From Asa Gray 3 February 1878
Summary
AG’s review of Joseph Cook ["Lectures on biology", New Englander 37: 100–13].
Encourages CD to work at heliotropism.
Thinks Thomas Meehan is as "rattle-brained" as Joseph Cook.
[A damaged fragment cut from this letter is pinned to 11051.]
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 169, DAR 165: 199 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11343 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Gray and CD described; see A. Gray 1877 and letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January 1878 …
- … married Sara Sedgwick , an American, in 1877; see letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January …
- … Correspondence vol. 25, letter to Thomas Meehan, 5 July [1877] , and Correspondence vol. …
- … vol. 25, letter from Henry Jackson to Francis Darwin, 18 November 1877 ). For a previous …
- … 23, letter to Hermann Müller, 26 October 1875 . In the summer of 1877, Gray and his wife, …
- … see J. Cook 1877 , pp. 1–32). For CD’s comment on the review, see the letter to Asa Gray, …
- … letter has not been found. Gray’s review of Joseph Cook’s Biology, with preludes on current events ( J. Cook 1877 ) …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 21 [and 22] January 1878 and n. 11. He had previously disagreed with Meehan over Meehan’s review of Cross and self fertilisation ( Meehan 1877 ) …
To Asa Gray 18 February [1877]
Summary
Praises AG’s abstract of Cross and self-fertilisation [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 13 (1877): 125–41].
Hopes soon to finish with dimorphic plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 18 Feb [1877] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (122) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10851 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 13 (1877): 125–41. See letter from Asa Gray, 6 February 1877 and n. 1. Forms of flowers …
- … disperma ), see the letter to Asa Gray, 3 January 1877 and nn. 1 and 2. Polemoniaceae is …
- … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. See letter from Asa Gray, 6 February 1877 and n. 1. Gray was …
- … of Orchids 2d ed. (see letter from Asa Gray, 6 February 1877 and n. 3). The letter to John …
- … and self fertilisation 2d ed. , see the letter to J. V. Carus, 4 March 1877 and n. 2. …
To Asa Gray 19 March [1877]
Summary
Sends an informal title-page [for Orchids, 2d ed.].
Appreciates the condolences for Frank [on death of his wife, Amy].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 19 Mar [1877] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (tipped into Orchids 2d ed., EC85 D2593 862oba) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10901 |
From Asa Gray 27 September 1877
Summary
Has received CD’s book [Forms of flowers]; thanks him for the compliment of the dedication.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 198 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11155 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Cohn’s letter in Nature ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 , and letter to Nature , …
- … See letter to Asa Gray, 4 June [1877] . Gray’s name is on the presentation list for Forms …
- … to the Rocky Mountains (see letter from Asa Gray, 10 June 1877 and n. 5). After receiving …
- … 1877] and nn. 2–4). For their survey of the vegetation of the Rocky Mountains region, see J. D. Hooker and Gray 1880 . Gray and his wife, Jane Loring Gray , had told CD about their dog Max’s habit of washing his face like a cat and suspected that he might have been brought up by one. See Correspondence vol. 18, letter …
To Asa Gray 4 June [1877]
Summary
C. E. Bessey’s case [see 10969] came too late, as the sheets had been printed, but CD thinks it should be carefully investigated as a possible case of incipient heterostyly.
Is trying to make out the function of "bloom", the waxy secretion on leaves and fruits.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 4 June [1877] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (119) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10982 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … between this letter and the letter from Asa Gray, 22 May 1877 . Gray had forwarded a …
- … fringed gromwell; see letter from Asa Gray, 22 May 1877 ). CD’s manuscript of Forms …
- … s interest in bloom, see the letter to Fritz Müller, 14 May 1877 and n. 2. CD had recently …
- … the publisher on 11 April (see letter to R. F. Cooke, 11 April 1877 and n. 1); he remarked …
- … all been corrected in his letter to J. V. Carus, 17 June [1877] . Bessey’s name appears on …
To Asa Gray 8 March 1877
Summary
Leucosmia burnettiana is in all probability dimorphic. Thinks Gilia is truly heterostyled and Phlox subulata was, perhaps, once heterostyled. Has good evidence of heterostyly in 39 genera from 14 families.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 8 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (117) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10883 |
To Asa Gray 21 [and 22] January 1878
Summary
Thanks for AG’s review of Forms of flowers [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 15 (1878): 67–73].
Thomas Carlyle’s letter about CD was a forgery.
Gives Hermann Müller’s observations on Valeriana dioica.
Is unsure about function of "bloom"; are glaucous plants more or less common in arid parts of U. S.?
Observations on heliotropism.
Thomas Meehan reports that Linum perenne is self-fertile; CD thinks that he has mistaken the species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 21 and 22 Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (123 and 127) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11330 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 25, letter from Asa Gray, 27 September 1877 . See A. Gray 1878a , pp. …
- … also Correspondence vol. 25, letter from Asa Gray, 10 June 1877 . Thomas Meehan’s comments …
- … see Correspondence vol. 25, letter from Asa Gray, 27 September 1877 . CD stayed with his …
- … from E. A. Darwin, 27 January [1877] and n. 5). See letter to Hermann Müller, 1 January [ …
- … letter, purportedly written by Thomas Carlyle to a friend, appeared in The Times , 17 January 1877, …
- … letter to Adolf Ernst, 16 January 1878 and n. 2. William Erasmus Darwin married Sara Sedgwick on 29 November 1877 ( …
From Asa Gray 6 February 1877
Summary
Sends specimen of Gilia aggregata and will try to get Phlox subulata.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 193 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10830 |
To Asa Gray 23 January 1877
Summary
Thanks AG for card about Pontederia.
Asks for specimens of Phlox subulata and Gilia aggregata to check for dimorphism.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 23 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (120) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10811 |
From Asa Gray 10 February 1877
Summary
Sends specimens of two forms of Rhamnus lanceolata.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10837 |
From Asa Gray 6 March 1877
Summary
Thanks for Orchids [2d ed.].
Does not feel his abstract of Cross and self-fertilisation [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 13 (1877): 125–41] was thorough enough.
Has heard of their sad bereavement last autumn [death of Amy, wife of Francis Darwin].
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 194 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10880 |
From Asa Gray 22 May 1877
Summary
Asked C. E. Bessey whether Lithospermum longiflorum was dimorphic like its relatives. Encloses CEB’s reply.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: B53–7, DAR 165: 196 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10969 |
From Asa Gray [25 February 1868 or later]
Summary
Discusses arrangements for American edition of Variation.
Observations on apparently inherited instinct in a dog.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Feb 1868 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2563 |
From Asa Gray 30 March 1877
Summary
Lithospermum longiflorum has cleistogamous flowers and, unlike other species of genus, it is not dimorphic.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 195 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10918 |
To Asa Gray 3 January 1877
Summary
Asks AG not to send his rare specimens [of Leucosmia].
Is glad of the notice about black pigs.
Has great faith in Jeffries Wyman;
thinks A. R. Wallace founds his speculation on a feeble basis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 3 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (118) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10768 |
To Asa Gray 17 February [1878]
Summary
Heterostyly in Linum perenne. Believes the American form may be a distinct species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 17 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (129) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11364 |
To Asa Gray 28 October 1876
Summary
Is sending sheets of Cross and self-fertilisation. He will be curious to see what AG thinks of it, as AG speaks the truth whether or not he approves. Is sick of trying to correct his "horrid bad style".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 28 Oct 1876 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (113) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10656 |
From Asa Gray 3 February 1880
Summary
Germination of Megarrhiza. AG’s observations at variance with CD’s.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.6: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12455 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … letter to Asa Gray, 17 February 1880 ). For the species of Megarrhiza recognised at this time, see A. Gray 1877 ; …
- … 1877 , p. 23), Gray had reported that the body of the seed was raised well outside the soil on what seemed to be a well-developed radicle. In Movement in plants , p. 82, in his copy of Gray’s figure of the Megarrhiza seedling, CD added a dotted line to indicate that most of the illustrated seedling was below the ground. CD had first requested seeds of Megarrhiza from Gray in October 1879 (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter …
From Asa Gray 10 June 1877
Summary
Has two young friends who wish to call on CD.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 197 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10994 |
From Asa Gray 22 December 1876
Summary
Discusses some dimorphic plants.
Sends specimens of Rhamnus but his few specimens of Leucosmia are very poor.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: B36–7, B74–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10731 |
| letter | (31) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (16) |
| Gray, Asa | (15) |
| Gray, Asa | (16) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (15) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (31) |
| Gray, Asa |
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out the …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
Summary
The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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- … The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil …
Photograph album of Dutch admirers
Summary
Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific …
German and Dutch photograph albums
Summary
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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- … In 1877, Charles Darwin was sent some unusual birthday presents: two lavishly …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
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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- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
Language: key letters
Summary
How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … The origin of language was investigated in a wide range of disciplines in the nineteenth century. …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
Summary
On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
Summary
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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- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
Charles Harrison Blackley
Summary
You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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- … You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 …
Referencing women’s work
Summary
Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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- … Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but …
Darwin on race and gender
Summary
Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In …
Darwin in public and private
Summary
Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
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- … The following extracts and selected letters explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
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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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
Darwin as mentor
Summary
Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
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- … Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both …
German poems presented to Darwin
Summary
Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a photograph album sent as a birthday gift to Charles Darwin by his German and Austrian admirers (see letter from From Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877). The poems were…
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- … Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a …
John Murray
Summary
Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was …
Natural Science and Femininity
Summary
Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … Discussion Questions | Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine …
Floral Dimorphism
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Floral studies In 1877 …
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…
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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
Movement in Plants
Summary
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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- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical …
