To Henrietta Emma Darwin [14–21 April 1866]
Summary
Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [14–21 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5074 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Henrietta Emma Darwin [14–21 April 1866] …
- … Robert Darwin unstated [14–21 Apr 1866] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … during her stay in France ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [6 April 1866] (DAR …
- … 1866 (DAR 245: 270)). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Henrietta went abroad on …
- … is established by the reference to Emma Darwin’s and CD’s poor health (see n. 8, below), …
- … from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]. Emma Darwin and CD both had influenza during …
- … the second and third weeks of April; Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that CD had a …
- … companions were unwell for much of April ( Emma Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [6 April 1866] ( …
To J. D. Hooker [5 April 1866]
Summary
Queries for John Smith [Kew curator] on crossing a cucumber variety.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [5 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 286 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5054 |
From William Robert Grove 26 April 1866
Summary
Sorry he missed CD when he called. Suggests a time he can call.
| Author: | William Robert Grove |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Apr 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 230 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5068 |
From J. E. Gray 13 April 1866
Summary
Tameness of whales and porpoises.
| Author: | John Edward Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Apr 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 211 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5056 |
To J. D. Hooker [28 April 1866]
Summary
Needs Annales de la Société d’horticulture de Paris 7 (1830).
Asks that Oliver provide a reference for microscopical appearance and structure of a bud.
Was very well on first part of London visit.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [28 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 287 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5071 |
From Harriet Lubbock [April? 1866]
Summary
Local matters.
| Author: | Harriet Hotham; Harriet Lubbock |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Apr? 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4960 |
From Charles Wentworth Dilke 24 April 1866
Summary
Invites CD and wife to dine with Alphonse and Mme de Candolle.
| Author: | Charles Wentworth Dilke, Jr, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Apr 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 181 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5065 |
To J. D. Hooker [22 April 1866]
Summary
Thanks for facts about New Zealand flora.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [22 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 285 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5064 |
From J. E. Gray 9 April 1866
Summary
Invites CD to dine and meet Alphonse de Candolle.
| Author: | John Edward Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Apr 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 210 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5052 |
To W. R. Grove [26 April 1866]
Summary
Makes arrangements to call.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Robert Grove |
| Date: | [26 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI MS GR/1a/99) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5069 |
To [H. B. Jones?] 13 April [1866]
Summary
CD’s plans have changed. He will be in London the following week and therefore able to call on correspondent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Bence Jones |
| Date: | 13 Apr [1866] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (17 December 1973) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13868 |
To H. B. Jones [23 April 1866?]
Summary
Had hoped to call, but cannot do so comfortably, so will HBJ call on CD instead, for a consultation?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Bence Jones |
| Date: | [23 Apr 1866?] |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (Bence Jones autograph letter file) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5064A |
To Asa Gray 16 April [1866]
Summary
AG’s second article on Climbing plants [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 41 (1866): 125–30].
Fritz Müller’s observations on Rubiaceae.
New edition [4th] of Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 16 Apr [1866] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (96) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5057 |
To William Robinson [29 April 1866]
Summary
Is sorry to have missed seeing WR.
Mentions some crossing experiments with Nymphaea and Euryale in which he would be interested, if WR ever had the chance to make them [see Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 365].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Robinson |
| Date: | [29 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (WRO/2/25) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5072 |
To J. D. Hooker [16 April 1866]
Summary
Asks how many plants are proper to New Zealand for new edition [4th] of Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [16 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 283 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5073 |
To J. D. Hooker [9 April 1866]
Summary
Sad about Oliver’s loss.
JDH’s reference to odd Begonia at same time as an article about it came out in Gardeners’ Chronicle [(1866): 313–14].
Is astonished that Pangenesis seems perplexing to JDH. Pleads guilty to its being "wildly abominably speculative (worthy even of Herbert Spencer)".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [9 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 284 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5051 |
From Robert Caspary 26 April 1866
Summary
Coming to London for Botanical Congress. Requests interview.
Thanks for photograph.
| Author: | Johann Xaver Robert (Robert) Caspary |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Apr 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 119 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5067 |
To Friedrich Hildebrand 20 April [1866]
Summary
Is obliged to receive FH’s papers. The cases of Lopezia and Schizanthus are new to him.
In 1860 CD watched Bombus lapidarius sucking the flowers of Pedicularis sylvatica and saw what FH has described.
Has not yet read the paper on Salvia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
| Date: | 20 Apr [1866] |
| Classmark: | Morristown National Historical Park (Lloyd W. Smith MS 698) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5062A |
To J. D. Hooker 4 April [1866]
Summary
Extensive discussion of Pangenesis in reply to JDH’s comments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 4 Apr [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 282, 282b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5046 |
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| Gray, J. E. | (2) |
| Caspary, Robert | (1) |
| Dilke, C. W., Jr | (1) |
| Grove, W. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
| Bence Jones, Henry | (2) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
| Bence Jones, Henry | (2) |
| Gray, J. E. | (2) |
| Grove, W. R. | (2) |
