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From Emma and Charles Darwin to W. E. Darwin   [20 May 1864]

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CD much obliged for specimen and drawings.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin; Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [20 May 1864]
Classmark:  DAR 97: A7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3366

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  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. Darwin, W. E. …
  • … DAR 97: A7 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Charles Robert Darwin unstated [20 May 1864] William …
  • … From Emma and Charles Darwin to W.  E.  Darwin   [20 May 1864] …
  • … recently visited Down (see letter from Emma Darwin to W.  E.  Darwin, [17 May 1864] and …

To W. E. Darwin   3 May [1864]

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Thanks WED for measuring cowslip pollen. Sends dimorphic flowers.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  3 May [1864]
Classmark:  DAR 97: A8, A10
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4480

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  • … May [1864] and 18 May [1864]. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD was ‘uncomf[ …

To William Erasmus Darwin   [1 May 1864]

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Writes of dimorphic plants.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [1 May 1864]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 122
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5127

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  • … s at school ( B.  Darwin 1955 , p.  100). Emma Darwin wrote in her diary (DAR 242) for 30  …

To W. E. Darwin   [19 May 1864]

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Mentions WED’s extraordinary discovery of some pollen-grains of different sizes. The observations must be followed up.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [19 May 1864]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 186
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5333

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  • … or marsh trefoil), see the letter from Emma Darwin to W.  E.  Darwin, [17 May 1864] ( …

To W. E. Darwin   14 May [1864]

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Discusses WED’s observations on polymorphic flowers.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  14 May [1864]
Classmark:  DAR 97: A1–2, A4–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4495

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  • … at Down on 5 May and 28 May 1864 (DAR 109: A46 v. ). According to Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
  • Emma’s sister Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood visited Down from 14 to 17 May 1864. Francis Darwin . …

From W. E. Darwin   [19 May 1864]

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Sends specimens of Menyanthes with observations and drawings [see Forms of flowers, p. 115].

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [19 May 1864]
Classmark:  DAR 110: B43–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4502

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  • … See letter from Emma Darwin to W.  E.  Darwin, [17 May 1864] . By ‘Banting’, William may …
  • … DAR 117: 83). A copy of the notes, in Emma Darwin’s hand, is in DAR 110: B11. CD reported …
  • … to Down from 21 to 25 April 1864 ( see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The diagram is …

From W. E. Darwin   14 April [1864]

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Observations on [length of style and length of filament and stigmas of] Pulmonaria.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Apr [1864]
Classmark:  DAR 110: A68–74
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4462

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  • … stigma in the letter from himself and Emma Darwin , [4 May 1863] ( Correspondence vol.   …
  • … 13 April [1864] and nn.  9 and 10. Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) reported that William …

From W. E. Darwin   18 May [1864]

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Sends Pulmonaria anthers, with measurements of styles and pollen counts.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 May [1864]
Classmark:  DAR 110: A83–6, A94
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4500

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  • … 12 May [1864] and n.  8. See letter from Emma Darwin to W.  E.  Darwin, [17 May 1864] and …

From William Erasmus Darwin   [15 March 1864]

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Has drawn all three forms of primroses CD sent "with same result". Has found no pink variety with middle style.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [15 Mar 1864]
Classmark:  DAR 108: 85, 173–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4416

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  • … letter of 22 March [1864] . According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), William Jenner’ s …
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