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: 14 hits
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] ). …
- … Botany ) (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] ). CD …
- … memoir’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] , letter …
- … his own results (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] , and …
- … in May 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] ). The …
- … had been (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , and …
- … palatable! ’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [3 June 1863] and 16 …
- … of Scott’s paper (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ); …
- … 3 December [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] ). …
- … of Scott 1864a (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). He …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] and n. 4). CD evidently did …
- … vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] and 11 December [1862] , and …
- … and the letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), and by the …
- … In his letter to John Scott of 25 and 28 May [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), he wrote …
To Arthur Rawson 2 April [1863]
Summary
Discusses unusual primula flowers and asks for details of Rawson’s experiments with gladioli. Asks for loan of Cypripedium but admits he will probably mutilate it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Arthur Rawson |
Date: | 2 Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (10 December 2013); Xiling Yinshe Auction Company (dealers) (Autumn 2017 lot 2184) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4072F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Rawson’ s reply, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Arthur Rawson, [6 April 1863] . …
- … lady’s-slipper); see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Arthur Rawson, 1 April [1863] . …
- … is now complete. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Arthur Rawson, 1 April [1863] . …
- … See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Daniel Oliver, 24–5 March [1863] . CD published an …
- … 1 April [1863] (see Correspondence vol. 11). This letter was previously published with an …
To John Scott 8 January [1863]
Summary
CD’s respect for JS’s indomitable work and interesting experiments increases steadily.
His gratitude for the primulas and the astonishing Gongora specimen.
Asks JS’s opinion about crossing a primrose with the pollen of a wild cowslip and of a cultivated polyanthus.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 8 Jan [1863] |
Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 67 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3908F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … appointment (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ). He and …
- … vol. 10, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ). …
- … specimens (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and CD …
- … to examine it (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and CD …
- … 15 November [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ; …
- … 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [November …
- … and the letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). For Scott’s …
- … see his letter to CD of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). Scott was hoping to …
- … In his letter of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Scott wrote that he was …
- … letter to John Scott, 20 [February 1863] ). Scott conducted crosses with species of Primulaceae on the advice of CD from 1862 (see Correspondence vols. 10–12, and Scott 1864 ). Following publication of ‘Dimorphic condition of Primula ’, CD continued making crosses of Primula species. For his work comparing crosses of primroses with cowslips and with polyanthus, see ‘Illegitimate offspring of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’, ‘Specific difference in Primula ’ , Forms of flowers , and his notes in DAR 108. The construction of CD’s hothouse was completed by mid-February 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, …
From John Scott 19 March 1864
Summary
On fertilisation of Gongora.
His work on peloric Antirrhinum, Passiflora, and Verbascum, done at CD’s suggestion, is at CD’s disposal.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 102 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4432 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … 1864] and n. 6, and Crüger 1864 ). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John …
- … 10); see also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 18 February [1863] . Scott …
- … of Acropera , see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , and …
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. Gosse, 2 June [1863] ). For CD’s …
- … related orchids (see Orchids , pp. 282–4, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. …
- … vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 6 January 1863 , [after 12] April [1863] , and 21 May [ …
- … observations of Acropera ovules in his letter of 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letter to John Scott, 12 November [ …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and Correspondence …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ; see also this …
- … Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and nn. 17 and 18, and this volume, letter to Daniel Oliver, …
- … 11). For CD’s expanded conclusions about insect visits to Acropera and related orchids, supported by the observations of Hermann Crüger and Scott, see Orchids 2d ed. , pp. 168–9 and 269–71, and the letter …
From W. E. Darwin 17 and 20 May [1863]
Summary
Alarmed that CD did not see what WED saw in Corydalis lutea. Has found buckbean in the New Forest. Will get seeds of Corydalis claviculata.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 and 20 May 1863 |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 16) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4168F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to W. E. Darwin, [10 May 1863] and n. …
- … what he had observed, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from W. E. Darwin, 8 May [1863] . …
- … higher apes. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 [February 1863] and n. …
- … 3 (1863): 497–8 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [7 May 1863] and n. …
- … this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, [10 May 1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11). See …
From John Scott 28 March 1864
Summary
Surprised at CD’s account of Bryanthus.
H. Crüger’s approach to Gongora fertilisation is beset with difficulties.
Reports his work on self-sterility of Oncidium.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4438 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … the position, see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 22 May 1863 and 26 …
- … and Menziesia (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Isaac Anderson-Henry, 24 April …
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 2 May [1863] and nn. 5 and 6; …
- … pollination, see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and 3 …
- … on Oncidium (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 1 and 3 August [1863] and …
- … in particular, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 6 March 1863 and n. …
- … May [1863] . See also letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . …
- … Correspondence vol. 11), which CD then forwarded with his letter to Scott of 25 and 28 …
- … Bryanthus in his letter of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). He reported his …
- … March 1864 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. 11). Scott refers …
From Hermann Crüger 21 January 1864
Summary
Sends his MS of orchid paper ["A few notes on the fecundation of orchids and their morphology", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35] for CD to send to an editor.
CD was right about Catasetum sexes.
Ficus experiments fail.
Author: | Hermann Crüger |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 278 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4394 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … 3, below. See Correspondence vol. 11, letters from Hermann Crüger , 23 February 1863 and …
- … p. 147. See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Hermann Crüger, 25 May [1863] , and …
- … see Crüger 1851 and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Hermann Crüger, 23 April 1863 ). …
- … Edward Bradford . See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Edward Bradford, 31 July 1863 . …
- … p. 325, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Daniel Oliver, 28 [November 1863] ). There …
- … in Germany, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Friedrich Rolle, 26 January 1863 . …
- … Marcgraviaceae, in his letter of 8 August 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). CD had already …
- … p. 127. In his letter of 23 February 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Crüger expressed …
- … In his letter of 31 July 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Edward Bradford disputed CD’s …
- … 175. See also letter to Daniel Oliver, 17 February [1864] and n. 11. Crüger had discussed …
- … in his letter to Daniel Oliver, 28 March [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11). Crüger had …
- … letter to the Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener , [17–24 March 1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), …
From J. D. Hooker 29 March 1864
Summary
John Scott’s career.
Huxley’s vicious attack on anthropologists.
Critique of Joseph Prestwich’s theory of rivers.
Bitter feelings between the Hookers and the Veitch family of nurserymen.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 193–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4439 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … in medallions (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 6 January 1863 , …
- … Crawfurd . See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 January 1863] …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 April [1863] and …
- … pp. 216, 219, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 23 October 1863 ). …
- … both regions (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from J. D. Hooker, 23 October 1863 …
- … D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. 11, and letter from John Scott, 28 March 1864 and …
- … letter from Hugh Falconer in the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, p. 586). There was much discussion in CD’s 1863 correspondence regarding the controversy (see Correspondence vol. 11); …
To J. D. Hooker [27 January 1864]
Summary
CD continues very ill.
His only work is a little on tendrils and climbers. Asks whether all tendrils are modified leaves or whether some are modified stems.
Last number [Jan 1864?] of Natural History Review is best that has appeared.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [27 Jan 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 218 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4398 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Horace’s illness, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. B. Innes, 1 September [1863] …
- … modified stems (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [21 July 1863] ). …
- … they were modified leaves (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 [ …
- … 1863] ). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [31 July 1863] , …
- … in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters to J. D. Hooker, 22 July [1863] and n. 2, …
- … note in DAR 157.2: 78, and letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 March [1864] ). He offered several …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI, and this volume, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 …
To Daniel Oliver 18 March [1864]
Summary
Thanks for information on Tecoma.
Cannot believe DO’s statement about Catasetum; is sure C. tridentatum sets seeds in its native country.
CD erred on Acropera, but how is it naturally fertilised?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 18 Mar [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 59 (EH 88206042) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4430 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … about in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 [June 1863] ); …
- … in Trinidad (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Edward Bradford, 31 July 1863 , and …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. Gosse, 2 June [1863] ). …
- … Acropera (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] and n. 6, …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 ). CD also eventually …
From Henry Trimen 10 May 1864
Summary
Cannot give information about the box of Oxalis bulbs that his brother [Roland Trimen] has forwarded to CD.
Author: | Henry Trimen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 May 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 183 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4491 |
To Asa Gray 19 April [1865]
Summary
Congratulates AG on the "grand news of Richmond".
Still interested in dimorphism and would welcome new cases.
Working on Variation
and correcting proofs of Climbing plants.
Would like seed of AG’s dimorphic Plantago.
Cannot understand how the wind could fertilise reciprocally dimorphic flowers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 19 Apr [1865] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (77) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4467 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letters to Asa Gray , 26 June [1863] and 4 …
- … March [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letters to Asa Gray , 2 January [1863] and 4 …
- … and letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to …
- … 12 [April 1862] , Correspondence vol. 11, letter to W. E. Darwin, [5 May 1863] and n. …
- … herbarium is discussed in the letters from Asa Gray , 16 February 1864 and 11 July 1864 ( …
- … January 1865 and n. 11. CD mentioned Auguste Laugel in his letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 …
- … 11 May [1863] and n. 14). CD evidently did not obtain seeds of dimorphic Plantago from Gray (see letter …
To Alfred Russel Wallace 1 January 1864
Summary
Asa Gray’s high opinion of ARW as a reviewer [reference to S. Haughton’s paper on bees’ cells, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 11 (1863): 415–29, reviewed by ARW in "Remarks on the Rev. S. Haughton’s paper", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 12 (1863): 303–9].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 1 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add. MS 46434: 31) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4376 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … decay. See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Asa Gray, 26 May 1863 and nn. 12 …
- … Darwinism ’” (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Asa Gray, 23 November 1863 and …
- … 205.11: 126, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, [7 May 1863] . For more …
- … and n. 2. In his letter of 23 November 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Asa Gray referred …
- … History. In his letter of 23 November 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Gray referred to an …
From J. D. Hooker 24 January 1864
Summary
JDH’s opinion of Herbert Spencer.
Rejects CD’s view of inheritance of induced modifications.
Huxley grows fat.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 176–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4396 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 6476)). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 26 …
- … December 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 26 …
- … 22 March 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [24 March 1863] ). …
- … Gardens, Kew (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [24 March 1863] , …
From Robert Swinhoe 4 April 1864
Summary
Reports on a strange breed of sheep at Aden,
a Brazilian plant naturalised in Ceylon,
the Australian Casuarina equisetum spreading in Taiwan,
and an excrescence on wing of several thrushes of Taiwan similar to a growth on wing of a Syrian species.
Author: | Robert Swinhoe |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Apr 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.2 (Letters): 254–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4449 |
From John Lubbock 1 July [1866]
Summary
Returns [Fritz?] Müller’s work [probably Für Darwin (1864)]. It is a remarkable memoir.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 July [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 52 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5138 |
From Lydia Ernestine Becker 22 December 1866
Summary
Thanks CD for previous communications. Asks him to send a paper relating to flowers to be read at first meeting of her ladies’ literary and scientific society.
Author: | Lydia Ernestine Becker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Dec 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 113 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5316 |
From John Scott 20 January 1865
Summary
Comments on his Primula paper [see 4213].
Describes his situation in Calcutta.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 114 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4751 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] ). In his …
- … alterations (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). CD …
- … in May 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] , and …
- … transmutation (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 , and …
From Horace Benge Dobell 15 July 1864
Summary
Suggests man’s original mode of walking and running is similar to that of quadrupeds.
He also suggests CD answer critics who say no new species has ever been unequivocally traced to its origins, by pointing out that there is no unequivocal account of the origin of surnames.
Author: | Horace Benge Dobell |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 July 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 190 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4568 |
From William Bernhard Tegetmeier 1 February 1864
Summary
Would like his fowl skulls back.
Breeding experiments seem to show mongrels are just as fertile as pure breeds.
Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Feb 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 61 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4761 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … and Appendix VI, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 19 February [ …
- … their offspring (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 29 June – 7 …
- … 41–2, 49–50, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 19 February [1863] …
- … 7 July 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), and in the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [before …
- … after CD’s letter to Tegetmeier of 9 July [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11). Tegetmeier …
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- … Charles Darwin’s daughter Henrietta wrote the following journal entries in March and July 1871 in …
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- … Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children,[1] began the research that …
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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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- … The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma …
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
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- … On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
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- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
Darwin on marriage
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- … On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, …
Abstract of Darwin’s theory
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- … There are two extant versions of the abstract of Darwin’s theory of natural selection. One was …
Visiting the Darwins
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- … As for Mr Darwin, he is entirely fascinating… Darwin often discouraged …
Dates of composition of Darwin's manuscript on species
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- … Many of the dates of letters in 1856 and 1857 were based on or confirmed by reference to Darwin’s …
Darwin’s student booklist
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- … In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh …