To Francis Darwin 16 and 17 May 1881
Summary
Some papers have arrived for FD.
Comments on the work of Phillipe van Tieghem who evidently knows nothing of insectivorous plants.
Leslie Stephen’s visit to Down went off well.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 16 and 17 May 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 73 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13159 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … was a pet name for Francis’s son Bernard Darwin . Emma Darwin visited Ellen Harriet Tollet …
- … on 17 May 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Darwin and Leonard Darwin is recorded ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Stephen was a …
- … They visited Down on 8 January 1882 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Bernard Darwin was …
- … sinking has not been identified. Augusta Dickson , Emma Darwin 's maid, had been taken ill …
- … at the beginning of May ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [3 May 1881] ; DAR …
To Francis Darwin [21 November 1878]
Summary
Instructs FD to make some observations on movement in Trifolium and Impatiens. Sends some seeds to be sown.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [21 Nov 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 47 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11754 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … attended ( Royal Cornwall Gazette , 20 December 1878, p. 2; Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … 10 December 1878] (DAR 219.9: 185), and Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [10 December 1878] ( …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 21 November [1878] . Emma Darwin attended a concert at Bryanston Square …
- … in London on 19 November 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); CD and Emma …
- … Emma Litchfield at 4 Bryanston Street, London, from 19 to 27 November (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). CD visited George John Romanes (see letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 [November 1878] ). On 9 December 1878, Francis Darwin …
To Francis Darwin [17 August 1878]
Summary
Instructions to sow some seeds
and suggestions for experiment on effects of removal of bloom.
Likes Hugo de Vries very much; has hardly ever seen so modest a man.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [17 Aug 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 44 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11668 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin returned to Down on 12 August ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis had been …
- … Hugo de Vries visited CD at Abinger on 14 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … visited Barlaston, Staffordshire, the home of Emma Darwin’s brother Frank Wedgwood and his …
- … family, from 15 to 22 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); the only Saturday …
To Francis Darwin 25 May [1881]
Summary
Sends further chapters of Earthworms for correction.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 25 May [1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 76 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13174 |
To Francis Darwin [2 June 1876]
Summary
Looks to FD’s "grand discovery" as almost certain. Suggests observations.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [2 June 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10526 |
To Francis Darwin 2 July [1879]
Summary
FD’s experiment shows that caustic does not interfere with the bending of radicles. Believes that the apex is a kind of brain for certain movements, being specialised to receive certain irritations.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 2 July [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 61 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12132 |
To Francis Darwin 17 October 1881
Summary
Has been reading Julius von Wiesner’s book [Das Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen (1881)]. Comments that it is "an excellent book, but he vivisects me in the most grievous terms, but most effectively".
Has been experimenting on aggregation of chlorophyll but with little success.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 17 Oct 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 86 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13411 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … fever in the village (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [9 October 1881] (DAR …
- … deceased wife’s family (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [9 October 1881] (DAR …
- … 17 October 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Bernard Darwin , Francis’s son, was …
- … Laslett was a local builder. Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood visited the Darwins from 6 to …
To Francis Darwin 12 July [1879]
Summary
Notes observations on sensitivity and movement of radicles.
Has finished chapter [of Movement in plants] on sleeping plants and is now looking over heliotropism notes.
Is perplexed by Erasmus Darwin; Erasmus [A. Darwin] likes it, but Henrietta thinks it much too long.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 12 July [1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 62 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12152 |
To Francis Darwin [2 August 1879]
Summary
Tells arrangements for their journey to Coniston.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [2 Aug 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 63 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12179 |
To Francis Darwin [c. 6 June 1881]
Summary
Has accepted FD’s correction to chapter seven [of Earthworms].
Weather is bad; sky like lead and the lake as black as ink.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [c. 6 June 1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 81 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13194 |
To Francis Darwin [19 August 1878]
Summary
Asks FD to reply to a letter [11653a] requesting a list of CD’s books.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [19 Aug 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.2: 4v |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11669 |
To Francis Darwin 7 [July 1878]
Summary
Describes sleep movements in Porlieria and his experiments on movements of radicles.
Thalia flowers have interesting mechanism to ensure cross-fertilisation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 7 [July 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11595 |
To Francis Darwin 20 September [1876]
Summary
Suggests German works worth translating.
Is glad FD is keeping busy; he has worked excellently on proof-sheets [of Orchids (1877)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 20 Sept [1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10611 |
To Francis Darwin 27 [September 1876]
Summary
Sends last chapter of Orchids [1877] for revision.
Has some articles that might interest FD.
Has invited Ferdinand Cohn and his wife to Down but hopes they will not come.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 27 [Sept 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10621 |
To Francis Darwin [c. 27 July 1874]
Summary
Has been examining Utricularia minor. Same essential structure but catches smaller Entomostraca. One bladder had 24, another 20, and another 15 Entomostraca. "What slaughter! We must make out the functions of the beast––".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [c. 27 July 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9565A |
To Francis Darwin 18 June [1878]
Summary
Has been observing the movements of leaves and cotyledons; sleep movements are exaggerated circumnutation. Reports some odd observations on movement in Oxalis species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 18 June [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 27 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11559 |
To Francis Darwin [4 February – 8 March 1879]
Summary
Requests some seeds.
Believes the leaves of Phyllanthus sleep like those of Cassia.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [4 Feb – 8 Mar 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 49 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11815 |
To Francis Darwin 28 June [1881]
Summary
Comments on FD’s notions about movement of multicellular and unicellular organisms.
Comments on an interesting letter received from J. B. Hannay [see 13222] which leads CD to speculate on the possibility of organisms inhabiting a red hot earth under great pressure.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 28 June [1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 84 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13225 |
To Francis Darwin [before 1 August 1880]
Summary
Are there old furrowed fields on hillsides in N. Wales, if so can FD look for earthworm activity?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [before 1 Aug 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 64 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12645 |
To Francis Darwin 8 July 1881
Summary
Comments on the response to Movement in plants, which seems to have been successful.
Is going over revises of Earthworms.
Is investigating further his notion that leaves align themselves in the rain so as to shoot off drops of water.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 8 July 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 85 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13237 |
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