To J. D. Hooker 17 March [1867]
Summary
The date-palm seed case is important for Pangenesis.
Reports experiments on pollination of Ipomoea.
"Insular floras": A. Murray’s paper in Gardeners’ Chronicle is poor.
John Scott’s work on acclimatisation of plants.
The anomaly of the Azores flora on the migration theory.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 13a–e |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5445 |
From Julius von Haast 5 March 1863
Summary
Sends copy of his December letter [see 3851], which he fears is lost.
Has been in the Southern Alps and has discovered a wonderful pass.
| Author: | John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Mar 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 1–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4026 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Cross London, will reach me safely. Having hurt my right hand slightly, by a fall with a horse, you will excuse my employing one of my travelling companions to write this. Hoping that you will find time to send me a few lines, Believe me my dear Sir | very sincerely yours | Julius Haast Ch s . Darwin Esq r | ect FRS | London. Top of letter : ‘ …
To W. C. Tait 17 July [1869]
Summary
Discusses need for cross-fertilisation in Geranium.
Hooker begins to doubt whether Drosophyllum so closely allied to Drosera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 17 July [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 545; Sotheby’s (dealers) (19 July 1990) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6833 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter of the 11th has been forwarded to me here. The case of the Geranium is not new; there are many plants, often called Dichogamous, in which the anthers shed their pollen before the stigma is ready, and a few converse cases in which the stigma is mature before the pollen is ready. All these dichogams absolutely require cross-fertilisation. When I left home a month ago one alone of the Drosophyllums was still healthy. D r …
To Asa Gray 25 February [1864]
Summary
Has not worked for six months due to illness.
Has been looking at climbing plants.
Hermann Crüger’s paper shows that CD was right about Catasetum pollination. Crüger’s account of pollination of Coryanthes "beats everything".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 25 Feb [1864] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (80) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4415 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … crosses & on movements of climbing plants. — I have of course seen no one & except good dear Hooker, I hear from no one. He like a good & true friend, though so overworked, often writes to me. — I have had one letter which has interested me greatly with a paper which will appear in Linn. Journal by D r . …
To Robert Caspary 25 February [1868]
Summary
Will send English edition [of Variation] when available.
Mentions revisions in second issue concerning graft-hybrids.
Asks for Euryale seed for experiment.
Discusses fertility of crossed and self-fertilised plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Xaver Robert (Robert) Caspary |
| Date: | 25 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 252 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5932 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … cross is less fertile, I believe it is due to the stigma, requiring as with Leguminosæ successive applications of pollen. As yet I have met no exceptions to greater vigour and greater height of plants from crossed seeds over plants from self fertilised seeds— My health has been better of late, though not very good—but I am able to do a fairer share of work. M rs . Darwin sends her very kind remembrance to you, and with hearty thanks for your friendly letter, Believe me My dear Prof r . …
From Charles William Crocker 1[–4] May 1863
Summary
Observes Plantago’s out-crossing mechanism.
Observations of style lengths of primroses and cowslips.
| Author: | Charles William Crocker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1[–4] May 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: 28, DAR 161: 260 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4135 |
To T. H. Farrer 7 March 1878
Summary
If THF and James Caird [Enclosure Commissioner] approve of enclosed letter, CD will send it to Hooker.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 92; Linnean Society of London (MS 489) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11407 |
From Isaac Anderson-Henry 26–7 January 1863
Summary
Has done extensive plant hybridisation: strawberry, raspberry, Rhododendron.
| Author: | Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26–7 Jan 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3948 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Letter— But I must digress again by mentioning a fact in regard to crossing which I found invariable with all I tried upon R. Edgworthii that while its pollen would readily fertilise several (not all of its congeners) I could never effect one cross …
- … cross between Rhodothamnus chamaecistus and Phyllodoce caerulea (also known as Menziesia caerulea ); however, it was generally believed that P. empetriformis (also known as M. empetriformis ) was the second parent (see Bean 1970–88 , 3: 173). Robert Graham was professor of botany at the University of Edinburgh from 1820 until his death in 1845 ( R. Desmond 1994 ). Anderson-Henry refers to Eccremocarpus longiflorus (a synonym of E. viridis ), a Peruvian evergreen climber of the Bignoniaceae ( Index Kewensis ). CD’s question about short stamens concerned pollination in Pelargonium (see letter …
From Asa Gray 23 January 1860
Summary
American edition of Origin. AG’s assessment of the book’s weak and strong points. Suggests Jeffries Wyman would be a useful source of facts and hints for CD.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Jan 1860 |
| Classmark: | DAR 98 (ser. 2): 22–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2663 |
From Adam Fitch 18 November 1862
Summary
In reply to CD’s letter, "Peas" in Gardeners’ Chronicle [8 Nov 1862; Collected papers 2: 70] sends information on the duration of some of A. Knight’s crossed varieties.
| Author: | Adam Fitch |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 77: 166–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3813 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … a letter in answer. My late Rector D r . Davy Master of Caius was a most intimate friend of M r . Knights, who was in the habit of sending his new productions, if very good, to the Doctors country residence in Norfolk— On one occasion I recollect seeing some peas in bloom which came from M r . Knight, the tall Marrow; and I noticed a large proportion of coloured blossom—in fact the blossom of the common field pea— I noticed this to my Rector, who told me the Peas were a cross …
From Richard Trevor Clarke [after 25 November 1862]
Summary
Replies to CD’s inquiry about cross-breeds of strawberries [Collected papers 2: 70]. Has been crossing for years.
| Author: | Richard Trevor Clarke |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 25 Nov 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161.2: 166 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3829 |
To Fritz Müller [9 and] 15 April [1866]
Summary
Structure of Scaevola and its fertilisation with insect aid.
Fertilisation of Aristolochia.
FM’s paper on climbing plants [see 5146].
Is preparing new edition of Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 9 and 15 Apr 1866 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5050 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … cross-pollinated by insects (see ‘Fertilization of orchids’ , p. 158 ( Collected papers 2: 155), and Orchids 2d ed. , pp. 291–2). Hermann Crüger had died in February 1864 ( R. Desmond 1994 ). CD refers to F. Müller 1866b and to the journal Botanische Zeitung. Müller had enclosed his manuscript of the article in his letter …
From F. B. Goodacre 17 August 1878
Summary
Crossing experiments with common and Chinese geese. Offers CD geese if he wishes to repeat experiments.
| Author: | Francis Burges Goodacre |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Aug 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 63–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11664 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … cross bred birds are I believe mostly within my reach but will be killed for the table when ready if I cannot get them put out for experiments it seems a pity to miss such an opportunity with such variety of mixture of blood crossbred 1 st . generation ____ ____ 2 nd . ________ ____ ____ 3 4 Common 2 nd . gen ____ ____ ___ Chinese ___ ___ D r . Meadows & myself purpose keeping a pair each for stock Top of letter : ‘ …
To Eduard Koch? 6 February 1876
Summary
Discusses use by correspondent of clichés from one of his books.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Eduard Koch |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.273a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10383 |
From A. V. W. Bikkers 27 August 1874
Summary
Reports on a crossbreed between a duck and a fowl, having duck’s beak, partly webbed feet, and fowl’s feathers.
| Author: | Alexander V. W Bikkers |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 184 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9608 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter on your evolution theory, you will, probably, be aware of the interest I have always taken in a theory with which your name will ever be honourably connected. On this ground, alone, do I venture to direct your attention to a curious case of interbreeding, which, to you may be rare or not, but which seems, at any rate, to have excited the covetousness of some gentlemen from Brighton I refer to what is clearly a cross-breed between a duck and a fowl; on the grounds of M r . …
From James Paget 17 January 1873
Summary
Describes a patient’s ears with peculiar tufts of hair in places where he has never seen them before. Encloses sketch.
| Author: | James Paget, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 56–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8739 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … cross-examine him for he seemed to discern that my questions tended monkey-wards There was no growth of hair on the other surface of the ear— The upper and the posterior tufts grew below & within the border of the helix: the middle and anterior tuft from the outer border of the curved between the tragus & antitragus— The general form of the ear was not remarkable: but it had no small lobe descending from the upper border of the helix. Always sincerely your’s | James Paget. Charles Darwin Esq 1.1 It is … useless— 1.2] crossed blue crayon 1.3 Northern German] underl blue crayon Top of letter : ‘M r …
To George Cupples 3 November [1870]
Summary
Will collect the "precious animal" [deerhound puppy] from King’s Cross.
Thanks GC for information on the perch.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 3 Nov [1870] |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7355 |
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- … r Cupples A servant shall be at King’s Cross on Tuesday 8 th . at 9 a.m. ready to receive the precious animal. He shall then take him to some inn & give him water & let him loose for a short time in a stable, & then bring him here at once. So please direct C. Darwin “to be called for”. — We are all infinitely obliged for this valuable present & for your most clear instructions which we will endeavour to keep to the letter. …
From Julius von Haast 9 December 1862
Summary
Will try to procure specimens of native rat and frog for CD. Will be glad to make observations for him.
Cites case of a species of duck that normally nests on ground but builds in trees if disturbed.
| Author: | John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3851 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Cross London, will reach me safely. Having hurt my right hand slightly, by a fall with a horse, you will excuse my employing one of my travelling companions to write this. Hoping that you will find time to send me a few lines, Believe me my dear Sir | very sincerely yours | Julius Haast Ch s . Darwin Esq r | ect FRS | London. 1.1 Our … species’. 1.7] crossed ink 2.1 I am] after opening square bracket, ink 2.2 The frog … desires. 3.11] crossed ink Top of letter : ‘ …
From C. W. Crocker 31 October 1862
Summary
Difficulties in beginning experiments upon retirement.
Describes his observations on insect pollination of Antirrhinum and the effect of excluding the pollinators.
Has been observing variant forms of Plantago
and comparing local orchids with CD’s observations.
Possibility of an intermediate-styled primrose.
His experiments at Kew and J. B. Lawes’s at Harpenden on deterioration of vegetables and cereals.
| Author: | Charles William Crocker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Oct 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 76 (ser. 2): 84a–d |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3790 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Cross and self fertilisation , p. 363. In ‘Dimorphic condition of Primula ’, p. 95 (see Collected papers , p. 62), CD mentioned that several species of the North American Plantago were dimorphic. Charles Green was gardener to the botanist William Borrer ( R. Desmond 1994 ). CD sent Crocker a presentation copy of Orchids (see letter …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 9 July [1866]
Summary
WBT’s fowls’ skulls are being engraved; will see pigeon illustration proofs when he can.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 9 July [1866] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5152 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter from W. B. Tegetmeier to John Murray and R. F. Cooke, 17 April 1865). Tegetmeier had provided many of the skulls for CD’s study of the anatomical characteristics of different breeds (see ibid. , letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] ). Tegetmeier’s information was evidently in a missing portion of his letter of 4 July 1866 . CD had suggested an experiment on the eggs from a cross …
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