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Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … of the world. Correspondence was established in 1863 with Roland Trimen, a civil servant in Cape …
- … communicated to the Linnean Society ( see letter to Roland Trimen, 23 May [1863] ). Darwin began …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [22–3 November 1863] ). He told Roland Trimen in a letter of 25 November …
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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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’), and later in his 1877 book, The different forms of flowers on …
- … Bonatea speciosa that he received later in the year from Roland Trimen in South Africa. Darwin’s …
- … in the second edition of Orchids , published in 1877. These publications were partly inspired by …
- … seemed only to grow in 1864. In addition to Crüger’s and Trimen’s orchid observations, he received, …
