To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 21 April [1881]
Summary
Wants Trifolium seed.
Has been rereading WTT-D’s letters on "bloom".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 21 Apr [1881] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 220–1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13130 |
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- … resupinatum , made between 17 August and 10 October 1877, are in DAR 209.12: 176–8. …
- … of Trifolium resupinatum (Persian clover) in 1877 and 1878 (see Correspondence vol. 25, …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [20–4 August 1877] , and Correspondence vol. 26, letters to W. T. …
- … example, Correspondence vol. 25, letters from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [June 1877 or later] …
- … and 25 August 1877 , and Correspondence vol. 26, letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 …
To S. H. Vines 4 November 1881
Summary
Thanks SHV for his letter [13455] in answer to his questions about the action of ammonium carbonate on the root cells of Euphorbia peplus. Suggests further observations.
Has read J. Sachs [Textbook of botany, English translation (1875)] and H. A. De Bary [Vergleichende Anatomie (1877)] on milk-tubes. He believes that tubes he has observed in germinating roots of Euphorbia myrsinites are modified milk tubes. Will send a paper on the subject to the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Sydney Howard Vines |
| Date: | 4 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13459A |
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- … Botany ) 19: 239–61. Bary, Anton de. 1877. Vergleichende Anatomie der Vegetationsorgane …
- … H. A. De Bary [ Vergleichende Anatomie (1877)] on milk-tubes. He believes that tubes he …
- … Press. Schmalhausen, Ivan Fedorovich. 1877. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Milchsaftbehälter …
- … organs of phanerogams and ferns; Bary 1877 , pp. 199, 205), Anton de Bary referred to the …
- … Ivan Fedorovich Schmalhausen ( Schmalhausen 1877 ). Euphorbia myrsinites is myrtle spurge. …
- … analogous to wood xylem vessels (see Bary 1877 , p. 196). CD eventually published a paper …
To Ernst Haeckel 25 June 1881
Summary
EH’s scheme to visit Ceylon an excellent one. Has written to Huxley about getting money from Royal Society. If funds are unavailable, would like to subscribe £100.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 25 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13218 |
From Charles Layton 3 November 1881
Summary
Encloses statement of US sales of CD’s works and sends a cheque for the balance due to CD.
| Author: | Charles James (Charles) Layton; D. Appleton & Co |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13458 |
From Charles Layton 17 March 1881
Summary
Encloses statement of U. S. sales of CD’s works to 1 Feb 1881 and sends cheque for balance due to CD.
| Author: | Charles James (Charles) Layton; D. Appleton & Co |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Mar 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13088 |
To J. B. Dancer 25 October [1881]
Summary
Informs JBD that his book [Earthworms] profited from JBD’s interesting notice ["On the transfer of subsoil to the surface", Proc. Manchester Lit. & Philos. Soc. 16: 247–8].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Benjamin Dancer |
| Date: | 25 Oct [1881] |
| Classmark: | Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin (John Benjamin Dancer MS 1052 1.3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13429 |
To C. G. Semper 6 February 1881
Summary
Comments on CGS’s The natural conditions of existence [1881] and on views of Moritz Wagner on geographical distribution.
Discusses cause of variability.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Carl Gottfried Semper |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf (slg 60/Dok/62) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13040 |
To ? 21 August 1881
Summary
Encloses a letter from his son G. H. Darwin and another from his son Francis Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 21 Aug 1881 |
| Classmark: | C. G. Boerner in Leipzig (dealer) (4–6 December 1911) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13294G |
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- … from G. H. Darwin (no place or date) and another from Francis Darwin (4 May 1877). ] …
From T. H. Huxley 28 June 1881
Summary
Has heard from Haeckel the story of refusal [by Humboldt fund] of Berlin Academy to support him because he was supporter of Darwin. R. Virchow has been so unfair to Haeckel that THH is inclined to think it is a true account. But obtaining the funds in England is extremely difficult.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 9: 211) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13223 |
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- … vols. London: Macmillan. Virchow, Rudolf. 1877. Die Freiheit der Wissenschaft im modernen …
- … und Aerzte zu München am 22. September 1877. 2d edition. Berlin: Wiegandt, Hempel & Parey. …
- … materialism (German). In September 1877, Virchow had given an address at a meeting of the …
- … the teaching of Darwinian theory ( Virchow 1877 ); his talk was a response to one Haeckel …
From Hugo de Vries 15 October 1881
Summary
Thanks for Earthworms.
HdeV is studying the causes of variation in plants and is very interested in Pangenesis.
| Author: | Hugo de Vries |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 180: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13402 |
To S. H. Vines 15 November 1881
Summary
More observations of the radicles of germinating seeds of Euphorbia peplus for appearance of milk-tubes.
Comments on J. v. Wiesner’s and W. F. P. Pfeffer’s views and criticism of his experiments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Sydney Howard Vines |
| Date: | 15 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13486A |
From Gottlieb Haberlandt 5 January 1881
Summary
Thanks CD for a second copy of Movement in plants. His letter acknowledging the first must have gone astray. Marvels at the number of interesting observations and is honoured by CD’s mention of his work.
In recent years GH has been applying CD’s principles to the histologico-anatomical structure of plant organs. He will send CD the papers.
| Author: | Gottlieb Haberlandt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12980 |
From James Torbitt 10 March 1881
Summary
Sends CD some samples of recent produce. Is "pretty well disgusted by the apathy and stupidity" he has encountered whilst trying to arouse interest and support for his work.
| Author: | James Torbitt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Mar 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 173, DAR 52: E6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13083 |
To John Lubbock 2 August 1881
Summary
Comments on MS of JL’s [1881] BAAS Presidential Address. Suggests that more attention be given to parthenogenesis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 2 Aug 1881 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 49645: 100–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13269 |
To Nature 13 July [1881]
Summary
Communicates two cases of inheritance reported by J. P. Bishop [in 13137]. The work of E. Brown-Séquard has demonstrated that effects of injuries can be inherited ["Hereditary transmission of an epileptiform affection accidentally produced", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 10 (1860): 297–8]. E. Dupuy has sent CD a still more remarkable case.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 13 July [1881] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 21 July 1881, p. 257 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13245 |
To Francis Darwin 9 November [1881]
Summary
Comments on two letters received from W. F. P. Pfeffer [13425, 13464] who thinks Julius Wiesner’s view that light, etc. acts directly on plants is wrong.
Is frantic over the number of letters received about worms; feels the enthusiasm of the reception of Earthworms is laughable.
Is confounded by Euphorbia rootlets and has re-examined the effect of carbonate of ammonia.
Has thought of three good experiments to oppose Wiesner.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Nov [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 70, DAR 211: 89 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13476 |
From F. G. M. Powell 3 December 1881
Summary
Expresses his admiration for CD and his work.
| Author: | Frederick Glyn Montagu Powell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13528 |
From Ernst Krause 2 January 1881
Summary
Encloses reply to Butler [Kosmos 8 (1881): 321–2]. Has also written a reply intended for English reader. Will have it translated for Popular Science Review if CD thinks suitable.
Report of Jäger accident was an error.
Kosmos has been purchased by Eduard Koch in Stuttgart and will continue as in the past.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B61; DAR 221.2: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12969 |
From Wilhelm Breitenbach [before 20 June 1881]
Summary
Arrived in Brazil three months ago. Studying insects and plants, but work suffers from lack of scientific literature.
Fritz Müller has written to him to observe relations between ants and plants.
Writing popular articles about evolution for German newspaper in Brazil.
Sends paper from Kosmos.
Expects to spend several years in Brazil.
| Author: | Wilhelm Breitenbach |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 20 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12962 |
From Victor Hensen 10 October 1881
Summary
Thanks CD for Earthworms. Not convinced that worms derive nutrition from eating soil.
| Author: | Christian Andreas Victor (Victor) Hensen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13392 |
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Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … , Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and …
- … from a family that the Darwins had befriended. The year 1877 was more than usually full of honours. …
- … of a very heavy shower’, William wrote on 24 August 1877 . ‘The leaves were not at all depressed; …
- … gardeners ( letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 August 1877 ). At Down House, Darwin and …
- … a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). Research on movement would continue …
- … of some Infusoria’ ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 ). Francis’s paper eventually appeared …
- … wrote to the editor, George Croom Robertson, on 27 April 1877 , ‘I hope that you will be so good …
- … had written to the editor Ernst Ludwig Krause on 30 June 1877 , ‘I have been much interested by …
- … the German debate (letters to W. E. Gladstone, 2 October 1877 and 25 October [1877] ). …
- … and lively’ ( letter from W. E. Gladstone, 23 October 1877 ). Gifts of German and Dutch …
- … Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the journal ‘an …
- … the director, Adriaan Anthoni van Bemmelen, on 12 February 1877 : ‘I suppose that every worker at …
- … of his 70th year. Darwin was in fact 68 on 12 February 1877. Distinguished guests and …
- … & smooth as butter’ ( letter to C. E. Norton, 16 March 1877 ). Hooker was asked repeatedly by …
- … & me to dejeuner!!!’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 June 1877 ). Darwin was staying in …
- … centuries to come’ ( letter from C. C. Graham, 30 January 1877 ). Graham then gave a lengthy …
- … man and of societies’ ( letter from Marcellin de Bonnal, [1877] ). A similar complaint came from …
- … by a duke!’ ( letter to J. M. Rodwell, 3 June 1877 ). Back home, he learned from his brother that …
- … order of the day’ ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 27 January [1877] ). Carlyle’s remarks were …
- … . In a letter from an unknown correspondent on 13 June 1877 , he was criticised for having quoted …
- … monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 October 1877 ). An American banker, William Burrows …
- … back our civilization’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 17 May 1877 ). Bowles proposed that such …
- … of humanity beneath’ ( letter from W. B. Bowles, 18 May 1877 ). More transitional human …
- … inflexible tails ( letter from Arthur Mellersh, 1 January 1877 ). The American physician Jesse …
- … (Trollope 1867; letter to G. J. Romanes, [1 and 2 December 1877] ). Dispute and …
- … George and Francis. He wrote to Francis on 24 September 1877 about his forthcoming work, Life …
- … value’, he confessed in a letter of 25 November 1877 that the book had ‘resolved itself into a …
- … physical’ ( letter from W. M. Moorsom, 10 September 1877 ). Darwin was doubtful of the elephant …
1877 letters now online
Summary
Flowers, bloom, a son married . . . and a suspended monkey in Cambridge at Darwin's honorary LLD ceremony. The transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin's life in 1877…
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- … of over 600 letters written to and from Darwin in 1877 are now online. Read more about Darwin& …
Photograph album of German and Austrian scientists
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The album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade, and contained 165 portraits of German and Austrian scientists. The work was lavishly produced and bound in blue velvet with metal embossing. Its ornate…
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- … album was sent to Darwin to mark his birthday on 12 February 1877 by the civil servant Emil Rade …
- … have ever received ( Letter to Ernst Haeckel, 16 February 1877 ) …
- … the start of his 70th year, but Darwin was only 68 in 1877. Despite this oversight, the album …
- … world.— ( Letter from Leonard Blomefield, 12 March 1877 ) Familiar faces Ernst …
- … with the final album. He wrote to Darwin on 9 February 1877 : ‘what will perhaps astonish you is …
- … worth to give you ( Letter from J. V. Carus, 22 March 1877 ) The professor of …
- … scientific work. ( Letter from C. G. Semper, 26 April 1877 ) Carl Kraus, an …
4.25 'Punch' 1877 re. Cambridge doctorate
Summary
< Back to Introduction Punch often ridiculed Darwin by showing him as a monkey or in other animalistic forms, but in 1877, when he at last received an honorary degree from Cambridge University, it paid its tribute to ‘wisdom’. ‘Punch to Dr. Darwin’…
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Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the …
- … lasting pleasure. ( Letter to Pieter Harting, 19 March 1877 ) Harting had also written …
- … it states his ‘69th Birthday’, when in fact he was 68 in 1877. It was arranged in alphabetical order …
- … from A. A. van Bemmelen and H. J. Veth, 6 February 1877 ) Dutch correspondents …
- … ( Letter from C. W. Thomson, 30 June 1877 ) Much earlier, in 1861, Tiberius Cornelis …
German and Dutch photograph albums
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Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
Cross and self fertilisation
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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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- … of plants.’ ( From Friedrich Hildebrand, 18 January 1877 ). Hermann Müller enthused that Darwin’s …
- … my book’ ( To Gardeners’ Chronicle , 19 February [1877] ). In contrast, as Hooker told Darwin, …
- … gloats over it' ( From J. D. Hooker, 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was especially pleased with …
- … have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March 1877, the edition was …
- … index a little altered’ ( To R. F. Cooke, 11 December [1877] ). These changes were necessitated by …
- … wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of February 1878, …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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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…
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- … tiredness of the later years (e.g. letter to E.M. Dicey, [1877] ). Working …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … Letter 11074: Sayce, A. H. to Darwin, C. R., 27 July 1877 Darwin’s study of human nature …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … activity at the site of a Roman villa, 15 November 1877 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer's …
Have you read the one about....
Summary
... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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- … grains by a dilution method. In his letter of 9 March 1877 , Darwin wrote: ‘Your calculation of …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
German poems presented to Darwin
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Experiments in deepest reverence The following poems were enclosed with a photograph album sent as a birthday gift to Charles Darwin by his German and Austrian admirers (see letter from From Emil Rade, [before 16] February 1877). The poems were…
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- … (see letter from From Emil Rade , [before 16] February 1877). The poems were composed by …
- … in Rade’s account of the making of the album (Rade 1877, pp. 39–40), but the others were published …
- … Letter from Emil Rade 1 [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. …
- … From Emil Rade [before 16] February 1877 2 Münster i./Westf. February 1877. …
- … this letter and the letter to Emil Rade, 16 February 1877. 3. The gift was a photograph …
- … Appendix VI. A number of other poems were included in Rade 1877. …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Treat, 5 January 1872 Letter to [E. M. Dicey?], [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard …
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
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- … Lydia Becker (1877) Caricature of Lydia Becker from …
Movement in Plants
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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…
Floral Dimorphism
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
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- … | Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a …
- … findings on floral dimorphism were eventually published in 1877, but these experiments and …
- … SOURCES Book Darwin, C. R. 1877. The different forms of flowers on plants of the …
- … experiment, the class read chapter 1 of Charles Darwin’s 1877 T he Different Forms of …
- … Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (London: John Murray, 1877), 16. [2] Ibid., 30. …
1.14 William Richmond, oil
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< Back to Introduction William Blake Richmond’s portrait of Darwin, dating from 1879, celebrated his honorary degree of LL.D (Doctor in Laws), awarded by Cambridge University in 1877. Darwin’s return to his alma mater for the presentation ceremony…
