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From Francis Darwin   [25–7 May 1880]

Summary

Hopes CD got telegram about Convolvulus. Is measuring plants every four hours. Will go to Brittany by boat from Southampton on Monday night.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [25–7 May 1880]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 65
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12616F

Matches: 9 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … Bibliography Darwin, Francis and Acton, Edward Hamilton. 1894. Practical physiology of …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [25–7 May 1880] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 65 Francis Darwin [25–7 May 1880] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … II)). Emma Darwin’s diary records that Francis Darwin left for Brittany on Monday 31 May …
  • … 196)). Emma Darwin’s diary records that Francis Darwin arrived in Southampton on Friday 28 …
  • … established by the references to CD’s and Francis Darwin’s visits to Southampton; Francis …
  • … s 3-year-old son, Bernard Darwin ; Bernard and Francis lived with CD and Emma Darwin , and …
  • … the nutritive fluids—’ (DAR 68: 21). Francis Darwin appears to have been trying to measure …

From Francis Darwin    [21 October 1881]

Summary

Commiserates on news of Wiesner and experiment on transmission of heliotropism. Asks whether he should review book for Nature.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [21 Oct 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 69
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13474F

Matches: 9 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin    [21 October 1881] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 69 Francis Darwin [21 Oct 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1882. Prof. Wiesner on ‘The power of movement in plants’. …
  • … 1882 ). Fritz Müller . See letter to Francis Darwin, 17 October 1881 . Pinguicula is the …
  • … plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Wiesner, …
  • … between this letter and the letters to Francis Darwin , 17 October 1881 and 22 [October …
  • … 22 October was 21 October. See letter to Francis Darwin, 17 October 1881 and n. 5. CD was …
  • Francis did not write a typical review of Wiesner 1881 , but rather a detailed reply to specific criticisms made in the book ( F. Darwin

From Francis Darwin   [25 July 1881]

Summary

Reports on a visit to Hermann Vöchting and discussion of Julius Sachs.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [25 July 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 67
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13252F

Matches: 13 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [25 July 1881] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 67 Francis Darwin Strassburg [25 July 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1880a. On the power possessed by leaves of placing …
  • … Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 420–55. Darwin, Francis. 1880c. The theory of the growth of …
  • … Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 406–19. Darwin, Francis. 1901. The movements of plants. …
  • … Nature , 14 November 1901, pp. 40–4. Darwin, Francis. 1920a. Springtime and other …
  • … essays. London: John Murray. Darwin, Francis and Acton, Edward Hamilton. 1894. Practical …
  • … For the notice, see the letter from Francis Darwin, 16 July 1881 and n. 4. The paper was …
  • … By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Vöchting, …
  • … Kunkel was a particular friend of Francis’s (see F. Darwin 1920a , p. 68). Carl Gottfried …
  • Francis worked at Anton de Bary ’s laboratory in Straßburg in 1881, arriving home on 1 August ( Emma Darwin’ …
  • Francis did not publish specifically on Narcissus or azaleas ( Rhododendron ), but for remarks on Narcissus , see F. Darwin

To Francis Darwin   22–3 May 1881

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Summary

Is sending chapter [of Earthworms] for FD to look over.

Comments on FD’s work on movements of mould.

Is glad to hear about Julius von Sachs and the circumnutation theory.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  22–3 May 1881
Classmark:  DAR 211: 75
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13170

Matches: 16 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Darwin, Francis
  • … To Francis Darwin   22–3 May 1881 …
  • … DAR 211: 75 Charles Robert Darwin Down 22–3 May 1881 Francis Darwin
  • … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1880a. On the power possessed by leaves of placing …
  • … Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 420–55. Darwin, Francis. 1880c. The theory of the growth of …
  • … Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 406–19. Darwin, Francis. 1881b. Ueber Circumnutation bei …
  • … by Wortmann and De Bary. Dubba was Bernard Darwin , Francis’s …
  • … plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Sterne, …
  • … Goltz and Oskar Schmidt at the meeting. See letter from Francis Darwin, 19 [May 1881] . …
  • … See letter from Francis Darwin, 19 [May 1881] ; Francis had described the long hours kept …
  • … son; Leonard Darwin was Francis’s brother. The Darwins went on holiday to Patterdale in …
  • … at a table under a bower. ) )See letter from Francis Darwin, 19 [May 1881] and nn. …
  • … Notiser , September 1881. See letter from Francis Darwin, 19 [May 1881] and n. 7. Wortmann …
  • … article by Francis, ‘The theory of the growth of cuttings’ ( F. Darwin 1880b ), published …
  • Francis’s article, ‘On the power possessed by leaves of placing themselves at right angles to the direction of incident light’ ( F. Darwin
  • Francis had mentioned Fredrik Elfving ’s research on the movement of the mould Phycomyces nitens to Julius Wortmann , prompting Wortmann to decide to publish his own research on the topic as soon as possible. Wortmann 1881 was published in Botanische Zeitung , 10 June and 17 June 1881; F. Darwin

From Francis Darwin   [after 14 November 1881]

Summary

Thanks for two letters from Pfeffer. Will return translation of Pfeffer and send a letter from Elfring. Looking forward to working on "antiWiesner" experiments. Will return on 26th or 27th.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 14 Nov 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 68
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13485F

Matches: 12 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [after 14 November 1881] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 68 Francis Darwin [after 14 Nov 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1880a. On the power possessed by leaves of placing …
  • … Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 420–55. Darwin, Francis. 1881b. Ueber Circumnutation bei …
  • … family in early October (see letter to Francis Darwin, 17 October 1881 and nn. 1 and 14). …
  • … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 14 November [1881] . CD had sent the …
  • … by Julius Sachs (see letter from Francis Darwin, 19 [May 1881] and n. 3). Ein Esel : a …
  • … nutrients from ant waste (see letter to Francis Darwin, 28 [October 1881] ). Botanischer …
  • … 25 February 1880]) . No correspondence between Francis and Elizabeth Darwin has been …
  • … been identified. Bernard Darwin had evidently joined his father in Wales; Francis had gone …
  • … in the Darwin Archive–CUL. Lurgan is a town in Ireland. CD had suggested that Francis work …

From Francis Darwin   [before 5 December 1870]

Summary

Sends list of bills.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 5 Dec 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7387G

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [before 5 December 1870] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 13 Francis Darwin Cambridge [before 5 Dec 1870] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 5 December [1870] ( Correspondence …
  • … this volume, Supplement, letter from Francis Darwin [after 18 October 1870] ). CD sent £ …
  • … 50 (see Correspondence vol. 18, letter to Francis Darwin, 5 December [1870] ; see also …
  • … this volume, Supplement, second letter from Francis Darwin, [before 5 December 1870] ). …

From Francis Darwin   [after 22 May 1871]

Summary

Thanks for the cheque, and also for the offer to pay for him to go on a trip to north America with G. H. Darwin.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 22 May 1871]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 21
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7761G

Matches: 8 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [after 22 May 1871] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 21 Francis Darwin University “Pitt” Club, Cambridge [after 22 May 1871] Charles …
  • … Cambridge University Press. 1922–54. [Darwin, Francis]. 1871. Letter on the melancholy of …
  • … 1871 (see n.  6, below). See letter to Francis Darwin, 21 May [1871] . CD had offered to …
  • … the United States (see letter to Francis Darwin, 21 May [1871] ). Edward Charles Stirling …
  • … molluscs that includes cuttlefish (see letter to Francis Darwin, 21 May [1871] and nn.   …
  • Francis published a short article in the form of a letter on the melancholy of bachelors of arts in the Cambridge Tatler , 22 May 1871 ( [F.  Darwin] …

From Francis Darwin   [after August 1878]

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Observations of leaf movement at Würzburg Botanic Garden.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after Aug 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 209.14: 33
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11683

Matches: 3 hits

From Francis Darwin   [after 2 October 1876]

Summary

Sorry the corrections were so tedious, and offers to do revises.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 2 Oct 1876]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 40
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10629F

Matches: 9 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [after 2 October 1876] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 40 Francis Darwin Pantlludw [after 2 Oct 1876] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … in relation to monkeys’; see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] . The paper on …
  • … II)). Julius von Wiesner (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] and n. 7). …
  • … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] . Francis sent …
  • … and self fertilisation (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] ). CD had suggested …
  • … articles by Johann von Fischer (see letter to Francis Darwin, 2 October [1876] and n. 4). …
  • … on the teasel, see the letter from Francis Darwin, [1 June 1876] and n. 2. CD discussed …

From Francis Darwin   [after 14 July 1878]

Summary

Thinks it would be a good idea to give the typing machine to Karl Semper.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 14 July 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 48
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11553F

Matches: 6 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [after 14 July 1878] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 48 Francis Darwin - [after 14 July 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] . CD wished …
  • … to Carl Gottfried Semper (see letter to Francis Darwin, 14 July [1878] and n. 11). Francis …
  • … could order a machine for himself (see letter from Francis Darwin, [12 July 1878] ). …

DCP-LETT-7421

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Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  
Classmark:  DAR 162: 56
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7421

Matches: 2 hits

From Francis Darwin   [6 July 1879]

Summary

Describes bean experiments. Will tell Emma Darwin to tell Elizabeth Darwin that he has written to the Riffel.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [6 July 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 61
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12296F

Matches: 9 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [6 July 1879] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 61 Francis Darwin [6 July 1879] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Ubbadubba was a pet name for Bernard Darwin , Francis’s son. The Riffelhaus, a hotel built …
  • … plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Sachs, …
  • … See letter to Francis Darwin, 4 July [1879] . Francis performed experiments to determine …
  • … and Francis had already tested. See second letter to Francis Darwin, 2 July [1879] and n. …
  • … 2. See letter from Francis Darwin, 4 July 1879 and nn. 3 and 6. …
  • … genus of spider plants) have aerial roots. See letter to Francis Darwin, 4 July [1879] . …

From Francis Darwin   [before 15 December 1880]

Summary

Will stay until London until after the Linnean Society meeting unless CD wants anything. Asks to send abstracts of papers. Has made short abstracts of papers for Nature.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 15 Dec 1880]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 62
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12379F

Matches: 9 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [before 15 December 1880] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 62 Francis Darwin London [before 15 Dec 1880] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1880a. On the power possessed by leaves of placing …
  • … Society ( Botany ) 18 (1881): 420–55. Darwin, Francis. 1880c. The theory of the growth of …
  • … Correspondence vol. 26, letter from Francis Darwin, [4–7 August 1878] , and Correspondence …
  • … Nature , 23 December 1880, pp. 178–81. See letter to Francis Darwin, 27 December [1880] . …
  • … Richard Buckley Litchfield . Bernard Darwin . Francis had been experimenting with potash ( …
  • Francis presented two papers at the Linnean Society on Thursday, 16 December 1880 ( F. Darwin

From Francis Darwin   [23 November 1878]

Summary

Many thnks for the pelargonium letter.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [23 Nov 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 43
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11755F

Matches: 10 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [23 November 1878] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 43 Francis Darwin - [23 Nov 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. …
  • … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, [22 November 1878] , and by the …
  • … see n. 6, below). See letter to Francis Darwin, [22 November 1878] and nn. 1 and 3. …
  • … creeping wood sorrel); see letter from Francis Darwin, [before 22 November 1878] and n. 3. …
  • … in plants , pp. 116 and 118, and letter to Francis Darwin, [21 November 1878] and n. …
  • … 2. See letter from Francis Darwin, [before 22 November 1878] and n. …
  • Francis dated 23 November records that two Spanish chestnuts were ‘sliced with razor’ (DAR 209.5: 113). Bernard Darwin . …

DCP-LETT-7839A

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  
Classmark:  DAR 271.4: 4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7839A

Matches: 2 hits

From Francis Darwin   [July 1878]

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Reports observations on day and night movement in Porlieria.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [July 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 209.14: 181 [2nd sheet]
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11578

Matches: 3 hits

From Francis Darwin   [before 30 June 1872]

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Quickening of heart-beat in fear. A. H. Garrod does not think that this means that the heart is working harder.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 30 June 1872]
Classmark:  DAR 162: 52
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8364

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [before 30 June 1872] …
  • … DAR 162: 52 Francis Darwin New University Club [before 30 June 1872] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … from A.  H.  Garrod to Francis Darwin, 30 June [1872] and n.  6. …
  • … the letter from A.  H.  Garrod to Francis Darwin, 30 June [1872] . Alfred Henry Garrod . …
  • … 74–6). Garrod had been a contemporary of Francis Darwin’s at Cambridge University and had …
  • … 1872 ). See also second letter from Francis Darwin, [before 30 June 1872] , and letter …

From Francis Darwin   [before 22 November 1878]

Summary

Horse chestnut roots have not acted at all well.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 22 Nov 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 42
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11754F

Matches: 9 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [before 22 November 1878] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 42 Francis Darwin Down [before 22 Nov 1878] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Pelargonium . Ubbadubba: Bernard Darwin , Francis’s son. Idy: Emma Cecilia (Ida) Farrer. …
  • … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, [22 November 1878] . CD and Francis …
  • … Spanish chestnut). See letter to Francis Darwin, 3 August [1878] and n. 6. Francis’s notes …
  • … in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Post …
  • … and without bloom (see letter from Francis Darwin, [4–7 August 1878] and nn. 4 and 8). …
  • … in plants (see, for example, letter to Francis Darwin, 12 September [1878] ). Francis may …

From Francis Darwin   [after 16 May 1871]

Summary

He is waiting to hear about the requirements for the MB examination before considering the possible trip to north America.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 16 May 1871]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 17
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7761F

Matches: 8 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   [after 16 May 1871] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 17 Francis Darwin Cambridge [after 16 May 1871] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … 1871] and n.  5. The annotations are for CD’s letter to Francis Darwin, 21 May [1871] . …
  • … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 May [1871] . Francis’s friend was …
  • … St George’s Hospital, London (see first letter from Francis Darwin, [after 22 May 1871] ). …
  • … H.  Darwin, [14 May 1871] ). See letter to Francis Darwin, 16 May [1871] . See letter from …
  • Francis was hoping to travel to the United States in the summer with his brother George Howard Darwin

From Francis Darwin   23 [May 1881]

Summary

Would like some of his notes. Has been looking at roots of Linum, cucurbits, larch, and orchids. Is content that mother should teach Bernard whatever religion she likes.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  23 [May 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 66
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13170F

Matches: 12 hits

  • Darwin, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Francis Darwin   23 [May 1881] …
  • … DAR 274.1: 66 Francis Darwin Strasbourg 23 [May 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Ubbadub was a nickname for Bernard Darwin , Francis’s son. The notes have not been …
  • … Bibliography Darwin, Francis. 1878a. Experiments on the nutrition of Drosera …
  • … Society ( Botany ) 17 (1880): 17–32. Darwin, Francis. 1880a. On the power possessed by …
  • … between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 20 May 1881 . The Monday following …
  • … May 1881 was 23 May. See letter to Francis Darwin, 20 May 1881 ; CD and Francis had begun …
  • … sheets had arrived at Down on 22 May 1881 (see letter to Francis Darwin, 22– 3 May 1881 ). …
  • … plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. Reinke, …
  • … round-leaved sundew) in F. Darwin 1878 . The plants used by Francis were already mature at …
  • Francis’s article ‘On the power possessed by leaves of placing themselves at right angles to the direction of incident light’ ( F. Darwin
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