To Volney Rattan 3 November 1880
Summary
Thanks for seeds of Megarrhiza and for information in letter to Asa Gray.
Will send copy of Movement in plants in which Megarrhiza is discussed [see pp. 81–2].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Volney Rattan |
| Date: | 3 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12792 |
From Asa Gray [1 April 1880]
Summary
Germination and root of Ipomoea.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Apr 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.6: 203 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12556 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … 2 inches beneath the surface ( letter to Asa Gray, 19 January 1880 ). CD had hypothesised …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Asa Gray, 20 March [1880] . …
- … Asa Gray, 20 March [1880] . CD’s own seeds of Ipomoea leptophylla (bush morning-glory) had not germinated ( letter …
To Asa Gray 24 March [1880]
Summary
Thanks for Megarrhiza seeds and information. Has been greatly interested by Megarrhiza germination.
Samuel Butler has attacked CD over Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 24 Mar [1880] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (130) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12545 |
From Asa Gray 3 February 1880
Summary
Germination of Megarrhiza. AG’s observations at variance with CD’s.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.6: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12455 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … See letter to Asa Gray, 19 January 1880 ; see also letter to Asa Gray, 20 January 1880 . …
- … was an annual or perennial ( letter to Asa Gray, 19 January 1880 ). The rutabaga or …
- … of seeds failed to germinate ( letter to Asa Gray, 17 February 1880 ). For the species of …
- … Yours | Asa Gray 2.1 If your … the seed. 2.2] scored red crayon Top of letter : ‘In my …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 24 October 1879 ); he received some in December ( ibid. , letter to J. …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 27 January [1880]
Summary
Asa Gray wants seeds of a variety of cotton known as vine cotton.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 27 Jan [1880] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 203–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12440 |
To Asa Gray 20 January [1880]
Summary
Germination of Delphinium and Megarrhiza.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 20 Jan [1880] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (127) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12436 |
From Asa Gray 29 July [1880]
Summary
Information about Ipomœa jalapa.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 July [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 186: 53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12674F |
To Asa Gray 17 February 1880
Summary
Seed germination.
Strange that his plants [of Megarrhiza] behaved differently from AG’s [see 12455].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (128) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12489 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … See letter from Asa Gray, 3 February 1880 and n. 1. CD’s description in his letter to Gray …
- … Asa Gray, 3 February 1880 and n. 2). CD had described his observations on the intermission of growth in the true radicle and argued that the tubular fused petioles acted functionally like a root ( letter …
- … Asa Gray, 19 January 1880 ). CD presumably meant that when he removed the petioles from the ground they could not support the weight of the cotyledons (seed leaves). Gray had sent seeds of Megarrhiza in December 1879 (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 15 April 1880
Summary
Wants Ipomoea seeds for observing germination.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 15 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 205–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12576 |
From J. D. Hooker 24 September 1880
Summary
Can Alphonse de Candolle see CD?
Asa Gray at Kew; will meet JDH in Italy in December.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Sept 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 140–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12724 |
To Asa Gray 19 January 1880
Summary
Describes the germination and early growth of Megarrhiza about which AG has been misinformed. The tubular petioles act functionally like a root.
Ipomoea did not germinate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 19 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (126) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12433 |
From Asa Gray 12 January 1880
Summary
Sends some cotton seeds for CD.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12416 |
From Asa Gray 3 July 1880
Summary
Confirmation of CD’s idea: AG planted seeds Ipomœa pandurata. One seed has come up and its germination is same as of I. leptophylla.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 186: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12646F |
To Asa Gray 19 April 1880
Summary
Thanks for the letter from Volney Rattan [see 12553].
Discusses protective adaptation of seedlings from frost.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 19 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12582 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … from Asa Gray, [1 April 1880] . CD requested seeds of Ipomoea pandurata in his letter to …
- … from Asa Gray, 3 February 1880 and n. 2). In his letter to Gray, Rattan had included …
- … Asa Gray, 19 January 1880 ). Rattan had observed that an unburied portion of one sprout was blackened by frost, but the buried part was fresh, leading him to conclude that the plumule would have survived (see letter …
- … Asa Gray, 4 April 1880 , enclosure). CD mentioned Rattan’s observation on the mode of germination in Movement in plants , pp. 82–3. Gray had initially doubted CD’s description of the movement of the petioles to penetrate the ground in the germination of Megarrhiza californica (see letter …
From Asa Gray 4 April 1880
Summary
Encloses a letter from Volney Rattan of California.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.6: 204–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12562 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Menzies’ pepperweed. CD’s annotation is a note for his reply to Gray (see letter to Asa …
- … Gray’s description of the germination of Megarrhiza californica (a synonym of Marah fabacea , California manroot; see letter to Asa …
- … Gray, 19 April 1880 ). Ipomoea pandurata is man-of-the-earth or wild potato vine (see letter from Asa …
- … p. 118). Gray had been unsure about the identity of seeds sent to CD (see letter from Asa …
- … Gray, 11 March 1880 ). Brodiaea is the genus of cluster-lilies; Pellaea is the genus of cliff-brake, a type of fern. Rattan’s description of germination agrees with that of CD (see letter to Asa …
From Asa Gray 11 March 1880
Summary
Sends seeds of Megarrhiza and gives details of species.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.6: 202 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12532 |
To Asa Gray 20 March [1880]
Summary
Asks AG to confirm whether Ipomoea leptophylla "makes a great tuber as big as a mangel-wurzel".
Petioles of Cotyledons behave partly like those of Megarrhiza.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 20 Mar [1880] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (Walter Deane Autograph Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12541 |
From J. D. Hooker 4 December 1880
Summary
Wants to propose Frank for F.R.S. now, with election in 1882.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Dec 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 148–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12887 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Bibliography Gray, Jane Loring, ed. 1893. Letters of Asa Gray. 2 vols. London: Macmillan …
- … letters on the topic by Gardner, Haughton, and others appeared in Nature up to 24 February 1881. Araucaria cunninghamii (Moreton Bay pine) is a tree species native to parts of New Guinea and Australia (Queensland). Asa and Jane Loring Gray …
To S. H. Haliburton 13 December 1880
Summary
CD and Emma enjoyed SH’s visit to Queen Anne Street and would like her to come to Down. When he next comes to London, he hopes to call on Fanny Biddulph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen; Sarah Harriet Williams; Sarah Harriet Haliburton |
| Date: | 13 Dec 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12908 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Bibliography Gray, Jane Loring, ed. 1893. Letters of Asa Gray. 2 vols. London: Macmillan …
- … Asa Gray , who was working at Kew between December 1880 and March 1881 ( J. L. Gray ed. 1893 , 2: 713–14). For more on CD’s health and periods of illness, see Correspondence vol. 13, Appendix IV. The Darwins were staying at Leith Hill Place, Surrey, the home of CD’s sister, Caroline Sarah Wedgwood . Caroline had been ill since October (see letter …
From Asa Gray 30 September 18[80]
Summary
Leaves Kew the next day for three or four months of travel.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Sept 18[80] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 166 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6400 |
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| Candolle, Alphonse de | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
| Gray, Asa | (6) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (2) |
| Abbot, F. E. | (1) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (25) |
| Gray, Asa | (14) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (2) |
| Abbot, F. E. | (1) |
Darwin in Conversation exhibition
Summary
Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…
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- … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …
