From E. J. A. Bristow to H. E. Litchfield 11 March 1878
Summary
Reports on the standing of James Torbitt: "the opinion of the Public is that he is rich and highly respectable".
| Author: | Edward Jones Agnew Bristow |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 304 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11414 |
From J. D. Hooker 2 March 1878
Summary
Supports Torbitt. Keenly aware of danger of growing crops from a single variety. Torbitt’s paper to Belfast BAAS meeting ["On the potato-disease", Rep. BAAS 44 (1874): 134] was sat upon.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 103–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11391 |
To Asa Gray 17 February [1878]
Summary
Heterostyly in Linum perenne. Believes the American form may be a distinct species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 17 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (129) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11364 |
To Francis Darwin 30 July [1878]
Summary
Comments on function of bloom.
Describes the effect of water shortage on sleep movements in Porlieria.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 30 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11635 |
Document type
| letter | (44) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (28) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (6) |
| Torbitt, James | (5) |
| Caird, James | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (13) |
| Torbitt, James | (7) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (42) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (19) |
| Torbitt, James | (12) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
| Caird, James | (2) |
