To Linnean Society 23 January [1875]
Summary
Thanks Council for their kindness; even if he had known that the right to reprint papers was a recognised one he would have asked the Council’s consent [before reprinting Climbing plants?].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Linnean Society |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9828 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Linnean Society of London Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Jan [1875] Linnean Society …
- … To Linnean Society 23 January [1875] …
- … letter and the letter to Linnean Society, 1 January [1875] . CD’s work on climbing plants …
- … Linnean Society ( ‘Climbing plants’ ), then as a book published in 1865 by Longman ( Climbing plants ); the second edition was published in November 1875 …
To Linnean Society 23 June 1875
Summary
Gives a report on a paper by Thomas Powell on coral islands ["Notes on the nature and productions of several atolls of the Tokelan, Ellice, and Gilbert Groups, South Pacific", read 15 Apr 1875, not published].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Linnean Society |
| Date: | 23 June 1875 |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (SP.917) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10027 |
To Linnean Society 1 January [1875]
Summary
Asks permission to republish his climbing plants paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1867): 1–118] in a corrected form [Climbing plants].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Linnean Society |
| Date: | 1 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10004 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 97: C12 Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Jan [1875] Linnean Society …
- … To Linnean Society 1 January [1875] …
- … Linnean Society ( Botany ), was also published by Longman in 1865 ( Climbing plants ). Climbing plants 2d ed. was published in November 1875 ( …
- … Linnean Society ( Botany ) 9 (1867): 1–118. Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. …
To J. D. Hooker [12 December 1875]
Summary
CD is furious at the prospect of Lankester’s being black-balled by the Linnean Society. He plans to solicit support from various members and to come up with Frank for the voting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [12 Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 401–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10295 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Society on 2 December 1875 ( Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1875–6): ii). …
- … of Lankester at the 2 December 1875 meeting of the Linnean Society (see letter from J. D. …
- … a fellow on 2 December 1875 ( Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1875–6): ii), …
- … was duly elected ( Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1875–6): iii). Francis …
- … 2 December 1875] and n. 2). George James Allman was president of the Linnean Society . …
- … fellow of the Linnean Society (see letter to ? , [after 11 December 1875] ); Lankester was …
- … Lankester at the Linnean Society (see letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1875 ). The day …
King, George. 1875. Note on a sport in Paritium tricuspe, G. Don. [Read 16 December 1875.] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 15 (1875–7): 101–3.
To ? [after 11 December 1875]
Summary
Strongly disapproves of the blackballing of Edwin Ray Lankester by the Linnean Society. States the reasons for his disapproval and hopes they will be considered.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [after 11 Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C1–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10296 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … on 2 December 1875 ( Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1875–6): ii); Lankester …
- … at a meeting of the Linnean Society on 2 December 1875 ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 …
- … 1875 . Francis Darwin and George John Romanes were elected fellows of the Linnean Society …
- … 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Proposals of fellows for election to the Linnean Society …
- … Linnean Society . The draft might also have served as the basis of all the letters CD wrote in support of Edwin Ray Lankester’s second nomination for fellowship of the society (see, for example, letter to J. J. Weir, 18 December [1875] ). …
Raphael, Sandra. 1970. The publication dates of the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, series 1, 1791–1875. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2: 61–76. [Vols. 10,11]
To J. D. Hooker 25 July 1875
Summary
Solicits JDH and others at Kew for signatures to nomination of Francis Darwin for membership of Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 389 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10091 |
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1873. On Hydnora americana R. Br. [Read 6 November 1873.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 14 (1875): 182–8.
From Francis Darwin [after 2 December 1875]
Summary
Sends thanks for CD’s help in making him a Fellow of the Linnean Society. Dyer has sent some Erinem.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 2 Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10287G |
To A. R. Wallace 23 December 1875
Summary
E. R. Lankester has been unfairly blackballed at the Linnean Society. He is to be proposed for a second time, with CD seconding the proposal. Urges ARW to attend the ballot.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 23 Dec 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 272 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10322 |
Matches: 3 hits
From Francis Darwin [13 December 1875]
Summary
[The black-balling of Edwin Ray Lankester by the Linnean Society] is a most scandalous shame. Will arrange for his own admission to fellowship of the Society.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10362F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 2 December 1875 ( List of the Linnean Society of London) , but not admitted as a …
- … 1875 of Edwin Ray Lankester’s proposed election to fellowship of the Linnean Society . In …
- … Hooker, [12 December 1875] ). Francis was elected to fellowship of the Linnean Society on …
- … Linnean Society , General Minute Book I). Francis Darwin was in Wales ( Correspondence vol. 23, letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 December 1875] ). …
From Francis Darwin [before 8 December 1875]
Summary
Sends Linnean papers.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 8 Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10287F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … the Linnean Society of London on 2 December 1875 ( Proceedings of the Linnean Society of …
- … 1875–6): ii). The ‘obligation’ was probably a payment of fees to the society; fellows were allowed, after their payment of an admission fee of £6, to compound their fees, that is, to pay a lump sum of £30 in lieu of all future annual payments (notice bound into Journal of the Linnean Society ( …
Gilbert, Joseph Henry. 1875. Note on the occurrence of ‘fairy-rings’. [Read 3 June 1875.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 15 (1877): 17–24.
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [4 February 1876]
Summary
Congratulates WTT-D on [election of E. Ray Lankester to] Linnean Society.
Mentions visit to Royal Society.
Pleased to see George Bentham looking well.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | [4 Feb 1876] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 56–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10380 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 22 October 1875
Summary
Encloses manuscript [missing] by George King ["Sport in Paritium", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 101–3].
Sends thanks to Hooker for correction of name. Mentions other errors.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 22 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 35–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10210 |
Scott, John. 1870. Notes on the tree ferns of British Sikkim, with descriptions of three new species, and a few supplemental remarks on their relations to palms and cycads. [Read 17 February 1870.] Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 30 (1875): 1–44.
Moseley, Henry Nottidge. 1875a. Notes on plants collected and observed at the Admiralty Islands, March 3 to 10, 1875. [Read 16 December 1875.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 15 (1877): 73–82.
To G. J. Romanes 24 September [1875]
Summary
Will propose GJR for membership in Linnean Society.
Discusses GJR’s grafting experiments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 24 Sept [1875] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.476) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10168 |
Matches: 2 hits
To J. D. Hooker 15 October [1875]
Summary
Has decided to send R. L. Tait’s paper to the Royal Society.
Will try glycerine on Mimosa but doubts it will have an effect.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 394–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10200 |
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Life sciences in Commentary
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …
Movement in Plants
Summary
The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical …
Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores
Summary
In Autumn of 1875, Francis Darwin was busy researching aggregation in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured particles within either protoplasm or the fluid in the cell vacuole (the cell sap) cluster…
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- … By John Schaefer, Harvard University* Charles Darwin’s enthusiasm for carnivorous …
Insectivorous plants
Summary
Darwin’s work on insectivorous plants began by accident. While on holiday in the summer of 1860, staying with his wife’s relatives in Hartfield, Sussex, he went for long walks on the heathland and became curious about the large number of insects caught by…
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- … Darwin’s work on insectivorous plants began by accident. While on holiday in the summer of 1860, …
