To J. D. Hooker [25 January 1864]
Summary
CD’s illness.
The difficulty of getting John Scott to publish his work. Has sent Scott’s paper [on Primulaceae] to Linnean Society. CD is sure it is valuable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [25 Jan 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 217 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4397 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … 11, Appendix VI). CD refers to John Scott , Scott 1864a , and the Linnean Society . See letter from John Scott, [13 January 1864] and nn. 5 and 6. See letter …
- … letter from John Scott, [13 January 1864] and nn. 4, 5, and 6. CD refers to number 10 (pp. 239–328) of Spencer 1864–7 , vol. 1. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 24 January 1864 and nn. 3–8. See Correspondence vol. 11, …
To J. D. Hooker [27 January 1864]
Summary
CD continues very ill.
His only work is a little on tendrils and climbers. Asks whether all tendrils are modified leaves or whether some are modified stems.
Last number [Jan 1864?] of Natural History Review is best that has appeared.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [27 Jan 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 218 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4398 |
To Alfred Russel Wallace 1 January 1864
Summary
Asa Gray’s high opinion of ARW as a reviewer [reference to S. Haughton’s paper on bees’ cells, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 11 (1863): 415–29, reviewed by ARW in "Remarks on the Rev. S. Haughton’s paper", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 12 (1863): 303–9].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add. MS 46434: 31) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4376 |
To J. D. Hooker [10 and 12 January 1864]
Summary
CD very ill.
Suspects F. Boott’s widow is illegitimate granddaughter of Erasmus Darwin.
CD, like JDH, has speculated that agrarian weeds have become adapted to cultivated ground. Suggests comparison with country of origin.
Wallace’s praise of Herbert Spencer’s Social statics baffles CD.
[Letter completed by E. A. Darwin.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 10 and 12 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 216 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4389 |
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: 1 hit
- … 13 January. Scott presumably refers to the letter to John Scott, 8 January [1864] . See letter from Emma Darwin to John Scott, 9 January 1864 . CD had read an earlier draft of Scott 1864a the previous year (see letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] and n. 3). See letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] and nn. 6, 7, 9, and 11. …
From Hermann Crüger 21 January 1864
Summary
Sends his MS of orchid paper ["A few notes on the fecundation of orchids and their morphology", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35] for CD to send to an editor.
CD was right about Catasetum sexes.
Ficus experiments fail.
| Author: | Hermann Crüger |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 278 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4394 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 11). Crüger had observed pollinia of Catasetum attaching to a bee’s back while it gnawed on the labellum of a male flower; he speculated that they were then deposited on the stigma of a female flower when the bee was similarly attracted to the labellum (see Crüger 1864 , p. 129; Crüger’s observation confirmed CD’s account of Catasetum pollination in Orchids , pp. 211–13, 234–5 (see letter …
To Charles William Crocker 31 January [1864]
Summary
Reminds CWC that he offered to give information with respect to his observations on hollyhocks. Wishes he could persuade CWC to undertake experiments on the fertility of some crosses between the most distinct varieties.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles William Crocker |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3425 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 11). In his letters to C. W. Crocker of 18 May [1861] and 1 June [1861] ( Correspondence vol. 9), CD detailed his interest in hollyhocks. See also Correspondence vol. 10, letters from C. W. Crocker, [before 13 March 1862] and 17 May 1862. CD had long been keen to determine the relative fertility of different crosses of hollyhocks, and wondered why varieties often bred true even when growing next to each other (see Correspondence vol. 5, letter …
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Crüger, Hermann | (1) |
| Scott, John | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Crocker, C. W. | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Crocker, C. W. | (1) |
| Crüger, Hermann | (1) |
| Scott, John | (1) |
