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Cross and self fertilisation
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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…
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- … of plants.’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 18 January 1877 ). Hermann Müller enthused that Darwin’s …
- … work’ ( From Hermann Müller, 6 December 1876 ). Alphonse de Candolle noted the importance of …
- … perseverance over such a long series of experiments ( From Alphonse de Candolle 16 December 1876 …
- … my book’ ( To Gardeners’ Chronicle , 19 February [1877] ). In contrast, as Hooker told Darwin, …
- … gloats over it' ( From J. D. Hooker, 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was especially pleased with …
- … have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March 1877, the edition was …
- … index a little altered’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). These changes were necessitated by …
- … wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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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…
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- … mammoth and cave bear ( see letter from Jacques Boucher de Perthes, 23 June 1863 ). Although …
- … ( Origin , p. 484). Owen preferred Jean Baptiste de Lamarck’s explanation of the origin of life: …
- … Appendix III), and of the Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel ( see letter from La Société …
- … ), but he was happy that the respected Swiss botanist Alphonse de Candolle sent information on the …
- … in France. Candolle had sent his monograph on oaks (A. de Candolle 1862b), which included a …
- … what Darwin called ‘prudent reservations’ ( letters to Alphonse de Candolle, 14 January [1863] …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … ‘Very curious results’ In May 1877, Darwin asked one of his most trusted …
- … of movement ( letter from R. I. Lynch, [before 28 July 1877] ). ‘ I do not believe I sh d . …
- … close friends, Darwin was more circumspect; he told Gaston de Saporta, ‘ I am at present working …
- … when there were conflicts. After reading a paper by Hugo de Vries in which the author remarked that …
- … could have been so much at odds ( letter to Hugo de Vries 13 February 1879 ). He was reassured by …
- … also mentioned he wanted to visit the laboratory of Anton de Bary in Strasbourg on his way home. …
- … in the Lake District, Darwin received a long letter from De Vries detailing his latest research on …
- … & refer to your evidence before the Spring ’. Luckily, De Vries published two papers in 1879 …
- … those of Gray, who had written an article on the subject in 1877 (A. Gray 1877e). Gray had reported …
- … in Southampton. Just before he left, he received a copy of Alphonse de Candolle’s Phytographie …
Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores
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In Autumn of 1875, Francis Darwin was busy researching aggregation in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured particles within either protoplasm or the fluid in the cell vacuole (the cell sap) cluster…
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- … and proofreading Darwin’s second edition of Orchids (1877). By January of the following …
- … ( Dipsacus sylvestris )’ at the Royal Society on 1 March 1877 (F. Darwin 1877a). His address was …
- … and a plate of sixteen figures, was published in July 1877 in the Quarterly Journal of …
- … network of correspondence; most notably F.J. Cohn, Alphonse de Candolle, and Asa Gray. Cohn was …
- … the journal by the end of the month ( Nature , 23 August 1877, p. 339). Although, as Darwin …
- … to his father’s beloved Drosera rotundifolia in June 1877, finding sundews that had been ‘fed’ …
- … Grant. References Darwin, C. 1877. The Contractile Filaments of the …
- … teasel ( Dipsacus sylvestris ). (Abstract.) [Read 1 March 1877.] Proceedings of the Royal …
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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- … C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 3 JULY 1860 98 A GRAY TO ALPHONSE DE CANDOLLE, 16 FEB 1863 …
- … TO A GRAY, 17 FEBRUARY 1861 113 A GRAY TO DE CANDOLLE, 26 APRIL 1861 114 A …
- … TO A GRAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 1861 118 A GRAY TO DE CANDOLLE, 26 APRIL 1861 119 …
- … TO C DARWIN, 29 DECEMBER 1861 123 A GRAY TO DE CANDOLLE, 16 DEC 1861 124 A …
- … 1868 or 1869 190 C DARWIN TO A GRAY 8 MARCH 1877 191 A GRAY TO RW CHURCH, …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
