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Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours

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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…

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  • … , Darwins research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and
  • from a family that the Darwins had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. …
  • … & stigmas’, Darwin remarked to Joseph Dalton Hooker on 25 January . He had been troubling
  • He requested a large number of plants from Hooker on 25 May , adding, ‘I often wish that I could
  • of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The leaves were not at all depressed; …
  • warned Thiselton-Dyer, who seems to have shared Hookers suspicion of ambitious gardeners ( letter
  • a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). Research on movement would continue
  • to the Royal Society of London by Darwin, who confessed to Hooker on 25 January , ‘I know that it
  • stimulate his zeal & make him think better of his work’. Hooker replied on 2 March , ‘I
  • of some Infusoria’ ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 ). Franciss paper eventually appeared
  • wrote to the editor, George Croom Robertson, on 27 April 1877 , ‘I hope that you will be so good
  • had written to the editor Ernst Ludwig Krause on 30 June 1877 , ‘I have been much interested by
  • the German debate (letters to W. E. Gladstone, 2 October 1877 and 25 October [1877] ). …
  • and lively’ ( letter from W. E. Gladstone, 23 October 1877 ). Gifts of German and Dutch
  • Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the journalan
  • the director, Adriaan Anthoni van Bemmelen, on 12 February 1877 : ‘I suppose that every worker at
  • of his 70th year. Darwin was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877. Distinguished guests and
  • … & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker was asked repeatedly by
  • himself you & me to dejeuner!!!’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 June 1877 ). Darwin was
  • centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham then gave a lengthy
  • man and of societies’ ( letter from Marcellin de Bonnal, [1877] ). A similar complaint came from
  • by a duke!’ ( letter to J. M. Rodwell, 3 June 1877 ). Back home, he learned from his brother that
  • … (1915), 2: 230), and he later described the event to Hyacinth Hooker on 18 November 1877 : ‘There