From J. T. Moggridge 21 May [1866]
Summary
Sends plants from France.
J. B. E. Bornet of Antibes, working in G. A. Thuret’s garden, finds Cistus hybrids do not follow the old dictum of having the mother’s foliage and the father’s habit. Bornet is engaged in long-term study.
JTM seeks invitation to Down.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 206 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5096 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … by the reference to meeting Henrietta Emma Darwin at Cannes (see letter to H. E. …
- … Darwin, [14–21 April 1866] , and letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]). On …
- … the fly orchid; see letter to H. E. Darwin, [14–21 April 1866] and n. 6). Edouard …
- … the south of France. See letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]. Moggridge visited …
To Henrietta Emma Darwin [14–21 April 1866]
Summary
Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [14–21 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5074 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
- … visited Mentone twice during her stay in France ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … both of her travelling companions were unwell for much of April ( Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … Darwin, [6 April 1866] (DAR 219.9: 40), and letter from H. E. Darwin to G. H. Darwin, …
- … Darwin, [6 April 1866] (DAR 219.9: 40), and H. E. Darwin to George Darwin, 2 May 1866 ( …
- … around 10 May. See also letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]. Emma Darwin and CD …
- … s aunt, Julia Smith ( letter from H. E. Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [March 1866] (DAR 245: …
To W. D. Fox 24 August [1866]
Summary
Family news. Describes [final] illness of Susan Darwin [d. 3 Oct 1866]. CD’s health better.
Making rapid progress on Variation.
Has heard of hybrids between moths mentioned by WDF.
Work on [4th] edition of Origin has delayed Variation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 24 Aug [1866] |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5197 |
To W. R. Grove [26 April 1866]
Summary
Makes arrangements to call.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Robert Grove |
| Date: | [26 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI MS GR/1a/99) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5069 |
From H. E. Darwin [c. 10 May 1866]
Summary
Mogg [John Traherne Moggridge] wants to visit CD.
Self-fertilising orchids.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 10 May 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5075 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, H. E. …
- … From H. E. Darwin [ c. 10 May 1866] …
- … Litchfield, H. E. Darwin, C. R. …
- … bee orchid ( O. apifera ), see the letter to H. E. Darwin, [14–21 April 1866] and n. …
- … 3. See letter to H. E. Darwin, [14–21 April 1866] and n. 6. …
- … purpurea ), see the letter to H. E. Darwin, [14–21 April 1866] and n. 7. Moggridge …
To J. D. Hooker 1 November [1866]
Summary
Requests water-lily pods to count, weigh, and to germinate some of the seeds of the crossed and uncrossed pods.
Hopes Haeckel did not bore him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 304 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5262 |
From J. T. Moggridge 10 May [1866]
Summary
Sends a box of orchids.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 205 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5084 |
From E. A. Darwin [before 20 February 1866?]
Summary
Lyell calculates enviously that CD can do more work than any of the philosophers.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 20 Feb 1866?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4965 |
From J. D. Hooker 13 May 1866
Summary
Refers to enclosure from Asa Gray
with whom he can talk calmly now that war is over. North had no right to resort to bloodshed.
Startled by CD’s attendance at Royal Society soirée.
Has asked E. B. Tylor to make up questions for consuls and missionaries, through whose wives a lot of most curious information [for Descent?] could be obtained.
Tying umbilical cord has always been a mystery to JDH.
John Crawfurd’s paper on cultivated plants is shocking twaddle ["On the migration of cultivated plants in reference to ethnology", J. Bot. Br. & Foreign 4 (1866): 317–32].
R. T. Lowe back from Madeira.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 May 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 71–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5089 |
From E. A. Darwin 19 February [1866]
Summary
Division of Catherine’s estate.
Arrangements for EAD’s will.
Wishes CD would pay him another visit.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Feb [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B40–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5010 |
From W. E. Darwin 8 May [1866]
Summary
Describes the floral structure of broom, particularly the form of the varying anthers. Encloses drawings of anthers and pollen.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 76: B52, 66–72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3144 |
To W. E. Darwin 30 [June 1866]
Summary
Cuttings have arrived. Different flower forms [in Rhamnus?].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 30 [June 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5136 |
From William Erasmus Darwin [7 May – 11 June 1866]
Summary
Sends flowers of buckthorn [Rhamnus catharticus] collected on Isle of Wight.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [7 May – 11 June 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5108 |
To J. D. Hooker 21 [January 1866]
Summary
Has found Verlot.
His sister [Emily Catherine Langton] is dying [d. 2 Feb 1866].
His stomach still very bad. Writes one or two hours and reads a little.
JDH is a wretch to remind CD of his coal-plant prophecy.
Glad JDH will give Nottingham lecture.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 [Jan 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 281 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4981 |
From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 10 May 1866
Summary
Encloses letter from H. B. Geinitz, who declines to handle translation of new edition of Origin. Recommends Julius Victor Carus. Also suggests Gustav von Leonhard as translator for Origin.
Discusses translation of Variation.
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5085 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin’schen Lehre ist, sondern auch, weil er nach einem mehrjährigen Aufenthalte auf der Universität Oxford, der englischen Sprache vollkommen mächtig ist und als Professor der Physiologie namentlich auch diesen Fragen näher steht, als ich es vom geologisch–palaeontologischen Standpunkte kann. Ich verbleibe mit grösster Hochachtung Ihr ganz ergebener | H. B. Geinitz Dresden d. 29. Apr. 1866. Herrn E. …
| letter | (15) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Moggridge, J. T. | (2) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (9) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, W. E. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (2) |
| Moggridge, J. T. | (2) |
| E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Grove, W. R. | (1) |
