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: 21 hits
- … from John Scott, 21 September [1863] , letter to John …
- … Scott, 7 November [1863] , and letter from Emma Darwin to …
- … from John Scott, 23 July [1863] , and letter to John Scott 25 [July 1863] ). For Scott’s ‘ …
- … vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , and letter from Emma Darwin to …
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] ). …
- … this letter and the letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] ). The letter in which …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [3 June 1863] and 16 June [1863] ). CD …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ); in ‘Dimorphic …
- … 3 December [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] ). …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). He had briefly …
- … and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] and n. 4). CD evidently …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] ). CD had first …
- … In his letter to John Scott of 25 and 28 May [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), he wrote …
- … 1863, his work was evidently at too early a stage to be of use (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter …
- … letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] ). Scott and CD corresponded frequently throughout 1863 …
- … letter from Emma Darwin to John Scott, 9 January 1864 ). Scott began experimenting with a non-dimorphic cowslip in May 1863 ( …
- … 1863 Scott sent CD a draft of the paper, which CD returned with suggestions for minor alterations, praising it as an ‘excellent memoir’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
- … 1863] and n. 4). In the last two paragraphs of the summary, Scott reiterated his argument that the existing non-dimorphic forms represented a reversion to the ‘original non-dimorphic progenitor’ (see n. 10 above, and Scott 1864a , p. 126). CD marked the last two sentences of the summary in his copy of the paper (Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL); when recommending Scott’s letter …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] ). See also n. 3, above. CD later developed this notion of reversion in ‘Illegitimate offspring of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’ , pp. 434–5, and Forms of flowers , pp. 272–5. For CD’s experimental notes on reversion, see DAR 108: 31 and 43. Scott read ‘Remarks on the sexual changes in the inflorescence of Zea Mays ’ to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh on 10 December 1863 ( …
- … 1863] ). There are annotated copies of the published paper ( Scott 1864a ) in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL and among CD’s unbound journals in the Darwin Library–CUL; see the back page of CD’ s unbound journal for CD’s comments on Scott 1864a . Scott 1864a , pp. 103–4, included CD’s experimental results of crossing primroses ( Primula vulgaris ) and cowslips ( P. veris ). Scott’s own attempts at crossing primroses and cowslips had failed, but CD had sent him his own results (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
From John Lubbock 3 November 1864
Summary
Congratulates CD on receiving the Copley Medal.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Nov 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4653 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … vol. 11, letter from E. A. Darwin, 9 November [1863] , letter from E. A. …
- … Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] , and letter from Edward Sabine to …
- … letter from Hugh Falconer, 3 November 186[4] . Lubbock had nominated CD for the Copley Medal in 1863; …
- … 1863 . The reference is to ‘On dimorphism in the hymenopterous genus Cynips ’, by Benjamin Dann Walsh ( Walsh 1864a ). CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. See 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: 13 hits
- … sent a note to CD with his letter of [23–7 May 1863] ( Correspondence vol. …
- … See also letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . …
- … 11), which CD then forwarded with his letter to Scott of 25 and 28 May [1863] . …
- … of crossing Bryanthus in his letter of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). He …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 22 May 1863 and 26 May [1863] . …
- … See also ibid. , letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] . Hooker …
- … and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 2 May [1863] and nn. 5 and 6; see also …
- … pollination, see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 6 March 1863 and n. 15. Scott sent his …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Isaac Anderson-Henry, 24 April 1863 and nn. 5 and …
- … 3 March 1863 . See also letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and nn. 16–18. CD added …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 1 and 3 August [1863] and nn. 2–6 and 10). …
- … letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. 9. The article by Isaac Anderson -Henry has not been found in the Scottish Farmer ; however, see Anderson-Henry 1867 , p. 2. An annotated copy of Anderson-Henry 1867 is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. In 1863, …
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: 5 hits
- … to John Scott, 6 March 1863 , and letter from John …
- … 21 September [1863] , and letter to John Scott, 1 and 3 August [1863] . …
- … See Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [26 July – 2 August 1863] and …
- … 1863, and Scott began experiments after 21 May (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
- … 1863] ). Scott published his findings in Scott 1864d . By March, Scott had resigned his position at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, and was staying with friends at Denholm, Scotland, his birthplace (see letter …
From Henry Trimen 10 May 1864
Summary
Cannot give information about the box of Oxalis bulbs that his brother [Roland Trimen] has forwarded to CD.
| Author: | Henry Trimen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 183 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4491 |
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: 12 hits
- … letter to Hermann Crüger, 25 May [1863] , and letter to John Scott, 24 March [1863] . CD …
- … See Correspondence vol. 11, letters from Hermann Crüger , 23 February 1863 and 23 April …
- … a member of the Marcgraviaceae, in his letter of 8 August 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). …
- … See Crüger 1864 , p. 127. In his letter of 23 February 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), …
- … In his letter of 31 July 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Edward Bradford disputed CD’s …
- … the Marcgraviaceae in his letter to Daniel Oliver, 28 March [1863] ( Correspondence vol. …
- … and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Hermann Crüger, 23 April 1863 ). Caprification, a …
- … Edward Bradford . See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Edward Bradford, 31 July 1863 . …
- … and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Daniel Oliver, 28 [November 1863] ). There is an …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Friedrich Rolle, 26 January 1863 . See also Junker …
- … in his letter to the Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener , [17–24 March 1863] ( …
- … s arrived (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 9 [March] 1864 ). Mohl 1863 (see Crüger 1864 , …
From Friedrich Hildebrand 21 June 1864
Summary
Studying insect pollination in Salvia
and heterostyly in Pulmonaria officinalis which is similar to Linum case.
| Author: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 June 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 202 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4542 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … from Friedrich Hildebrand, 10 November 1863 , and letter from Emma Darwin to Friedrich …
- … vol. 11, letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 28 July [1863] , and letter from Friedrich …
- … p. 243). In her letter to Hildebrand of 20 November [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 16 July 1863 ). CD had arranged …
- … 1863 ). For the results of Hildebrand’s research on Salvia , see Hildebrand 1866 . A heavily annotated copy of the paper is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. Hildebrand alludes to CD’s papers ‘Dimorphic condition in Primula ’ and ‘Two forms in species of Linum ’ . CD’s observations on Pulmonaria officinalis , and those of his niece, Lucy Caroline Wedgwood , indicated that the plant was self-fertile (see letter …
To Roland Trimen 13 May 1864
Summary
Oxalis plants have arrived safely [see 4347].
CD regrets his mistake about Disa; will correct it.
Thanks RT for his additional facts about Disa.
Is recovering slowly from ten months’ illness.
Asks whether Strelitzia reginae grows in gardens at the Cape. Suspects it must be fertilised by a bird.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | 13 May 1864 |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 59) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4493 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … to Roland Trimen, 23 May [1863] , and letter from Roland Trimen, 10, …
- … Trimen, 16 March 1863 , and letter to Roland …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Roland Trimen, 25 November [1863] ). See also letter …
- … for the Linnean Society ( Trimen 1863 ). See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Roland …
- … 1863 ). CD’s notes on Oxalis , including the Cape specimens, are in DAR 109. See also letter …
- … 1863 CD asked Trimen to look for dimorphic species of Oxalis at the Cape of Good Hope; his interest in Cape specimens increased after Trimen informed him that he had found species of Oxalis that presented three forms (long-styled, short-styled and mid-styled flowers), enclosing drawings and specimens (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
- … 1863] . CD refers to an error in his description of the position of the viscid discs of the pollinia in relation to the passages leading to the nectary (see Poulton 1909 , p. 227, n. 3). The erratum sent to the Journal of the Linnean Society has not been found. Trimen’s additional observations on Disa grandiflora were presumably sent in his missing letter …
From J. D. Hooker 16 February 1864
Summary
CD’s climbing plant experiments make it impossible to deny nerve force in plants.
Has discussed Frankland’s new glacial theory with Lyell.
Bishop Colenso’s trial.
Possibility of Scott’s coming to Kew as a curator.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 183–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4408 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … vol. 11, letter from H. G. Powell, 11 February 1863 , letter from J. D. …
- … Hooker, [6 March 1863] , and letter from S. P. …
- … Woodward, 5 June 1863 ; this volume, letter from J. D. Hooker, [19 September 1864] ; and …
- … Candolle, 17 December [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11); see letter to J. D. Hooker, [ …
- … to Thury 1863 , which may be the pamphlet CD thanked Candolle for in the letter from Emma …
- … 1863 of the quarterly Popular Science Review ( Ansted 1863b , pp. 464–5). John Lindley . Joseph Ellison Portlock died on 14 February 1864 ( DNB ). In February 1864, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council reversed the sentences of the Court of Arches on Rowland Williams and Henry Bristow Wilson , who had been found guilty of heresy for the liberal theological opinions expressed in their contributions to the controversial volume Essays and reviews (see Annual register 1864, 1: 155–8, 2: 241–6). See also Correspondence vol. 9, second letter …
To Asa Gray 28 May [1864]
Summary
Is slowly writing Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31].
Thanks for [Charles?] Wright’s observations on orchids
– could he note what attracts insects to Begonia and Melastoma? H. Crüger, who was going to observe Melastomataceae, has died.
Describes the climbing habits of Bignonia capreolata and Eccremocarpus scaber.
How does AG know the perfect flowers of Voandzeia are quite sterile?
He has a case of dimorphism in holly; asks AG to report on American hollies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 28 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (79) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4511 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … from Daniel Oliver, 27 November 1863 , and letter to Daniel …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Asa Gray, 7 July 1863 , and letter to Asa …
- … Hooker, 27 [November 1863] , and this volume, letter from Asa Gray, 16 February 1864 and …
- … 28 [November 1863] , and [Oliver] 1864 ). See also this volume, letter from Hermann …
- … the winter of 1863–4. See Correspondence vol. 11, enclosure to the letter to J. D. …
- … is to Mohl 1863 , p. 312; however, Gray did not make this statement; see letter from Asa …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to W. E. Darwin, [5 May 1863] and n. 6). For CD’s …
- … letter from William Bennett, 29 April 1864 , n. 4. Gray sent specimens of Campanula perfoliata ( Specularia perfoliata ) in 1863; …
- … 1863 , p. 325). CD’s attention had been drawn to the article by Daniel Oliver , who subsequently published a review of it (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
- … 1863] ). CD was interested in this North American species, now known as Triodanis perfoliata , because it bears cleistogamic flowers (see Forms of flowers , p. 330). CD refers to the dimorphic species Pulmonaria angustifolia , which he thought might represent a transition from heterostyly to what he later called ‘gyno-dioecism’, in which species include both hermaphrodite and female individuals on different plants (see letter …
To J. D. Hooker 26[–7] March [1864]
Summary
John Scott has left Edinburgh Botanic Garden.
Asks JDH to ask Tyndall whether Frankland exaggerates the effect of snowfall on advance of European glaciers.
Huxley and Falconer squabble too much in public.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 26[–7] Mar [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 225 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4436 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Hooker, 5 [December 1863] , and letter from Emma Darwin to J. …
- … D. Hooker, [7 December 1863] , and this volume, letter to Alfred Newton, 29 March [1864] …
- … Reader , pp. 332–4. In his letter of 21 September 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Edward …
- … also Origin , pp. 362–3). With his letter of 31 October 1863 , Newton sent CD a copy of …
- … and planted the seeds on 13 November 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Edward Blyth, 27 March 1863 and n. 2). A note of …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letters from Alfred Newton , 21 March 1863 and n. 5, and 31 …
- … letter is in the hand of Emma Darwin ; only the paragraph headed ‘ Sunday morning —’ was written by CD; it is in pencil. In November 1863, …
- … letter from Edward Blyth, 13 January 1866 ( Calendar no. 4975)). Richard Owen delivered the lecture ‘Instances of the power of God as manifested in his animal creation’ in November 1863 …
- … letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1864] . No written comment by Hooker to CD has been found. James Veitch (1815–69) owned a nursery in Chelsea, London, and had been in partnership with his father, James Veitch (1792–1863), …
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 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 26 May [1863] , and letter from J. D. Hooker, [23–7 May 1863] ). …
- … letter from John Scott, 22 May 1863 , and this volume, letter from John Scott, 28 March …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , 22 May 1863 and …
- … Office Edinburgh directory 1863–4, R. Desmond 1994 ). The letter to Scott has not been …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [May 1864] . Scott had been offered a position in India in May 1863 ( …
To Daniel Oliver 18 March [1864]
Summary
Thanks for information on Tecoma.
Cannot believe DO’s statement about Catasetum; is sure C. tridentatum sets seeds in its native country.
CD erred on Acropera, but how is it naturally fertilised?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 18 Mar [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 59 (EH 88206042) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4430 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … vol. 11, letter from Edward Bradford, 31 July 1863 , and letter from H. F. …
- … he had inquired about in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] and n. 6, and the …
- … 23 [June 1863] ); Oliver probably discussed it in a missing portion of the letter from …
- … 1863 has been found. CD later borrowed the book from Joseph Dalton Hooker (see letter to …
- … See letter from Daniel Oliver, [17 March 1864] and n. 2. CD refers to Beer 1863 , which …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. Gosse, 2 June [1863] ). However, he eventually …
- … 1863 , and ‘Fertilization of orchids’ , p. 154 ( Collected papers 2: 151)); however, see also letter …
- … and letter to Daniel Oliver, 17 February [1864] ). See also CD’s notes on Beer 1863 in …
- … 1863 , p. 22: ‘during three years he [Beer] tried in vain to fertilise Catasetum, but on one occasion, by placing only the viscid disc of a pollinium within the stigma, a ripe fruit was produced’. CD then added: ‘but it may be asked, Did the seeds contain embryos? ’. He believed that C. tridentatum (a synonym of C. macrocarpum , the jumping orchid) was the male form of an orchid that also had female and hermaphrodite forms (see letter …
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: 7 hits
- … 26 May [1863] , and letter from J. D. Hooker, [23–7 May 1863] ). …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , 22 May 1863 and …
- … working relationship with McNab, see ibid. , letters from John Scott , 22 May 1863 and [ …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 , Transactions of the …
- … letter to Scott from McNab has not been found. Scott had been offered a position in a Cinchona plantation in Darjeeling, India, in May 1863 ( …
- … 1863] . Joseph Dalton Hooker had suggested that Scott seek employment in India. See letter …
- … 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). Scott’s publications in these journals included Scott 1862a –d, Scott 1863a and b, and Scott 1864c . Balfour was one of the vice-presidents of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh ( Medical directory 1863), …
From Frederick Ransome 7 March 1864
Summary
Acknowledges cancelled bond and thanks CD for declining to accept interest. Suggests 4 Mar 1865 as date for payment of the bill CD holds.
| Author: | Frederick Ransome |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 24–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4421 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … company (see Correspondence vol. 11, CD memorandum, 14 February 1863, letter to D. T. …
- … Although no letters between Ransome and CD have been found from 1863, CD did correspond …
- … Ansted, 15 April 1863 and n. 3, and letter from D. T. …
- … Ansted, 23 April 1863 ). Ransome asked CD in his letter of 6 March 1865 ( Correspondence …
- … letter to J. S. Henslow, 8 March [1853] ). The company, founded in 1848, had a troubled history, having to be reorganised and relaunched several times. In 1863, …
From Ernst Haeckel 2 January 1864
Summary
Returns letter mailed by mistake [see 4361].
Hopes CD will accept gift of his Radiolarien [Die Radiolarien, 2 vols. (1862)].
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4377 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … the end of December 1863, CD mistakenly sent Haeckel a letter intended for Hugh Falconer , …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Ernst Haeckel, 30 December [1863] – 3 January [1864] ). …
- … 11, letter to Ernst Haeckel, 30 December [1863] – 3 January [1864] , and letter from Hugh …
- … Falconer, 31 December [1863] ). The letter intended for Falconer that Haeckel returned has …
- … not been found. In his letter to Haeckel of 30 December [1863] – 3 January [1864] ( …
From Alfred Newton 2 April 1864
Summary
Marvels that seeds from the lump of clay on the partridge’s foot have germinated. At Zoological Society [J. E.?] Gray ridiculed him. Now Frank Buckland would like to see the specimen.
| Author: | Alfred Newton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4446 |
To Andrew Murray 2 November [1864]
Summary
Wishes AM success in undertaking his work on geographical distribution [The geographical distribution of mammals (1866)]. CD has no suggestions to make as he has not recently attended to the subject.
He is still weak after his long illness and supposes he will ever remain so.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Andrew Dickson (Andrew) Murray |
| Date: | 2 Nov [1864] |
| Classmark: | R. D. Pyrah (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4649 |
From A. R. Wallace 2 January 1864
Summary
Remarks on ARW’s review of Samuel Haughton’s paper on bees’ cells
and Origin.
Agassiz’s strength as geologist and weakness in natural history theory.
Work problems.
His butterfly collection.
Problems with book on Malay journey.
Recommends Herbert Spencer and his Social statics.
Spencer’s "masterly" nebular hypothesis.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B8–11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4378 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … vol. 11, letter to Hermann Crüger, 25 January [1863] , and letter from Isaac Anderson- …
- … praised Wallace 1863a in his letter to CD of 23 November 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). …
- … October 1863 issue of the Annals and Magazine of Natural History (see also letter to A. …
- … vol. 11, letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] ). CD’s experimental notes on …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 [June 1863] , in which CD mentioned …
- … 1863, but CD did not discuss them in his correspondence until 1864 (see, for example, letter …
- … See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from H. W. Bates, 2 May [1863] . Richard Spruce and …
- … 1863 ). CD believed that the Melastomataceae exhibited a novel form of dimorphism, and began experiments on the family in 1861 (see Correspondence vol. 9, letter …
- … 1863 ( Spencer 1864–7 , 1: Preface) as a continuation of the instalments of Herbert Spencer’s First principles ( Spencer 1860–2 ); these constituted the first and second volumes of his projected five-part series entitled ‘A system of philosophy’ (see Spencer 1904 , 2: 479–84). Wallace’s name does not appear on the first list of subscribers issued in 1860, though CD’s does ( Spencer 1904 , 2: 484). See also Correspondence vol. 8, letter …
From Horace Benge Dobell 15 July 1864
Summary
Suggests man’s original mode of walking and running is similar to that of quadrupeds.
He also suggests CD answer critics who say no new species has ever been unequivocally traced to its origins, by pointing out that there is no unequivocal account of the origin of surnames.
| Author: | Horace Benge Dobell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 July 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 190 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4568 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … to H. B. Dobell, 21 April [1863] , and letter from H. B. Dobell, 12 May 1863 ). …
- … 7, 169–70, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to H. B. Dobell, 16 February [1863] ). CD …
- … 1863 on issues related to CD’s work on Variation (see Correspondence vol. 11). Dobell, who studied respiratory diseases, was also engaged in the compilation of genealogical tables as part of his research on the hereditary transmission of diseases and deformities (see Dobell 1862 and 1866, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
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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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
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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Thomas Rivers
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Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
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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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'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
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Science, Work and Manliness
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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …
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Darwin as mentor
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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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Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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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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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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Darwin's health
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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
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Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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Referencing women’s work
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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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Inheritance
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It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…
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Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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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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Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
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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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