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Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
Summary
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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Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … purposes’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1862] , and …
- … (Down House MS) and Correspondence vol. 5, letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 April [1855] ). Darwin …
- … to touch (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). …
- … [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10) Darwin told Hooker: I have almost resolved to …
- … of prizes & is very observant. He believes that we sh d succeed with a little patience; …
- … conservatories, dry-stoves, and moist- or bark-stoves (p. 1012). More particularly, it was …
- … mid-January, and completed by mid-February (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 13 January [1863] and …
- … plants for use in a wide variety of experiments. He told Hooker that he was ‘looking with much …
- … shall keep to curious & experimental plants’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 January [1863] ). …
- … with whom he had dealt over many years. In his letter to Hooker, Darwin mentioned that he hoped to …
- … ‘awful sums’ that he imagined they would cost to buy. Hooker’s response was unequivocal: ‘You will …
- … plants you want before going to Nurserymen’ (letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 January 1863] ). …
- … avoid[,] of course I must not have from Kew’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 January [1863] ). …
- … ‘I long to stock it, just like a school-boy’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 February [1863] ). On …
- … for, but which I did not like to ask for’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, [21 February 1863] ). He had, …
- … proffering further advice on cultivation (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 March 1863] ). …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
Summary
The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
