To J. D. Hooker 5 [December 1863]
Summary
His bad health continues.
Thirty-two plants have come up from the earth attached to partridge’s foot.
Origin to be published in Italian.
Owen was wrong: Origin will not be forgotten in ten years.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 5 [Dec 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 213 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4353 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … Darwin, 9 November [1863] , letter from E. A. …
- … or 3 November 1863] , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 [November 1863] ). Recent serious …
- … Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] , and letter to J. D. …
- … Newton, 31 October 1863 , and letter from Emma Darwin to …
- … subscribing to the Reader by April 1863 (see letter to H. W. Bates, 18 April [1863] ). An …
- … awarded the Copley Medal in 1863; CD was an unsuccessful candidate (see letter from E. A. …
- … Hooker, [22–3 November 1863] ). Newton 1863 . See letter from Alfred …
- … Alfred Newton, 4 November [1863] . See letter from Alfred Newton, 31 October 1863 , nn. …
- … Elizabeth Hooker (see letters from J. D. Hooker, 1 October 1863 and 23 October 1863 ). …
- … both ill with scarlet fever (see letters from J. D. Hooker, 23 October 1863 and [1 …
- … Freeman 1978 ). See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 [November 1863] . CD refers to his …
- … sent to Hooker (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 16 [November 1863] , [22–3 November 1863] , …
- … to the Edinburgh Review (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [22–3 November 1863] , and n. 13). …
- … 1863. William Brinton was a physician at St Thomas’s Hospital, London, and a specialist in stomach disorders ( Physicians ). The letter …
From John Scott [after 12] April [1863]
Summary
Thanks for CD’s Linum paper [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Has not published much because he would be ignored as a gardener; hence he is looking for a foreign appointment.
Has prepared orchid sterility paper at CD’s suggestion [Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7 (1863): 543–50].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 12] Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 87 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4087 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … letter from Daniel Oliver, 14 April 1863 , and letter to Daniel Oliver, [ …
- … letter from John Scott, 21 March [1863] , and letter to John Scott, 24 March [1863] . CD …
- … letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] , and the letter to John Scott, 2 May [1863] . ‘Two …
- … which had been sent to him by Scott with his letter of 6 January 1863 , looked ‘very …
- … sick’ (see letter to John Scott, 24 March [1863] ). …
- … 11 November 1862 ). In his letter of 3 March 1863 , Scott noted that he had successfully …
- … 11, Appendix IV). See letter to John Scott, 12 April [1863] . Scott was foreman of the …
- … after 14 April 1863] ). See letter to John …
- … 1863] and n. 17. Scott and CD had been discussing the pollination of Gongora and the related Acropera since November 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter …
- … 1863. Scott 1863a , p. 546. See Scott 1863a , p. 547 n. CD had described artificial fertilisation of ovules in a primrose (see preceding letter, …
To J. D. Hooker 23 [June 1863]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 23 [June 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 196 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4218 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … See letter from John Scott, 16 June [1863] , and letter to John …
- … June 1863 and n. 3. Haliburton 1863 ; see letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 June 1863 and …
- … his chronic illness. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 March [1863] . Letters from J. D. …
- … Hooker, 10 June 1863 and 19 June 1863 . See letter to John Scott, …
- … 11 June [1963] , and letter from John Scott, 16 June [1863] . …
- … See letter from John Scott, 16 June [1863] and n. …
- … pp. xxvi–xxvii). See also letters to Athenæum , 18 April [1863] and 5 May [1863], and …
- … Scott, 20 [June 1863] . See letter from J. D. …
- … Haast, 5 March 1863 , which enclosed a copy of his letter to CD of 9 December 1862 (see …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 June 1863 ). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 …
- … him a preprint (see letter to George Bentham, 19 June [1863] and n. 2). In his address …
- … 9. See also letter from John Scott, [after 12] April [1863] . Scott 1863a . …
- … subscribers in parts (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 and n. 10). There is …
- … Hooker, [30 April 1863] and n. 2. Hooker had forwarded to CD the letter from Julius von …
From J. D. Hooker [16 February 1863]
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [16 Feb 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 103–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3989 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … visited Down on Sunday 22 March 1863 (see letters from J. D. Hooker, [15 March 1863] …
- … he visited the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on 11 February 1863 (see letter to J. D. …
- … of 15 February [1863] , CD enclosed the letter from Asa …
- … In his letter of 27 January 1863 , Gray stated that ‘the vegetable kingdom does not …
- … December 1862] ). In his letter of 13 January [1863] , CD informed Hooker that somewhere …
- … Gray, 27 January 1863 . See letter from Asa …
- … Asa Gray, 10 November 1862 , and this volume, letter from Asa Gray, 1 September 1863 . …
- … Hooker, 15 February [1863] and n. 3). See letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 February [1863] . …
- … Appendix VI. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 February [1863] . In his letter to Hooker …
- … 21 February 1863] ; the intervening Monday was 16 February. See letter to J. D. Hooker, …
- … between this letter and the letters to J. D. Hooker, 15 February [1863] and [ …
- … Gardens, Kew (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 February [1863] and n. 6), has not been …
- … and upright’ (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 February [1863] , n. 9) is in DAR 255. For …
- … 1863 ; Hooker’s views on the American Civil War had prevented him from discussing politics in his own correspondence with Asa Gray (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter …
To J. D. Hooker [9 May 1863]
Summary
Lists the six honest believers in his species theory in England.
Asa Gray complains that Lyell acts like a judge on species, whereas CD complains of Lyell’s indecision.
CD working on divergence of leaves.
Distribution of Cameroon plants and the glacial theory.
Survival of island relics.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [9 May 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 192 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4148 |
Matches: 21 hits
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, [13 May 1863] , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 and 22 May [ …
- … of Antiquity of man ( C. Lyell 1863a ) in February 1863 (see letter to Charles …
- … 1863a , pp. 454–70, in his letter to CD of 20 April 1863 . CD discussed variation and …
- … Correspondence vol. 9). In his letter to CD of 20 April 1863 , Gray had written: ‘I think …
- … to the Athenæum on two occasions (letters to Athenæum , 18 April [1863] and 5 May [1863]). …
- … from 6 to 13 May 1863. In his letter to CD of [7 May 1863] , Hooker had implored him to …
- … CD refers to Richard Owen’s anonymous letter in the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, pp. 586– …
- … 11, Appendix VII). Letter to Athenæum , 5 May [1863]. …
- … Letter from Asa Gray, 20 April 1863 . Asa Gray had sent this letter in an envelope …
- … pp. 296–301). See also letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] . The reference is to the …
- … p. 80). See also letter to Daniel Oliver, 20 [February 1863] . There is a series of …
- … vols. 3 and 6). See letter to Charles Lyell, [7 May 1863] , n. 6. The reference is to …
- … a response to CD’s letter to the Athenæum of 18 April [1863] (see Correspondence vol. …
- … the information in his letter to CD of [10–16] June [1863] . Bates 1863 . Hooker was …
- … Lyell, 4 [February 1863] , n. 4, and letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] and …
- … forwarded it to him (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [7 May 1863] ). The reference is to …
- … had prompted the trip (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 April [1863] ). CD refers to his …
- … 1862] , and this volume, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 January 1863 and n. 22); CD wished …
- … Hooker could not recall the article (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [13 May 1863] ). …
- … the region’s flora; see letter from J. D. Hooker, [7 May 1863] and n. 11. See also n. …
- … began in March (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 [March 1863] ). Owen and Falconer were …
From John Scott 16 June [1863]
Summary
Orchid paper in press.
Asks CD to correct MS of his Primula paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 78–126].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 June [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 94 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4213 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … 31 May [1863] , and letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] ). …
- … 6 June [1863] , and letter to John …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . …
- … In his letter to CD of 22 May 1863 , Scott requested advice about a position offered to …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker (see letter to John Scott, 23 May [1863] ). CD had also offered to …
- … 1862] , and this volume, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ). The results of Scott’s …
- … Scott 1863a . See letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] and n. …
- … 14. See letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] and n. …
- … 2. See letters to John Scott, 31 May [1863] and …
- … Scott, 11 June [1863] . See letter to John …
- … Scott, 11 June [1863] . See letter to John …
- … Scott, 6 June [1863] . See letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . Scott was foreman of the …
- … R. Desmond 1994 ). In his letter to Scott of 6 June [1863] , CD offered to read and …
- … of Scott 1864a . See letter to John Scott, 6 June [1863] . The results of Scott’s …
- … an abstract of one of Scott’s papers (see letters to John Scott , 25 and 28 May [1863] and …
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: 21 hits
- … from John Scott, 21 September [1863] , letter to John …
- … Scott, 7 November [1863] , and letter from Emma Darwin to …
- … from John Scott, 23 July [1863] , and letter to John Scott 25 [July 1863] ). For Scott’s ‘ …
- … vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , and letter from Emma Darwin to …
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] ). …
- … this letter and the letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] ). The letter in which …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [3 June 1863] and 16 June [1863] ). CD …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ); in ‘Dimorphic …
- … 3 December [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] ). …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). He had briefly …
- … and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] and n. 4). CD evidently …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] ). CD had first …
- … In his letter to John Scott of 25 and 28 May [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), he wrote …
- … 1863, his work was evidently at too early a stage to be of use (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter …
- … letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] ). Scott and CD corresponded frequently throughout 1863 …
- … letter from Emma Darwin to John Scott, 9 January 1864 ). Scott began experimenting with a non-dimorphic cowslip in May 1863 ( …
- … 1863 Scott sent CD a draft of the paper, which CD returned with suggestions for minor alterations, praising it as an ‘excellent memoir’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
- … 1863] and n. 4). In the last two paragraphs of the summary, Scott reiterated his argument that the existing non-dimorphic forms represented a reversion to the ‘original non-dimorphic progenitor’ (see n. 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 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 December 1863 ( …
- … 1863] ). There are annotated copies of the published paper ( Scott 1864a ) in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL and among CD’s unbound journals in the Darwin Library–CUL; see the back page of CD’ s unbound journal for CD’s comments on Scott 1864a . Scott 1864a , pp. 103–4, included CD’s experimental results of crossing primroses ( Primula vulgaris ) and cowslips ( P. veris ). Scott’s own attempts at crossing primroses and cowslips had failed, but CD had sent him his own results (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
To John Scott 21 January [1863]
Summary
Urges JS to publish on orchid pollen-tubes.
Suggests comparing stigmatic tissue of sterile hybrids and fertile parent; he would expect hybrid plant’s cell contents not to be coagulated after 24 hours in spirits of wine.
Suggests JS coat orchid stigmas with plaster of Paris for his work on rostellar germination.
Asks for list of "bud-variation" cases; CD has devoted a chapter to the subject.
Inquiries about I. Anderson-Henry’s observational competence.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 21 Jan [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 93: B56–7, B75–6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3934 |
Matches: 18 hits
- … the Linnean Society on 5 February 1863 (see letter from George Bentham, 16 January 1863 ). …
- … In his letter of 16 January 1863 , Scott provided CD with an account of some of his …
- … the letter from John Scott, 16 January 1863 . Letter from John Scott, 16 January 1863 . …
- … on pp. 307–23. In his letter of 16 January 1863 , Scott told CD that his observations …
- … not been identified. In his letter of 16 January 1863 , Scott wrote: ‘A latent provisional …
- … call “bud-variation’”. In his letter of 16 January 1863 , Scott asked whether CD merely …
- … 15 January [1863] . In his letter of 16 January 1863 , Scott asked CD whether he intended …
- … has not been found (see letter to John Scott, 16 February [1863] ). Scott enclosed a copy …
- … individual variations (see letter from John Scott, 16 January 1863 and n. 11). There is …
- … penetrate it. See letter from John Scott, 16 January 1863 and n. 6. CD had previously …
- … to Isaac Anderson-Henry, 20 January [1863] . See letter from John Scott, 16 January 1863 . …
- … to Baillon 1861 , p. 56. In his letter to CD of 16 January 1863 , Scott suggested putting …
- … in colours of flowers (see letter from John Scott, 16 January 1863 ). CD refers to John …
- … bud-variation, see the letters to Thomas Rivers , 7 January [1863] , 11 January [1863] , …
- … discuss ferns. See also letter to John Scott, 16 February [1863] and nn. 7–8. Ferns were …
- … Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 . See also letter to Asa Gray, 19 January [1863] and n. 3. …
- … Isaac Anderson-Henry, 17 January 1863 . See letter to Isaac Anderson-Henry, 20 January [ …
- … 1863, p. 30. An abstract was also published in the Transactions of the Botanical Society [of Edinburgh] 7: 429–30 ( Scott 1862b ). CD began writing chapter 11 of Variation , dealing with ‘bud-variation’, on 21 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix II); in his letter …
To J. D. Hooker 8 [June 1863]
Summary
Sends Asa Gray letter to JDH. Gray’s "Coolness about England and U. S. beats anything".
John Scott’s difficulties at Edinburgh Botanic Garden.
JS’s paper on Primula crossing experiments.
Sends MS note about closing of stigma in orchids being dependent on affinity of pollen and independent of protusion of pollen-tubes.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 8 [June 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 158 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4207 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … John Scott, 31 May [1863] , and the letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] . See also …
- … everything’. CD refers to the letter from Asa Gray, 26 May 1863 . See also letter from …
- … J. D. Hooker, [1 March 1863] . See letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] and n. …
- … 1864 ( Scott 1864a ). See the enclosure to the letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] . …
- … See letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] . Scott’s paper was subsequently published in …
- … Scott 1863a ; see letter from John Scott, 16 June [1863] ). The note referred to appeared …
- … 3. See letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] and n. 5; the reference is …
- … 29 May [1863] . See letter from John Scott, [3 June 1863] and n. …
- … enclosed with Scott’s letter to him of 28 May [1863], of a meeting of the Botanical …
- … n. 9, below. See letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] . CD communicated Scott’s …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 . See also n. 10, below. …
- … to John Hutton Balfour . See also letters to J. D. Hooker, 23 May [1863] and …
- … reference is to James MacNab. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 May [1863] . CD refers …
- … May 1863, p. 8). For CD’s comments on the paper and Scott’s response, see the letter to …
To John Scott 1 and 3 August [1863]
Summary
Thanks JS for orchid paper [Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7 (1863): 543–50]. JS presents excellent new facts on sterility of orchids.
His argument that coloured primroses are not hybrids is good, as is idea of discovering primrose parentage by breeding for colours.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 1 and 3 Aug 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 93: B24, B27–8, B70; DAR 147: 455 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4260 |
Matches: 20 hits
- … 19 January [1863] , letter to John …
- … Scott, 6 June [1863] , and letter from John Scott, [26 July – 2 August 1863] ). Asa Gray …
- … scientific papers ). In his letter of 21 September [1863] , Scott stated that he had sent …
- … Journal in July (see letters from John Scott , 21 May [1863] and 23 July [1863] ); …
- … 98–9 n. In his letter of 25 [July 1863] CD urged Scott to repeat the experiments. CD …
- … the equal-stamened and -styled cowslip in his letter of 21 May [1863] , and enclosed the …
- … of the portion of the letter written on 1 August 1863 is missing from this point, and the …
- … species in Primula ’. See also letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] and nn. 10–11. …
- … yellow primrose. See also letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] , and Scott 1864a , pp. …
- … seed with his letter of [26 July – 2 August 1863] . CD discussed Scott’s crossing …
- … and P. veris with the letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] , and Scott published them in …
- … obtain specimens for further experiments (see letters to Asa Gray , 2 January [1863] , and …
- … of L. perenne (see letter from Asa Gray, 27 January 1863 ). See also Forms of flowers , …
- … its relationship to the letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] (see n. 21, below). …
- … in DAR 93: B27–8. Letter from John Scott, [26 July – 2 August 1863] . CD cited Scott 1863a …
- … ed. , p. 289. See letter from John Scott, [26 July – 2 August 1863] . CD refers to Scott’ …
- … n. 11, above. See letter from John Scott, [26 July – 2 August 1863] . Scott’s reply has …
- … infertile (see letter from John Scott, [26 July – 2 August 1863] , and n. 15, above). CD …
- … was nearby (see letter from John Scott, [26 July – 2 August 1863] ). The enclosure has …
- … Dalton Hooker . See letters from J. D. Hooker, [21 July 1863] and [31 July 1863] . …
To Daniel Oliver 24–5 March [1863]
Summary
Observation on morphology of Primula ovarium sent for DO’s use.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 24–5 Mar [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 42 (EH 88206025) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4059 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … to J. D. Hooker, 13 [March 1863] , and letter from J. D. …
- … 5 March [1863] , and letter from J. D. …
- … Hooker, [24 March 1863] . Letter from J. D. …
- … Hooker, [15 March 1863] . See also letter from J. D. …
- … see for example the letter from John Scott, 16 January 1863 ). CD carried out crossing …
- … 1863, are in DAR 108: 165. See also letter to Daniel Oliver, [12 April 1863] and n. …
- … of the Vandeae (see letter to John Scott, 16 February [1863] and n. 14). See letter …
- … 3. See letter from Daniel Oliver, [26 March 1863] . See letter to J. …
- … Hooker, [24 March 1863] . ‘Two forms in species of Linum ’ . See letter from J. D. …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, [24 March 1863] . CD refers to the tissue …
- … D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] and n. 19. See also letter from J. D. Hooker, [24 …
- … Kew, through Joseph Dalton Hooker (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 13 January [1863] and …
- … 1863] ). CD was interested in Nepenthes as one of a few unrelated genera in which leaves were developed into pitcher-like structures; such cases of ‘Similar & peculiar organs in beings far remote in the scale of nature’ presented what he considered a difficulty for the theory of natural selection ( Natural selection , pp. 374–5; see also Notebooks , p. 440; Correspondence vol. 2, letter …
To Asa Gray 26 June [1863]
Summary
Thanks AG for references about phyllotaxy
and information on marriage laws.
Has been looking for dimorphism in Phlox and Euonymus.
Has observed the irritability of tendrils of Echinocystis with great interest. Was also struck by the rotating movements of the leading shoots, which he proposes to investigate.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 26 June [1863] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (82) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4222 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … precedents in international law. In 1863, some of his letters to The Times were published …
- … and the letter from Asa Gray, 26 May 1863 . Letters from Asa Gray , 26 May 1863 and [10– …
- … 1877. [Harcourt, William Vernon. ] 1863. Letters by Historicus or some questions of …
- … letter from Asa Gray, [10–16] June [1863] . See letter from Asa Gray, [10–16] June [1863] …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker . See letter from Asa Gray, [10–16] June [1863] and n. 2. CD refers …
- … 3. See letter from Asa Gray, 26 May 1863 . From 1861, William Vernon Harcourt wrote many …
- … and n. 13. CD refers to his letter to Gray of 31 May [1863] and to Gray’s reviews of A. …
- … reaction to Origin ( Bentham 1863 ). See also letter to George Bentham, 19 June [1863] . …
- … repens for experimental purposes (see letter to Asa Gray, 2 January [1863] and n. …
- … 4). See also letter to Asa Gray, 31 May [1863] . CD refers to A. …
- … See letter from Asa Gray, [10–16] June [1863] and n. 4. There are observational and …
- … Botany) ( ‘Climbing plants’ ). See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 [June 1863] and n. …
- … Gray 1858b . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 [June 1863] and n. 2. CD refers to the …
To A. R. Wallace [29? September 1863]
Summary
Baffling problems with Melastoma. Appreciates ARW’s help with it and the "gorze case".
Has read report of ARW’s paper [to Newcastle BAAS meeting, "On the geographical distribution of animal life"] in the Reader [2 (1863): 352–3].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | [29? Sept 1863] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add. MS. 46434: 36–7b) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4310 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … 22–3, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 , letter to H. W. …
- … Bates, 12 January [1863] , letter to Asa …
- … Gray, 19 January [1863] , and letter to Hermann …
- … to J. B. Innes, 1 September [1863] ). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 26 September …
- … Crüger, 25 January [1863] . See letter from A. R. Wallace, 26 September 1863 . CD …
- … DAR 205.8. See, for example, letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] and nn. …
- … September 1863 ; the first Tuesday after that date was 29 September. See letter from A. …
- … 1863, in order to undergo treatment at James Smith Ayerst’s hydropathic establishment (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) and letter …
From Hugh Falconer 29 August 1863
Summary
HF will send E. Suess’s paper [Edouard Suess, "Über die Verschiedenheit und die Aufeinanderfolge der tertiären Landfaunen in der Niederung von Wien", Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (Math–nat. Klasse) 47 (1863): 306–31] which deals directly with natural selection.
Author: | Hugh Falconer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Aug 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4284 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Falconer, 24 August [1863] , and letter to Hugh Falconer, [25–6 August 1863] and n. 3. …
- … 1863a , p. 80). Falconer refers to Eduard Suess and to Suess 1863 (see letter from Hugh …
- … Falconer, 24 August [1863] , and letter to Hugh Falconer, [25–6 August 1863] ). See n. 3, …
- … 3, and letter to Charles Lyell, 18 April [1863] . …
- … Letter to Hugh Falconer, [25–6 August 1863] . See letter from Hugh …
- … Falconer refers to his letter in the Athenæum , 4 April 1863, pp. 459–60, which was …
- … of man ( C. Lyell 1863a ). See letter from W. H. Dixon, 16 April 1863 and n. …
- … The first part of the letter to Hugh Falconer, [25–6 August 1863] , is missing. …
From J. D. Hooker [2]9 June 1863
Summary
JDH and Oliver impressed with CD’s observations on gyratory motion of plants.
CD pleased with Bentham’s Linnean Society address on the reception of Darwinism [J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 7 (1863): xi–xxix].
JDH’s social "dogma": "Brains x Beauty = Breeding + wealth".
[Dated 9 June by JDH.]
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [2]9 June 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 147–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4224 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … 25 [August 1863] , letter to Asa …
- … Gray, 4 August [1863] , and letter from Asa Gray, 1 September 1863 . The reference is to …
- … before the Linnean Society on 25 May 1863 ( Bentham 1863 ; see letter to J. D. …
- … the Daily News in 1862 and 1863. In his letters, Smith argued for ‘colonial emancipation’, …
- … G. Smith 1863 . G. Smith 1863 comprised a series of letters on the British empire, …
- … Empire. A series of letters published in ‘The Daily News,’ 1862, 1863. Oxford and London: …
- … in C. Lyell 1863a (see letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). The Guards’ ball, …
- … J. D. Hooker, 25 [June 1863] . Daniel Oliver . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 25 [June …
- … offence ( DNB ). Julius von Haast . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 July [1863] and n. 2. …
- … Hooker, 23 [June 1863] and n. 9). See also letters from J. D. Hooker, 20 April 1863 …
- … Marginalia 1: 589–94, 662–3). See also letters to J. D. Hooker, 12–13 August [1863] and …
- … 1863, p. 11). Hooker refers to various remarks that he made to CD in 1862, on the development of an aristocracy being a consequence of natural selection (see Correspondence vol. 10). In his letter …
From J. D. Hooker [21 July 1863]
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [21 July 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 152–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4225 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Kew. See letter from Asa Gray to J. D. Hooker, 6 July 1863 , and letter from Asa …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 14 July [1863] , and the following letter; the intervening Tuesday was …
- … Gray, 7 July 1863 . See following letter. The reference is to Daniel Oliver . …
- … and 14 July [1863] . See letter to J. D. …
- … Hooker, 1 July [1863] and 14 July [1863] . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 July [1863] . …
- … Hooker, 14 July [1863] and n. 2. Letters to J. D. …
- … pre-eminent’ ( Chambers ). See letters to J. D. Hooker, 25 [June 1863] , 1 July [1863] , …
- … R. Desmond 1994 ). See letter from J. D. Hooker, [2]9 June 1863 . J. D. Hooker 1864– …
To J. D. Hooker [13 November 1863]
Summary
Sends Haast’s report; JDH may use any and all of the details in the letter.
Asks identity of a reviewer of Lyell’s Antiquity of man [Edinburgh Rev. 118 (1863): 254–302].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [13 Nov 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 209 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4341 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … von Haast of 21 July [– 7? August] 1863 (see letter from J. D. …
- … fever; see letter from J. D. Hooker, [1 or 3 November 1863] , and letter from J. D. …
- … 21 July [– 7? August] 1863 (see letter from J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin, 11 November …
- … from J. D. Hooker, [31 July 1863] and n. 2, and letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 August [ …
- … Hooker, 11 November 1863) , CD may have decided to also send the letter from Julius von …
- … by William Brinton on 3 November 1863. The letter from James Manby Gully , who had treated …
- … 11 November 1863 . Following the interest Hooker had expressed in the letter from Julius …
- … 6 August 1863 , or the map and report that CD mentioned in the postscript to his letter to …
- … letter. Asks identity of a reviewer of Lyell’s Antiquity of man [ Edinburgh Rev. 118 (1863): …
- … 1863 . Hooker had asked CD if he could use the information Haast included in his letter of …
- … 1863 ); the author of the review was James David Forbes ( Wellesley Index ). In July, Hooker sent CD some tendril-bearing plants from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for his research (see letter …
To Asa Gray 11 May [1863]
Summary
CD despairs when men like AG and Lyell consider themselves incapable of judging on change of species by descent.
Is confused over phyllotaxy.
Has been looking at Plantago lanceolata.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 11 May [1863] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (59) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4153 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … on transmutation in the letter to Asa Gray, 23 February [1863] , the letter to J. D. …
- … Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] , and the letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] . …
- … 1863 , and 20 April 1863 . In his letter of 20 April 1863 , Gray commented favourably on …
- … Wedgwood III , between 6 and 13 May 1863. Letters from Asa Gray , 11 April 1863 , 13 …
- … this letter and the letter from Asa Gray, 20 April 1863 . According to Emma Darwin’s …
- … 296–301. Letters to Athenæum , 18 April [1863] and 5 May [1863]. …
- … See also letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 and n. 2, and Bartholomew 1973 , pp. …
- … See also Appendix VII. See letter from Asa Gray, 20 April 1863 and n. …
- … Marginalia 1: 347). See also letter to Asa Gray, 20 April [1863] . In DAR 51: A30 there is …
- … before 11 May 1863]). See also letter from Asa Gray, 26 May 1863 . Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Peirce 1849 ). See letter from Asa Gray, [10–16] June [1863] . According to Emma Darwin’s …
- … 11. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, [9 May 1863] . CD had been reading Gray’s account …
- … on phyllotaxy (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [ 9 May 1863] and n. 10, and memorandum from …
- … this statement (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [13 May 1863] ); however, Gray had read a …
- … letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 ), and made a series of observational notes on ‘dichogamy’ (the maturation of anthers and stigmas at different times in the same flower) between 19 March 1863 …
- … 1863. Horace Darwin had been unwell since January 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10). Horace is referred to as the ‘Natural Selection Hero’ in recognition of a remark he had made on the future evolution of adders, which applied the principles of natural selection (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter …
To Charles Lyell 6 March [1863]
Summary
Comments at length on CL’s book [Antiquity of man (1863)]. CD is "greatly disappointed that you have not given judgment and spoken fairly out what you think about the derivation of species".
Lists large number of queries concerning minor points.
Praises especially the chapters on language and glaciers.
Comments on the temperature of Africa during the glacial period, especially with regard to the views of Hooker.
Mentions Owen’s paper on the aye-aye [Rep. BAAS 32 (1862) pt 2: 114–16].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 6 Mar [1863] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.289) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4028 |
Matches: 27 hits
- … to Asa Gray, 23 February [1863] , letter to J. D. …
- … s criticisms, see letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[– 5] February [1863] , and letter to T. H. …
- … copy of Antiquity of man ( C. Lyell 1863a ) on 4 February 1863 (see letter to Charles …
- … Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] , and letter to T. H. …
- … from J. D. Hooker, [15 March 1863] , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1863] . In …
- … refers to Richard Owen’s letter, published in the Athenæum , 21 February 1863, pp. 262–3, …
- … Dana, 5 February 1863 , which he apparently sent with his letter to Lyell of 17 [February …
- … 2 January 1860 ). In a letter to Lyell of 28 February 1863 ( Todhunter 1876 , 2: 429–30), …
- … of languages. See also letter to Asa Gray, 23 February [1863] and n. 17. In CD’s copy of …
- … pp. 504–5). See also letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 and n. 7. CD refers to …
- … of the journal. See also letter to Charles Lyell, 17 March [1863] . Antiquity of man was a …
- … to 4 March 1863, but CD cancelled the visit because of ill health (see letters to J. D. …
- … Huxley, 26 [February 1863] . Lyell’s letter has not been …
- … 1862 , and this volume, letter to Julius von Haast, 22 January 1863 ). CD refers to Lyell’ …
- … p. 469), but see letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] and n. 17. CD refers to a …
- … by the letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 March [1863] . CD may refer to the letter from J. D. …
- … 1863 ( Grayson 1985 ). Emma Darwin acted as CD’s amanuensis for the middle section of the letter, …
- … in the Parthenon on 21 February 1863, pp. 233–5. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] …
- … period. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] . The last section of …
- … found, but see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 March [1863] and n. 16. The reference is …
- … vol. 10). See also letter from J. D. Hooker, [1 March 1863] and n. 11. Lyell marked …
- … on this subject, see the letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 March [1863] , n. 17. The sentence …
- … D. Hooker 1863b . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1863] , n. 17. The sentence …
- … or origin of species’ (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 March [1863] and n. 19). The paper …
- … 1863] . CD refers to James Manby Gully’s hydropathic establishment at Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Lyell’s letter …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–]12 November [1862] and n. 25). A second edition was published in April 1863, …
- … 1863] ); there is an annotated presentation copy of this work in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 525–7). CD refers to Lyell’s extensive but inconclusive discussion of theories of transmutation of species and organic progression in C. Lyell 1863a , pp. 385–506. On Lyell’s unwillingness to commit himself to a belief in the transmutation of species, see Bartholomew 1973 . On CD’s reaction to Lyell’s position, see letter …
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: 20 hits
- … see letter from John Scott, 22 May 1863 , and letter to John Scott 23 May [1863] ). John …
- … also letter to Daniel Oliver, 20 [February 1863] , and letter from Daniel …
- … his paper on orchids with his letter of 28 May [1863] . The paper, which was read before …
- … to experiment on Passiflora in his letter of 21 May [1863] . CD, wishing to corroborate …
- … this letter and the letters from John Scott , 21 May [1863] and 22 May 1863 . Scott had …
- … as Scott 1863a ) with his letter to CD of 21 May [1863] . Scott’s study had led him to …
- … See enclosure to the letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] . Scott read a paper, ‘On the …
- … an abstract was published ( Scott 1862b ; see letter to John Scott, 2 May [ 1863] and n. …
- … 10, and letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] ). CD had carried out a series of …
- … the missing section of his letter to CD of 21 May [1863] . Probably a reference to Donald …
- … with Primula in his letter to CD of 21 May [1863] . Scott had been corresponding with CD …
- … and ‘shortstyled’. However, see the letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] . See …
- … Oliver, 27 February 1863 . See letter from John …
- … 13–15, and this volume, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] . CD published his results, …
- … was the curator ( R. Desmond 1994 ). See letter from J. D. Hooker, [23–7 May 1863] . …
- … 1863a in July (see letter to John Scott, 1 and 3 August [1863] ); it is in the Darwin …
- … contents is given in the letter from J. D. Hooker, [23–7 May 1863] . Scott had asked CD’ …
- … in February (see letter from L. C. Treviranus, 12 February 1863) . CD’s annotated copy …
- … letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] and n. 6. CD’s notes on homomorphic crosses of P. sinensis and P. vulgaris , dated March–June 1863, …
- … 1863] . The oxlips referred to are apparently those described in DAR 108: 24b. CD’s experiments with cowslips and primroses ( Primula veris and P. vulgaris ) had led him to conclude that the common oxlip was a hybrid produced as a result of cross-pollination between these two species ( ‘Dimorphic condition in Primula ’ , pp. 93–4, Collected papers 2: 60–1). See also Correspondence vol. 10, letter …
letter | (1267) |
people | (20) |
bibliography | (6) |
Darwin, C. R. | (593) |
Hooker, J. D. | (97) |
Scott, John | (31) |
Gray, Asa | (26) |
Darwin, Emma | (25) |
Darwin, C. R. | (633) |
Hooker, J. D. | (112) |
Gray, Asa | (31) |
Lyell, Charles | (31) |
Scott, John | (28) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1226) |
Hooker, J. D. | (209) |
Scott, John | (59) |
Gray, Asa | (57) |
Lyell, Charles | (44) |
1840 | (1) |
1845 | (2) |
1849 | (1) |
1853 | (1) |
1854 | (1) |
1855 | (1) |
1856 | (1) |
1857 | (2) |
1859 | (2) |
1860 | (15) |
1861 | (26) |
1862 | (131) |
1863 | (491) |
1864 | (177) |
1865 | (95) |
1866 | (73) |
1867 | (51) |
1868 | (39) |
1869 | (17) |
1870 | (4) |
1871 | (19) |
1872 | (17) |
1873 | (6) |
1874 | (19) |
1875 | (16) |
1876 | (18) |
1877 | (10) |
1878 | (10) |
1879 | (5) |
1880 | (5) |
1881 | (10) |
1882 | (1) |
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/PR-Q-00900-00001-C-00002-000-00025_p423.jpg?itok=5nUuxM_i)
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
Matches: 1 hits
- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/PR-Q-00900-00001-C-00002-000-00025_p423.jpg?itok=5nUuxM_i)
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/RIVERS-T-01-04019.jpg?itok=Or0llM5P)
Thomas Rivers
Summary
Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
Matches: 1 hits
- … The Project was contacted by the owner of an important Darwin letter that contains a rare instance …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/Lyell%20Lubbock%20composite.jpg?itok=udDhCKze)
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
Summary
In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
Matches: 1 hits
- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
Summary
The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
Matches: 1 hits
- … The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/Recipe-Book-Banner1.jpg?itok=SaGq1Blz)
Dining at Down House
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/Peacock-1.jpg?itok=5ER-1vQp)
Science, Work and Manliness
Summary
Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …
Matches: 1 hits
- … Discussion Questions | Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels …
Darwin as mentor
Summary
Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/Terry-Molloy.jpg?itok=SzA8wiPP)
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
Summary
On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
Matches: 1 hits
- … On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were …
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Matches: 1 hits
- … Re: Design – performance version – 25 March 2007 – 1 Re: Design – Adaptation of the …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/darwin%20health.jpg?itok=qRr-LZWm)
Darwin's health
Summary
On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
Matches: 1 hits
- … On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/DARWIN-C-R-01-00001.jpg?itok=rc5fD04h)
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
Matches: 1 hits
- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
Referencing women’s work
Summary
Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/Darwin-Pigeons-01.jpg?itok=HukmMdqR)
Inheritance
Summary
It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 'Hypotheses may often be of service to science, when they involve a certain portion of …
Scientific Networks
Summary
Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Friendship | Mentors | Class | Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/Down-house1_4.jpg?itok=vMXP0hC3)
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
Summary
1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
Matches: 1 hits
- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/Evolution_%20Selected%20Letters%20of%20Charles%20Darwin%201860-1870.jpg?itok=urUwlCUo)
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
Summary
This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
Matches: 1 hits
- … This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/4311179527_0d4517fd8a_o.jpg?itok=dv9A16Nc)
Climbing Plants
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment A monograph by which to work …
![](https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/sidebar_teaser/public/The_funeral_ceremony_of_the_Charles_Darwin_at_Westminster_Ab_Wellcome_V0018693_final.jpg?itok=nAEP3VmR)
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
Summary
In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
Matches: 1 hits
- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …