To William Ogle 16 December [1878]
Summary
Thanks WO for advice and assistance for his son, Horace.
Has read Kerner’s book [see 11666]; finds the translation "as clear as daylight" but fears it is too good for the English public who like "very washy food".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Ogle |
| Date: | 16 Dec [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 203 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11797 |
From W. C. Marshall 25 September [1878]
Summary
Observations on insectivorous plants.
| Author: | William Cecil (Bill) Marshall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: B1–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10173 |
To E. A. Darwin 12 December 1878
Summary
Informs EAD of Anthony Rich’s proposal to bequeath his property to CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11789 |
To Francis Darwin 14 July [1878]
Summary
Asks for list of families of sleeping plants. Believes sleep is merely modified circumnutation at a particular time of day.
Porlieria has had no water for some time but shows no sign of flagging.
Describes the response of Thalia flowers to touch.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 14 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 35, 36, 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11608 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Horace Darwin had been so enthusiastic about the typewriter when it was first purchased that he considered getting one for himself ( letter …
- … Horace Darwin’s suggestion was in response to Francis’s observation that an unwatered Porlieria hygrometrica planted in the ground in Würzburg slept much of the time in contrast to a well-watered potted plant kept indoors (see n. 3, above). See letter …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 23 June [1878]
Summary
Thanks for seeds and plants.
News of Francis and Horace Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 23 June [1878] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 131–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11563 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Horace Darwin’s experiments (D. S. Galton 1878 –9, pp. 467 and 486). CD had promised seeds of Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco) in his letter …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 August 1875 . The first part of Galton’s ‘On the effect of brakes upon railway trains’, published in June 1878, contained the sentence: ‘The author was assisted in making the experiments, and in their reduction, by Mr. Horace Darwin ’, …
From Francis Darwin [12 September 1878]
Summary
He has been working hard at Kew for two days.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [12 Sept 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11690F |
To John Power 3 December 1878
Summary
Petition Cambridge University that candidates for an Honour degree may be relieved from the obligation of passing an examination in Greek.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Power |
| Date: | 3 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Reporter, 7 December 1878, pp. 206–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11768G |
To Anthony Rich 9 December 1878
Summary
Is deeply gratified by AR’s proposed generosity.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anthony Rich |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.12: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11781 |
From Francis Darwin [after 28 February 1878]
Summary
He is getting some of the Heracleum seed sowed and the Cycas planted. Does CD want anything done with the potatoes sent by James Torbitt?
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 28 Feb 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11754G |
From G. H. Darwin 7 November 1878
Summary
Encloses William Thomson’s report on GHD’s paper. Some of it was written in Rayleigh’s hand.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Nov 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 71, The Royal Society (RR/8/91) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11738 |
From W. M. Hacon 20 December 1878
Summary
Revision of CD’s will to reflect Anthony Rich’s gift and to increase daughters’ inheritance.
| Author: | William Mackmurdo Hacon |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11800 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter to Rich of 12 December 1878 , CD mentioned that he expected to leave his will unaltered, that is, with property equally divided among his sons after a share had been paid to his two daughters. CD evidently contemplated how he might increase the share for his daughters, Henrietta Emma Litchfield and Elizabeth Darwin . CD’s sons were William Erasmus, George Howard, Francis, Leonard, and Horace …
From Francis Darwin [before 17 July 1878]
Summary
More sleepers from green-house.
Julius Sachs’s view of climbing plants: he distinguishes between nutation to find a support and growth after support is found.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 17 July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.1: 155; DAR 274.1: 50, 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11613 |
From Anthony Rich 25 December 1878
Summary
Regrets that illness prevents his travelling to visit CD but would be pleased to see CD or his sons at Worthing.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.12: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11805 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter to Anthony Rich, 12 December 1878 . CD had invited Rich to visit when the weather was better. The winter of 1878–9 was one of the coldest on record for England ( Manley 1974 , p. 396). Henry Thompson was a specialist in diseases of the urinary system ( ODNB ). Tellus : land, country; domus et placens uxor : home and pleasing wife (Latin; a reference to Horace, Odes 2.14). En garçon : like a bachelor (French; the meaning is ‘unaccompanied by a lady’). George Howard Darwin …
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Hacon, W. M. | (1) |
| Marshall, W. C. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Ogle, William | (1) |
| Power, John | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
| Rich, Anthony | (2) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
