From J. D. Hooker 2 July 1878
Summary
JDH details the subscription fund’s finances.
Has finished lecture for Royal Society on N. American plant distribution.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 July 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 111–12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11583 |
From Francis Darwin 24 and 25 July 1878
Summary
Notes Julius Sachs’s opinion on the heliotropism of moulds: he can see no use in the response.
C. E. Stahl is working on swarm spores which can be made both helio- and apheliotropic.
Sachs has told him that some ferns sleep, and he suspects that some grasses may move.
Sachs also feels they may be working at bloom from a wrong point of view and suggests leaves may need to keep dry in order to keep their stomata open.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 and 25 July 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 60, DAR 209.6: 198 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11628 |
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- … 1865 , p. 29). He argued that CD’s theory could only account for development in functional features whereas his own theory explained changes in what he termed purely morphological characteristics, that is, features with no functional advantage. For more on Nägeli’s theory, see Correspondence vol. 16, letter to J. D. Hooker, …
To Francis Darwin 2 July [1878]
Summary
Suggests FD call on Carl Semper.
Inquires about Porlieria: Do the leaves shut to check evaporation? Does it appear silver under water?
Explains how he thinks the pulvinus acts; wishes FD would investigate the point.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 2 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11586 |
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- … 1865; he contributed two volumes of a ten-volume work on the fauna of the Philippine archipelago (Semper et al . 1868–1916, vols. 1 and 3). Francis Maitland Balfour was lecturer on animal morphology at Cambridge University . CD had asked Joseph Dalton Hooker whether he could borrow a plant of Porlieria hygrometrica from Kew ( letter to J. D. …
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
