaceae with enclosures containing bud samples, 12 May 1878 G. H. Darwin's …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
