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 [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 14 [August 1878]
Summary
Instructs FD to plant some Oxalis seeds.
Wishes to trace the movement of an old cotyledon. Asks him to examine and compare the pulvinus of a species which moves its cotyledon greatly with one of a species that moves it only moderately.
Are the tendrils ready for heliotropic experiment yet?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 14 [Aug 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 43 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11658 |
From Francis Darwin [4–7 August 1878]
Summary
Experiments on effects of removing "bloom" from leaves and fruit.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [4–7 Aug 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 57 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11632 |
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Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Darwin, Francis |