To W. E. Darwin 29 [November 1855]
Summary
Is sorry to hear that WED has been ill.
Discusses pigeons and his pigeon work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 29 [Nov 1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1689 |
To W. E. Darwin [25 April 1855]
Summary
The new pigeon house is nearly complete.
CD is busy trying all sorts of experiments on salting seeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Apr 1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1660 |
From Arthur Edward Knox [c. March 1855–7?]
Summary
CD has suggested an explanation of how pike were introduced to a remote lake in Ireland by cormorants [carrying pike spawn on their feet or in their gullets].
| Author: | Arthur Edward Knox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | Mar 1855-7 |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 243 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1624 |
To Edgar Leopold Layard 9 December 1855
Summary
Is collecting facts for Variation; would be grateful for skins of local [Cape of Good Hope] breeds of pigeons, ducks, and poultry.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edgar Leopold Layard |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1855 |
| Classmark: | Auckland Public Library (Grey collection GL D8 (3)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1794 |
From Charles Cardale Babington [c. June 1855]
Summary
Reports that he sees the oxlip, cowslip, and primrose as really distinct species; hybrids are formed between any two.
| Author: | Charles Cardale Babington |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. June 1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1584 |
To J. S. Henslow 11 July [1855]
Summary
Asks for advice on establishing a control group in his experiments to produce sports and varieties of Lychnis diurna.
Seeks seeds of wild Dianthus for hybridising and producing varieties.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 11 July [1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: A38–A39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1716 |
| letter | (6) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Babington, C. C. | (1) |
| Knox, A. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Layard, E. L. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Babington, C. C. | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Knox, A. E. | (1) |
