From John Scott 7 January [1864]
Summary
Has finished correcting Primula paper [see 4332].
Has presented paper on monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 98, 99 f.3; Edinburgh Courant, 19 December 1863, p. 8. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4382 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] ). …
- … Botany ) (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] ). CD …
- … memoir’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] , letter …
- … his own results (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] , and …
- … in May 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] ). The …
- … had been (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , and …
- … palatable! ’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [3 June 1863] and 16 …
- … of Scott’s paper (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ); …
- … 3 December [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] ). …
- … of Scott 1864a (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). He …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] and n. 4). CD evidently did …
- … vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] and 11 December [1862] , and …
- … and the letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), and by the …
- … In his letter to John Scott of 25 and 28 May [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), he wrote …
From John Scott 19 March 1864
Summary
On fertilisation of Gongora.
His work on peloric Antirrhinum, Passiflora, and Verbascum, done at CD’s suggestion, is at CD’s disposal.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Mar 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4432 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … 1864] and n. 6, and Crüger 1864 ). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John …
- … 10); see also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 18 February [1863] . Scott …
- … of Acropera , see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , and …
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. Gosse, 2 June [1863] ). For CD’s …
- … related orchids (see Orchids , pp. 282–4, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. …
- … vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 6 January 1863 , [after 12] April [1863] , and 21 May [ …
- … observations of Acropera ovules in his letter of 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letter to John Scott, 12 November [ …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and Correspondence …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ; see also this …
- … Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and nn. 17 and 18, and this volume, letter to Daniel Oliver, …
- … 11). For CD’s expanded conclusions about insect visits to Acropera and related orchids, supported by the observations of Hermann Crüger and Scott, see Orchids 2d ed. , pp. 168–9 and 269–71, and the letter …
From John Scott 28 March 1864
Summary
Surprised at CD’s account of Bryanthus.
H. Crüger’s approach to Gongora fertilisation is beset with difficulties.
Reports his work on self-sterility of Oncidium.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Mar 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4438 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … the position, see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 22 May 1863 and 26 …
- … and Menziesia (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Isaac Anderson-Henry, 24 April …
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 2 May [1863] and nn. 5 and 6; …
- … pollination, see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and 3 …
- … on Oncidium (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 1 and 3 August [1863] and …
- … in particular, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 6 March 1863 and n. …
- … May [1863] . See also letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . …
- … Correspondence vol. 11), which CD then forwarded with his letter to Scott of 25 and 28 …
- … Bryanthus in his letter of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). He reported his …
- … March 1864 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. 11). Scott refers …
From John Scott [13 January 1864]
Summary
Glad CD is sending his Primula paper to Linnean Society.
Sends promised Linum seeds.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Jan 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4385 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 6 March 1863 , and letter …
- … June [1864] ). See Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [26 July – 2 August …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] , and Origin , pp. …
- … 7 January [1864] and nn. 6, 7, 9, and 11. See letter from Emma Darwin to John Scott, 9 …
From John Scott 8 June 1864
Summary
Discusses cost of trip to India and CD’s offer to advance sum. Thanks Hooker for assistance. Would prize a scientific testimonial from CD.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 June 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 108 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4524 |
From John Scott 28 May [1864]
Summary
Discusses the negative testimonial provided him by James McNab.
Sends testimonial from J. H. Balfour.
Would be glad if offered the sort of colonial opportunity Hooker suggests.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 107; Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4513 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … in May 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , 22 May 1863 and 26 …
- … when he was a child (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 , …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 6 April 1864 . Scott began a correspondence with CD on his observations and experiments at the end of 1862 (see Correspondence vols. 10 and 11). …
From John Scott 5 May [1864]
Summary
Encloses MS of his paper ["On individual sterility of Oncidium", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 162–7].
His next will be on Passiflora, Disemma, and Tacsonia [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 197–206].
When he receives proofs of his Primula paper he will add CD’s case about equal-styled cowslip.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4485 |
To John Scott 10 June 1864
Summary
Letter of recommendation stating his high opinion of John Scott.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 10 June 1864 |
| Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4528 |
From John Scott 10 June [1864]
Summary
Sends Passiflora paper [see 4485].
Sends seeds of peloric Antirrhinum crossed by normal form and sends results of his experiments [table of crosses].
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 51: B22; DAR 177: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4526 |
From John Scott 20 June [1864]
Summary
Preparations for trip to India. Thanks for testimonial.
Surprised by the self-fertility of CD’s peloric Antirrhinum.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4541 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letters to John Scott , 6 June [1863] and 7 …
- … agent, Henry Taylor (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [11 June 1864] and n. 8). See letter …
- … letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] , n. 3. CD reported that Antirrhinum majus was self-fertile when pollinated artificially in Variation 2: 166–7 and Cross and self fertilisation , p. 363. Scott’s observations are not reported. No paper by Scott on Antirrhinum has been found. The reference is to Scott 1864a . Scott had experimented extensively with species of Primulaceae during 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11). …
From John Scott 29 July [1864]
Summary
Asks for additional financial aid for trip to India.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 July [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4578 |
From John Scott 16 May [1864]
Summary
Thanks for communicating Oncidium sterility paper [see 4485] to Linnean Society.
Surprised that CD’s seedlings of non-dimorphic cowslip breed true.
Surprised also that the red primrose he sent reverts to wild form. He had reasoned from red’s infertility with yellow that it was an established variety. Tries to correlate inheritance of colour and sterility between varieties.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4498 |
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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
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- … In March 1862, Heinrich Georg Bronn wrote to Darwin stating his intention to prepare a second …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
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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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
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- … The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
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- … Letters | Selected Readings Darwin's first reflections on human progress were …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
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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- … no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out the …
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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- … On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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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 …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
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- … Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … Re: Design – performance version – 25 March 2007 – 1 Re: Design – Adaptation of the …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
Darwin on race and gender
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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's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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- … Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and …
