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Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … Ever since the publication of Expression , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The …
- … of these projects would culminate in a major publication. Darwin’s botany was increasingly a …
- … assisted his father’s research on movement and bloom, and Darwin in turn encouraged his son’s own …
- … from a family that the Darwins had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. …
- … from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. Closer to home, Darwin received an honorary Doctorate of …
- … sites for possible earthworm activity. Now in his 69th year, Darwin remained remarkably productive, …
- … no controversy. In his autobiographical reflections, Darwin remarked: ‘no little discovery of …
- … species such as Primula , Linum , and Lythrum . ‘I will rank no plant as dimorphic without …
- … flowers’, Darwin complained to Asa Gray on 8 March , ‘I never look at one without feeling …
- … hinted as much in his letter of 4 June : ‘you will see I have done an audacious deed with respect …
- … his book, writing to Robert Cooke on 11 April , ‘though I believe it is of value, it is not …
- … of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The leaves were not at all depressed; …
- … foreman of the propagating department at Kew, Richard Irwin Lynch, who sent specimens and detailed …
- … gardeners ( letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 August 1877 ). At Down House, Darwin and …
- … assumed by leaves at night to protect them from cold. Lynch carefully observed the phenomenon in a …
- … one of the young leaves with a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). …
- … but I think the great honour of its being printed in the R. Soc. Transactions, (sh d . the …
- … of some Infusoria’ ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 ). Francis’s paper eventually appeared …
- … larger aim was announced in the subtitle: Zeitschrift für einheitliche Weltanschauung auf Grund …
- … ‘but found him as soft & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker …
- … I hope it may remain for centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham …
- … of Siebold’s study of medical monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An …
- … any recognition by any public bodies of England & that y r . own University w d . like to be …
- … at the Senate House yesterday, with a suspended monkey &c; but I believe the cheering was more …
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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- … 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which …
- … about their research while he was away from home. Although Darwin lacked a state of the art research …
- … the advantages of both while Francis was working abroad. Darwin was privy to the inner workings of …
- … methods and use the most advanced laboratory equipment. Darwin also benefitted from the instrument …
- … that Francis had been introduced to at Würzburg. Darwin described his experimental practice …
- … plant physiology, but it was at its core informed by Darwin’s theory of evolution, particularly by …
- … early 1860s, at a time when his health was especially bad, Darwin had taken up the study of climbing …
- … reproduced as a small book, giving it a much wider audience. Darwin was not the first naturalist to …
- … which eventually appeared in 1875. In the same year, Darwin published a much longer work, …
- … son William, Darwin wrote to his friend Thomas Farrer, ‘ I am now become mad about drops of water …
- … to put a pod of a common pea, or a raspberry into water. I find several leaves are thus protected on …
- … Hooker, who had also speculated on the topic, replied, ‘ I can quite fancy water impeding both the …
- … wetted, & only a few are protected by a waxy secretion, I cannot but think that these latter …
- … albida from Kew Gardens, he explained to Hooker, ‘ I have never syringed (with tepid water) more …
- … species in the genus Opuntia , and could report, ‘ I confess I was astonished at the readines …
- … ‘Very curious results’ In May 1877, Darwin asked one of his most trusted …
- … ‘ Frank & I are working very hard on bloom & sleep &c.; but I am horribly afraid all …
- … with mechanical irritation and spontaneous movement. Richard Lynch, the foreman of the propagation …
- … that exhibited all three types of movement ( letter from R. I. Lynch, [before 28 July 1877] ). ‘ …
- … to learn about cutting thin sections of soft leaves &c.— Lastly the instrument for making marks …
- … those of Gray, who had written an article on the subject in 1877 (A. Gray 1877e). Gray had reported …
- … the curious mode of germination ’ and concluded, ‘ M r Rattan seems to be a real good observer, …
- … or ‘The Nature of the Movements of Plants’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 23 April [1880] ). Cooke …
- … was willing to publish on the usual terms ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 15 July 1880 ). This was also …
- … pay more for at the usual rate of charging per inch &c they w d . be over £40’; he suggested …
