From Amy Ruck to Francis Darwin? 6 July 1874
Summary
Information about insects on Pinguicula leaves.
| Author: | Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 6 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 59.1: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9534G |
From Amy Ruck 15 March [1872]
Summary
Has failed to discover the signs of earthworm activity that CD described.
| Author: | Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Mar [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8243 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Ruck, Amy Darwin, Amy Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 176: 223 Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck/Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin Machynlleth 15 Mar [1872] …
- … From Amy Ruck 15 March [1872] …
- … between this letter and the letter to Amy Ruck, 24 February [1872] . CD had asked for a …
- … formed by the washing down of worm-castings (see letter to Amy Ruck, 24 February [1872] ). …
- … for your letter I am | Your’s sincerely | Amy Ruck Top of letter : ‘(Worms)’ blue crayon …
From Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin [20 January 1872]
Summary
Describes the occurrence of earthworms and the signs of earthworm activity in the neighbourhood.
| Author: | Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Jan 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 221 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8168 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Ruck, Amy Darwin, Amy Darwin, Horace …
- … DAR 176: 221 Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck/Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin Machynlleth [20 Jan 1872] …
- … From Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin [20 January 1872] …
- … by CD’s annotation. Arthur Ashley Ruck , Amy’s brother. CD reported these findings in …
- … Hill near Newington in Kent. Richard Matthews Ruck (Amy’s brother), and Leonard Darwin . …
From Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin [1 February 1872]
Summary
Observations on earthworm activity in old furrows on a hillside.
| Author: | Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 222 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8193 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Ruck, Amy Darwin, Amy Darwin, Horace …
- … DAR 176: 222 Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck/Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin unstated [1 Feb 1872] …
- … From Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin [1 February 1872] …
- … 1 4 1 1 2 in deep. Top of letter : ‘Feb 1. 1872 (2 d note)’ Bottom of letter : ‘Amy Ruck’ …
- … turning over soil (see also letter from Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin, [20 January 1872] ). CD …
To Amy Ruck [1 November 1872]
Summary
Sends a copy of Expression and his autograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Nov 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8590 |
To Amy Ruck 24 February [1872]
Summary
Wants AR to make any observations she can on the occurrence of little ledges on the side of steep, turf-covered slopes. Feels they may result from the washing down of worm-castings.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8224 |
From Francis and Amy Darwin 8 August [1874]
Summary
Describe the Pinguicula species found at Mürren. Have found seeds on some. Their large roots seem to indicate that they do not get much animal food.
| Author: | Francis Darwin; Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Aug [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 139–40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9595 |
To W. E. Darwin 23 January [1872]
Summary
Discusses earthworm activity observed in old ploughed fields.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 34) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8174 |
From Francis Darwin 14 August [1873]
Summary
Has found Lathyrus maritima on the cliffs near Barmouth.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Aug [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9009F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin (letter from Francis Darwin and Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin , [23 April 1873] (DAR …
- … Correspondence vol. 20, letters from Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin , [20 January 1872] and [ …
- … p. 104). Francis also refers to Mary Anne and Amy Ruck . It is now common to describe the …
- … Dear Father M rs Ruck knew where the Lathyrus maritima grew so Amy & I railed off there; …
From Francis Darwin [25 August 1873]
Summary
Regrets that "our brush theory" is wrong.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Aug 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 77: 142–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9016 |
To G. H. Darwin 3 May [1872]
Summary
Thanks GHD for extracts, but says the subject of music is beyond him.
Suggests that GHD deliberate over one or two sentences of his paper on dress ["Developments in dress", Macmillan’s Mag. 22 (1872): 410–16].
Refers to prospective marriage of Amy [Ruck and CD’s son Francis].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 3 May [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8308 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 22 (1872): 410–16]. Refers to prospective marriage of Amy [Ruck and CD’s son Francis]. …
- … According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Amy Ruck was at Down from 25 April to 4 May …
- … Amy’s eyes are as bright as they can be, & her cheeks rosy. — We had a perfectly charming & most cordial letter from M rs . Ruck …
- … Ruck had spent time in the Moorcroft lunatic asylum, Middlesex; among the evidences offered of his insanity were that he had accused his wife of being a prostitute, and claimed that he himself was haunted by a maidservant who had, according to him, borne him two children (see The Times , 25 August 1858, pp. 5–6, 26 August 1858, p. 7). He was found to be sane by the commissioners of lunacy and successfully sued the proprietor of the asylum for illegally and unnecessarily confining him ( British Medical Journal , 2 July 1859, pp. 534–5). Amy …
To Francis Darwin 20 September [1876]
Summary
Suggests German works worth translating.
Is glad FD is keeping busy; he has worked excellently on proof-sheets [of Orchids (1877)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10611 |
To W. M. Hacon 16 April [1874]
Summary
CD’s son Francis is to be married, so CD is seeking advice as to how much he should arrange as a marriage-settlement.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Mackmurdo Hacon |
| Date: | 16 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C50–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9415 |
From L. C. Wedgwood [15 June 1872?]
Summary
Worm-casts on a ridged hill.
| Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15 June 1872?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7345 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 27 [June 1874]
Summary
Thanks for letter on Erica tetralix.
Identification of leaves digested by Pinguicula.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 27 [June 1874] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9566 |
To Francis Darwin 18 [August 1873]
Summary
Pollination and floral structure of Lathyrus. Asks where bees bite through the flowers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 18 [Aug 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 9; DAR 271.4: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9015 |
To Francis Darwin 15 August [1873]
Summary
Observations on bees’ biting holes in Lathyrus.
Suggests an experiment FD could carry out with Drosera.
CD is working on Mimosa, and "everything has turned out as perversely as possible".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Aug [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9014 |
To Francis Darwin [before 15 April 1873]
Summary
Sends to Pantlludw [North Wales] bottle of formic acid. FD and Amy [Darwin] can search for spawn. If found, keep in two basins and add 6 drops of acid to one and look for differences.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [before 15 Apr 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8848A |
To Francis Darwin [after 23 July 1874]
Summary
Asks for a specimen of Pinguicula.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [after 23 July 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13796 |
From W. M. Hacon 13 October 1879
Summary
How to bargain on Horace Darwin’s marriage-settlement: Francis received £5000; Horace could receive more as an inducement for the Farrers to increase Ida’s dowry.
| Author: | William Mackmurdo Hacon |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12256 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (18) |
| Darwin, Francis | (9) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (5) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (3) |
| Darwin, Amy | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (43) |
| Darwin, Francis | (18) |
| Darwin, Amy | (7) |
| Ruck, Amy | (7) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (5) |
