To Asa Gray 2 January [1863]
Summary
Thanks AG for Cypripedium and Mitchella.
Plans to investigate pollination of Cypripedium.
Has finished Linum paper [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Would welcome facts on "bud-variations".
Hears that Cinchona is dimorphic.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 2 Jan [1863] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (56) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3897 |
Matches: 21 hits
- … late December 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [21 December …
- … very uncomf—’. See Correspondence vol. 10, letters from Asa Gray , 24 November 1862 and …
- … steamer Africa (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 9 December 1862 , and …
- … the previous year (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] ). …
- … pp. 274–5. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 17 November 1862 , letter …
- … December 1861] , and Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1862] ). His …
- … Rubiaceae (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to G. H. K. Thwaites, 15 June [1862] …
- … stamps for Leonard’s collection (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to …
- … been cultivated (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to Asa Gray , 23 November [1862] and …
- … and n. 4, and Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 August 1862 ). He …
- … D. Hooker 1862d ). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [21 December …
- … Francis Boott (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 24 November 1862 ). …
- … at Down House (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1862] ). …
- … Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] , and letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July 1862 ). …
- … letters from Asa Gray , 24 November 1862 and 9 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). …
- … the plant with his letter of 15 July [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). CD’s experimental …
- … Gray’s letter of 24 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10) had been sent using a ‘ …
- … section of his letter of 29 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), which CD received …
- … letter to Journal of Horticulture , [before 25 November 1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), …
- … IV). Letter from J. D. Dana, 4 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). In 1859, James …
- … 10). Joseph Dalton Hooker had been working on Welwitschia since as early as October 1861 (see, for instance, Correspondence vol. 9, letter …
From John Scott 6 January 1863
Summary
Sends Primula scotica and P. farinosa.
So far cannot fertilise Gongora atropurpurea although it is similar to Acropera luteola.
Experimenting on intergeneric hybrids to test CD’s view that sterility is not a special endowment.
Scott’s personal history.
Acropera capsule grows.
Plans for experiments CD has suggested on Primula, peloric Antirrhinum, and Verbascum.
Asks about Gärtner’s experiments on maize.
Aware of Anderson-Henry’s failures.
Through kindness of J. H. Balfour and James McNab, enjoys facilities for research. JS is in charge of the propagating department. Balfour almost engaged him to be superintendent of the Madras Horticultural Garden.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Jan 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 81, 83 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3904 |
Matches: 24 hits
- … 1861] , and Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 ). …
- … See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 6 December [1862] . Primula scotica …
- … me not a little’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] ). …
- … on Acropera (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 15 November [1862] ). …
- … See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] , letter from …
- … chamber (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 ). See ‘ …
- … stigmatic cavity (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , …
- … Appendix VI. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] , for …
- … comparison (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters from John Scott, 15 November [1862] and [ …
- … from CD (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] ), Scott …
- … Scott 1863b ). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 17 December [1862] . …
- … Gardens, Kew (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] , …
- … In his letter of 17 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), Scott promised to send CD …
- … 22). In his letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD wrote …
- … 208–9). In his letter of 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), Scott informed CD of …
- … 1862] ). In his letter of 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), Scott described his …
- … CUL. In his letter of 19 December [1862] (see Correspondence vol. 10), CD suggested that …
- … In his letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD suggested …
- … In his letter to Scott of 19 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD had suggested …
- … p. 107). See letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] and nn. 10–11. With encouragement …
- … In his letter to Scott of 19 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD mentioned that …
- … In his letter to Scott of 19 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD offered ‘ …
- … letters to Scott of 11 December [1862] and 19 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [1862] . Scott refers to chapter 8 of Origin (pp. 245–78), in which CD argued against the view that the function of sterility was to prevent the ‘confusion of all organic forms’. In Origin , p. 245, CD expressed his hope to show that sterility was not a ‘specially acquired or endowed quality’, but was ‘incidental on other acquired differences’. See also Correspondence vol. 10, …
To J. D. Hooker 13 January [1863]
Summary
Acquired characteristics.
Huxley’s lectures: good on induction, bad on sterility, obscure on geology.
Asa Gray on slavery.
Falconer’s partial conversion.
Alphonse de Candolle on Origin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 13 Jan [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 179 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3913 |
Matches: 20 hits
- … and 1862b. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Alphonse de Candolle, 18 September …
- … See also following letter and n. 7. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. …
- … in the bud (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 ). In …
- … differences’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 November 1862 ). …
- … a homogeneous form. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [ …
- … trans. 1862). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [21 December …
- … February 1849 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1862] , …
- … orchid genus, see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and …
- … medallions. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [27 or 28 December …
- … letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] , and letter from J. D. Hooker, [12 January …
- … 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). In Asa Gray’s letter, CD marked some of the plant names …
- … With his letter to Hooker of 24 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD enclosed …
- … In his letter to Hooker of 3 November [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD enclosed a …
- … Kölreuter 1761–6 ). See letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] , and Correspondence …
- … in plants. See also ibid. , letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–]12 November [1862] . Hooker and …
- … The letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), is incomplete; …
- … 51). The letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), is incomplete; …
- … D. Hooker, [12 January 1863] , and letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] and n. 4. …
- … letters to T. H. Huxley, 7 December [1862] and n. 7, and 18 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 2 January [1863] and n. 24, and Appendix VI. See DAR 157.1: 111 and 112 for CD’s botanical notes on experiments with Nepenthes (pitcher plants). CD had experimented on the power of movement in Hedysarum and Mimosa in 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10). …
To Daniel Oliver 20 [January 1863]
Summary
Has been copying out references from Natural History Review [possibly D. Oliver, "The structure of the stem in dicotyledons; being references to the literature of the subject", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 2 (1862): 298–329].
Suggests DO study high incidence of separate sexes in freshwater plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 20 [Jan 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 38 (EH 88206021) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3776 |
To J. D. Hooker 3 January [1863]
Summary
Indignant over Owen’s conduct as described in Hugh Falconer’s article on elephants ["On the American fossil elephant of the regions bordering the Gulf of Mexico", Nat. Hist. Rev. (1863): 43–114].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 3 Jan [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 178 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3898 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … 1862] ( ibid. ). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [31 December …
- … on 29 December 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 [December …
- … Society of London in November 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. …
- … and n. 5. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [27 or 28 December …
- … I love them’ ( Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [27 or 28 December …
- … have for him (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [21 December 1862] …
- … and misquoted his work; in his letter to Charles Lyell of 10 April [1860] ( Correspondence …
- … 1862] , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 [November 1862] and nn. 9 and 10). Owen was not …
From Charles William Crocker 1[–4] May 1863
Summary
Observes Plantago’s out-crossing mechanism.
Observations of style lengths of primroses and cowslips.
Author: | Charles William Crocker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1[–4] May 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 110: 28, DAR 161: 260 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4135 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … plantains (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from C. W. Crocker, 24 November 1862 ). …
- … styled forms (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters from C. W. Crocker, 17 May 1862 and …
- … Willis 1973 ). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from C. W. Crocker, 31 October 1862 . …
- … hollyhocks (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters from C. W. Crocker, [before 13 March …
- … this genus (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from C. W. Crocker, 24 November 1862 …
- … Linaria vulgaris (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to M. T. Masters, 8 July [1862] ). …
- … 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). In a missing letter, CD suggested that Crocker experiment …
- … with Antirrhinum in his letter to CD of 31 October 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), and CD …
- … 10, and CD’s experimental notes in DAR 51: B4–9, B12–13). See also this volume, letter to …
To Friedrich Hildebrand 17 July [1862]
Summary
Thanks for Hildebrand’s offer to translate Orchids into German, but H. G. Bronn had finished his translation before his death (Bronn trans. 1862). Has not yet received Hildebrand’s work on the distribution of coniferous trees (Hildebrand 1861). Asks that his compliments be presented to L. C. Treviranus.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
Date: | 17 July [1862] |
Classmark: | Courtesy of Eilo Hildebrand (photocopy) (Original, previously owned by Klaus Groove, sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3660F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … into German (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 14 July 1862 …
- … see also Correspondence vol. 10, letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, …
- … see also Correspondence vol. 10, letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchandlung, …
- … 1861 ; see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 14 July 1862 and …
- … 14 July 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). In his letter of 14 July 1862 ( Correspondence …
- … to the letter to H. G. Bronn, 30 June [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). Hildebrand …
To Asa Gray 20 March [1863]
Summary
Discusses the meaning of C. K. Sprengel’s term "dichogamy". Dichogamous plants are functionally monoecious; Primula is functionally dioecious.
Reports Hermann Crüger’s observations of Cattleya and of bees pollinating Catasetum. Crüger will observe Melastomataceae.
Has built a hothouse.
Fears Amsinckia cannot be dimorphic.
Ill health slows his work on Variation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 20 Mar [1863] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (58) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4053 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … read them (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 [December 1862] ). …
- … vol. 9, letter from Asa Gray, 11 October 1861 , and Correspondence vol. 10, letters to …
- … A. Gray 1861a . See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 . The …
- … the species (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1862] , and this …
- … experiments (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 9 December 1862 , and this …
- … Asa Gray , 10–20 June [1862] and 26[–7] November [1862] , and letters from Asa Gray , 18– …
- … In his letter to Gray of 26[–7] November [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD objected to …
- … 10), Gray drew on CD’s account of the functional similarity of dimorphic and dichogamous plants, suggesting that CD extend the meaning of the word ‘dichogamy’ to include such cases of dimorphism as that in Primula . Letter …
- … letter to H. W. Bates, 4 March [1863] (see n. 6, below). CD refers to his twelve-year-old son, Leonard Darwin ; at CD’s request, Gray had been sending United States postage stamps for Leonard’s collection since the summer of 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10). …
To John Scott 16 February [1863]
Summary
Tells JS Acropera capsule should be left to grow.
JS was correct on "bud-variation" in fern frond.
Does not believe Primula structure necessarily related to dioecism, but the difference in fertility of the two forms forced him to admit the possibility.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 16 Feb [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 93: B55, B81–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3991 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … the maize seeds ( Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 ). See …
- … see also Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 and n. 3, and …
- … of maize (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] and 11 …
- … capsule (see n. 3, above, and Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [ …
- … 1862] ). See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 August 1862 , …
- … 1863] . In his letter to Scott of 19 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD asked …
- … seeds with his letter to CD of 29 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). See also n. …
- … colour’. Letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). Scott gave a …
- … letter of 18 February [1863] , Scott stated that in his ‘last’ he had asked if he should send the capsule of Acropera as it might be ‘sometime before it matured’. Scott had succeeded, where CD had failed, in effecting fertilisation in Acropera loddigesii (a synonym of Gongora galeata ; see Orchids , pp. 203–10; …
To Hugh Falconer 5 [and 6] January [1863]
Summary
His admiration for HF’s paper on American fossil elephant.
Notes "temporary irruption of S. American forms into N. America".
Rejoices that HF has "smashed" case of Mastodon on Timor.
Shares HF’s anger at Owen.
He is eager to hear about fossil bird [Archaeopteryx].
Comments on criticisms of species theory by [Johann Andreas?] Wagner.
Describes research on fertilisation of Melastomataceae.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
Date: | 5 and 6 Jan 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3901 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … 205.8: 30). See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] . …
- … 1861] , and Correspondence vol. 10, letter to George Bentham, 3 February [1862] ). …
- … 96–101). See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Hugh Falconer, 14 November [1862] and …
- … September 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Hugh Falconer, 24–7 September [ …
- … variations’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Hugh Falconer, 29 December [1862] ). …
- … In his letter to Falconer of 14 November [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD asked …
From John Scott 21 September [1863]
Summary
Sends Primula MS, which CD has promised to communicate to Linnean Society [see 4213].
Will soon send results on peloric Antirrhinum.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Sept [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4301 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Scott 1864d . See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] , and …
- … peloric plants (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] ; …
- … of Verbascum (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] , …
- … 250–1 and 270 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 11 December [1862] and …
- … Correspondence vol. 12, letters from John Scott , 19 March 1864 , 10 June [1864] , and …
From W. E. Darwin [1 August 1862]
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1 Aug 1862] |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3585G |
Matches: 5 hits
- … collecting plants (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from W. E. Darwin, 1 August 1862 ). …
- … until 2 August (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from G. H. Darwin, [after 5 August …
- … middle-pistilled’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from W. E. Darwin, 1 August 1862 ). …
- … 1 August 1862 and 2 August [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). This letter is probably a …
- … incomplete letter from W. E. Darwin, 1 August 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). William’s …
To John Scott 25 and 28 May [1863]
Summary
CD does not think he could be wrong about the stigma of Bolbophyllum.
Will not write up Drosera for years.
Praises JS’s experiments. Invites him to send a paper to Linnean Society.
L. C. Treviranus says all species of Primula present two forms except P. longiflora.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 25 and 28 May 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 93: B41–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4185 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … in 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] and 11 …
- … was completed (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Edward Cresy, 15 September [1862] ). …
- … on pp. 1–2 n. See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] …
- … 60–1). See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] and …
- … experiments, see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Alphonse de Candolle, 17 June [1862] …
- … to John Scott, 2 May [ 1863] and n. 10, and letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] ). CD …
- … and n. 10. Scott sent CD an abstract of his paper on orchids with his letter of 28 May [ …
- … letter to CD of 21 May [1863] . Scott had been corresponding with CD on Primula since November 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10). …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 19 February [1863]
Summary
Discusses experiments that WBT will undertake to investigate whether particular pigeon and poultry crosses produce sterile hybrids.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 19 Feb [1863] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3998 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … 1863 and n. 3, and Correspondence vol. 10, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December …
- … other strain’ ( Correspondence vol. 10, letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1862] ). …
- … quite sterile’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December …
- … 11, Appendix II)). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [December …
- … CUL (see Marginalia 1: 708–10). In his letter of 27 [ December 1862] ( Correspondence …
- … 10), CD sent Tegetmeier a manuscript list of the crosses he and others had made with different pigeon varieties. The manuscript has not been found; however, see Variation 1: 192 n. 19. CD refers to Variation , which was published in two volumes in 1868. CD had been engaged in writing a draft of the three chapters on inheritance since 23 January 1863 ( Variation 2: 1–84); he completed the work on 1 April (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II)). See letter …
To Asa Gray 19 January [1863]
Summary
Comments on his own review of Bates’s butterfly paper [Collected papers 2: 87–92].
Thanks AG for information on Platanthera.
Has been wasting more time with Melastomataceae; can find no nectar in Monochaetum; is there any in Rhexia?
Hopes Lincoln’s "fiat against Slavery" will have some effect.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 19 Jan [1863] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (57) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3927 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … vol. 10). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 , and …
- … 100). A. Gray 1862b . A. Gray 1862a and 1862b. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from …
- … and n. 22). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 4 August 1862 and n. 3. …
- … Infantry ( DAB ; see Correspondence vol. 10, letters from Asa Gray , 5 September 1862 …
- … Asa Gray, 10 November 1862 , and letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [1862] . …
- … 29 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). Letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 ( …
- … to the letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). CD completed his …
- … See also letter to Asa Gray, 2 January [1863] and nn. 9 and 10. CD was interested in what …
From John Scott 7 January [1864]
Summary
Has finished correcting Primula paper [see 4332].
Has presented paper on monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Jan [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 98, 99 f.3; Edinburgh Courant, 19 December 1863, p. 8. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4382 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] , and …
- … in December 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] ). …
- … pp. 128–33, and Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] and …
- … see n. 4, above, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] , and …
- … with Scott (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] and …
- … 10 above, and Scott 1864a , p. 126). CD marked the last two sentences of the summary in his copy of the paper (Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL); when recommending Scott’s letter …
- … letter in which Scott mentioned the variable cowslip umbel has not been found; however, see n. 7, below. Scott discussed and illustrated the variable umbel in Scott 1864a , pp. 108–10. …
- … 10). When CD reviewed Scott’s first draft of Scott 1864a , he asked him to conjecture in the summary what the ‘typical or parental form i.e. equal long or short-styled’ of Primula had been (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] ). See also n. 3, above. CD later developed this notion of reversion in ‘Illegitimate offspring of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’ , pp. 434–5, and Forms of flowers , pp. 272–5. For CD’s experimental notes on reversion, see DAR 108: 31 and 43. Scott read ‘Remarks on the sexual changes in the inflorescence of Zea Mays ’ to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh on 10 …
From John Scott 3 March 1863
Summary
JS criticises natural selection as based on an innate "continuously watchful selective principle".
Seeks seed of wild Rocky Mountain maize.
What is CD’s view on origin of maize?
Seeks information on self-sterility of Passiflora and Lobelia.
Weeping habit of trees.
Intended to say bisexual plants presented more established varieties than unisexual, not that they are more variable.
Explains his opinion that homomorphically fertilised Primula will produce only their own form. Is trying homomorphic crosses with different coloured Primula varieties.
Asks to read Asa Gray’s 2d review of Orchids.
Has finally successfully fertilised Gongora, but it was done by unnatural means.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Mar 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 108: 179 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4021 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … in Passiflora (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 17 December [1862] ); …
- … tridentatum. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Rogers, 22 January 1862 . See …
- … Scott 1862a and Correspondence vol. 10, letters from John Scott, 15 November [1862] and …
- … fertilised (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] , and …
- … February 1863] ). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] , …
- … 10); he reiterated the point about differently coloured varieties of maize in his letters …
- … Correspondence vol. 10). For CD’s response, see the letter to John Scott, 6 March 1863 . …
- … In his letter to Scott of 19 November [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD mentioned that …
- … letters to Scott of 11 December [1862] and 19 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), …
From W. E. Darwin 8 July [1862]
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 July [1862] |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 3) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3644F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 [July 1862] , which mentioned that CD …
- … scarlet fever ( Correspondence vol. 10, letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 [July 1862] ). Emma …
- … microscope (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 [July 1862] ). William’s …
- … this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 [July 1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). See …
To J. D. Hooker [1 April 1864]
Summary
Proposes to support John Scott in research on relative fertility and self-incompatibility of plants. CD would pay him for a year or two but wants JDH to give him research facilities at Kew.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [1 Apr 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 226a–b |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4444 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … pollination (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 ); …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] , and …
- … CD’s suggestion (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 December [1862] ). …
- … Scott, 19 March 1864 , and first letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] ; see also letter …
- … 10–11, and R. Desmond 1995 , p. 221. All the gardeners at Kew were paid, but salaries were small (see letter …
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The evolution of honeycomb
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Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
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- … The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
Darwin’s observations on his children
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- … Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children,[1] began the research that …
Living and fossil cirripedia
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- … Darwin published four volumes on the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia between 1851 and 1854, two on …