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Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
Matches: 6 hits
- … add new researches on this subject. ( To J. V. Carus 7 February 1875 ). In fact, Darwin had …
- … will always be men who dispute and differ’ Thomas Meehan had been a vocal opponent of …
- … insects any material aid to plants in fertilization?’ (Meehan 1875) prompted Darwin to inform him …
- … it is a great advantage to plants to intercross’ ( To Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 ). Hermann …
- … first grandchild, a son born to Amy and Francis Darwin on 7 September, suddenly turned to tragedy …
- … interest’ and hoped it would silence writers like Meehan, Pedecino, and Comes ( From Hermann Müller …
List of correspondents
Summary
Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
Matches: 29 hits
- … William (2) Aitken, Thomas (1) …
- … Allen, John (1) Allen, Thomas (2) …
- … (1) Asher, G. M. (7) Ashley, Miss (1 …
- … (4) Aubertin, J. J. (7) Aussant-Carà, Paul …
- … (1) Aveling, E. B. (7) Axon, W. E. A. …
- … (16) Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John …
- … (36) Baxter, William (7) Baynes, H. M. …
- … Bell, Robert (b) (2) Bell, Thomas (2) …
- … Birch, Samuel (5) Birkett, Thomas (1) …
- … (1) Blair, R. A. (7) Blair, R. H. (4 …
- … Blow, T. B. (1) Blunt, Thomas (2) …
- … (3) Boott, Francis (7) Boott, Mary …
- … Brace, C. L. (5) Bradfield, Thomas (2) …
- … Brewer, T. M. (1) Bridges, Thomas (b) (2) …
- … British Museum (1) Brittain, Thomas (2) …
- … Burgers, T. F. (2) Burgess, Thomas (3) …
- … Anthony (2) Carlyle, Thomas (1) …
- … (1) Chambers, Robert (7) Chance, Frank …
- … Church, G. (1) Churton, Thomas (1) …
- … (3) Clarke, R. T. (7) Clarke, T. W. …
- … Colvile, J. W. (1) Comber, Thomas (1) …
- … (6) Darwin, V. H. (7) Darwin, Violetta …
- … Auguste (2) Davidson, Thomas (6) …
- … (1) Dowie, Annie (7) Down Friendly Society …
- … (2) Farr, William (7) Farrar, F. W. …
- … (28) Fitzgerald, R. D. (7) Fitzmaurice, Edmond …
- … (2) Forel, Auguste (7) Forster, L. M. …
- … (3) Gordon, George (b) (7) Goschen, G. J. …
- … Medveczky, Frigyes (1) Meehan, Thomas (12) …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
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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- … in the shape of an arch ( Movement in plants , pp. 96–7). As usual, staff at the Royal Botanical …
- … my work, I scribble to you ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] ). Two weeks later he wrote: …
- … Francis reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ): ‘The oats have only just …
- … the bedded out one’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Sachs’s confidence was …
- … are here & all adoring Bernard’, he wrote to Francis on 7 July . ‘Bernard is very sweet & …
- … to refuse,’ he wrote to William Spottiswoode on 7 July . Pinker later made a statue of Darwin for …
- … on 21 and 22 January of recent criticism by the botanist Thomas Meehan, implying that he had …
- … to publish it. While he was in London, Darwin consulted Thomas Farrer at the Board of Trade, who …
- … generations’ ( enclosure to letter to T. H. Farrer, 7 March 1878 ). In the end, the attempt to …
- … get hundreds to feed people with potatoes’ ( letter from Thomas Farrer, 29 March 1878 ). Farrer …
- … from a person unknown to him. The benefactor wrote on 7 December : ‘I consider that you, more …
- … sister. Several months before the offer, Rich had consulted Thomas Henry Huxley about the prospect …
