From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin 30 June 1879
Summary
Last night had tremendous thunderstorm. Will ask Goebel about proshelismus. Describes experiments on beans. Please send Bessy’s address. Has got to know nice Englishman named Purdy and his wife. Bathes nearly every night with the Finlander.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 30 June 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 49 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12128F |
Matches: 7 hits
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- … From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin 30 June 1879 …
- … Darwin, Francis Wedgwood, Emma …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … DAR 274.1: 49 Francis Darwin 30 June 1879 Emma …
- … Darwin visited Norway in August 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The American has …
- … they returned to Down on 18 July 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Villars-sur-Ollon …
From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin [after 16 October 1868]
Summary
Has been working with G. R. Crotch on stridulation. The sexual theory seems very shaky.
Is sending preparations of beetles.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [after 16 Oct 1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 82: A96–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5761 |
From Francis Darwin [1–15 March 1873]
Summary
Has sent Vichy water, discusses prescription. Tell Arthur Parslow not to continue on colchicum for gout if doesn’t suit him. May go to Pryor’s on Sunday.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1–15 Mar 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8714F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Down for London on 15 March 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George Howard Darwin . …
- … tonic (see Harley ed. 1876, p. 294). Emma Darwin recorded in her diary, ‘began Arsenic’ …
- … Joseph Parslow . Moore visited Down on 1 March 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Emma Darwin had influenza from 26 February …
- … 1873 until about 6 March ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … 242); letter from Emma Darwin to Horace Darwin, [6 March 1873] , DAR 258: 573). …
From Francis Darwin [31 May 1876]
Summary
Has sent off Bulls Horn to Kew; has sent hamper to CD; is preparing drawings for his presentation at the Linnean Society; asks after William, and hopes to be able to come to visit.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [31 May 1876] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10517F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … and n. 5). The weather on Sunday 28 May 1876 was pleasant, and CD and Emma Darwin went up …
- … Holmbury Hill ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis, possibly …
- … came to Hopedene on 3 June 1876 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). He also refers to …
- … for Leonard Darwin , who was at Down from 8 May 1876 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … on 10 May; he was staying with CD and Emma Darwin at Hopedene (see letter from Francis …
From Francis Darwin 1 and 2 May [1875]
Summary
Proofs arrived and Francis is correcting them. Tells Emma Darwin that Amy is delighted about the azaleas. The Ruck family very much like Isabella Bird’s Six months in the Sandwich Islands.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 and 2 May 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … and Francis is correcting them. Tells Emma Darwin that Amy is delighted about the azaleas. …
- … on Hawaii ( Bird 1875 ) because he knew that Emma Darwin considered Bird ‘such a romancer’ …
- … her not worth reading ( letter from Emma Darwin to William Darwin, [5 March 1875] (DAR …
- … the plants that Francis mentions to Emma Darwin may have been intended for the garden …
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 …
From Francis Darwin [25–7 May 1880]
Summary
Hopes CD got telegram about Convolvulus. Is measuring plants every four hours. Will go to Brittany by boat from Southampton on Monday night.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [25–7 May 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 65 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12616F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 1880 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Emma Darwin’s diary records that Francis Darwin left …
- … and Francis lived with CD and Emma Darwin , and had accompanied them to Southampton …
- … on their previous annual visit ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … 10 May 1879] (DAR 219.9: 196)). Emma Darwin’s diary records that Francis Darwin arrived in …
- … and Francis Darwin’s visits to Southampton; Francis must have written after Emma and CD’s …
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 |
From Francis Darwin [4 May 1875]
Summary
Will send corrected proofs [of Insectivorous plants].
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [4 May 1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961G |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] and n. 2). Emma Darwin’s letter has not been found. Lady …
- … Dorothy Nevill came to lunch with the Darwins on 4 May 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
- … DAR 242)); Emma Darwin implied that the visit from Nevill would be a strain because …
- … adoring (if possible)’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [1 May 1875] (DAR …
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 |
From Francis Darwin [6 July 1879]
Summary
Describes bean experiments. Will tell Emma Darwin to tell Elizabeth Darwin that he has written to the Riffel.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [6 July 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 61 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12296F |
From John Lubbock to Francis Darwin 22 February 1882
Summary
Returns certificate he has signed with pleasure.
Emma Darwin will be interested to hear that Charles Bradlaugh was expelled from Parliament.
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 22 Feb 1882 |
Classmark: | Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (6 April 2022, lot 237) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13697F |
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 |
From Francis Darwin 2 May 1876
Summary
Has read letter from Jemmy. Amy has been practicing on the printing machine. Fritz has come back from the Vicar of Orpington.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 May 1876 |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10492F |
From Francis Darwin 14 May 1881
Summary
News from the laboratory at Strasbourg; is working on Equisetum roots. Wortmann has found circumnutation in the mycelium of a fast-growing fungus. Please send papers (see 13155).
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 May 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13155F |
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 |
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