From T. H. Farrer 12 August 1869
Summary
Will work on papilionaceous flowers since CD encourages it. Discusses function of hairs in certain plants.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Aug 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6861 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … enough to come and enjoy a song Very truly yours | T H Farrer Charles Darwin Esq r FRS …
- … From T. H. Farrer 12 August 1869 …
- … T. H. Farrer, 10 August [1869] . Farrer refers to …
- … Frances Farrer ; see letter to T. H. Farrer, 10 August [1869] . …
- … See letter from T. H. Farrer, 8 August 1869 and n. …
- … 4, and letter to T. H. Farrer, 10 August [1869] . Trinity House corporation in London …
- … the coasts of England and Wales ( OED ). See letter to T. H. Farrer, 10 August [1869] . …
- … See letter from T. H. Farrer, 8 August 1869 , and letter to …
From T. H. Farrer 2 October 1877
Summary
Hive-bees captured in tubes of nectary of Tritoma. Seems a maladaptation of the bees.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11164 |
From T. H. Farrer 11 July 1875
Summary
Asks CD’s opinion of an experiment on Drosera.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10058 |
From T. H. Farrer 5 June 1870
Summary
Has sent F. Müller "a long screed" about the Passiflora.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 June 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7219 |
From T. H. Farrer 10 September 1868
Summary
Sends a paper he has written [on scarlet runner].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6361 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … work. Believe me | Very truly yours | T H Farrer Charles Darwin Esq FRS Top of letter : ‘ …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 10 September 1868 …
- … DAR 242)). CD’s annotation is for his letter to T. H. Farrer, 15 September [1868] . …
- … as Farrer 1868 (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 15 September [1868] , and letter from …
- … T. H. Farrer, 20 September 1868 ; see also Farrer 1868 , p. 255). Farrer described how …
- … by insects, see the letter from T. H. Farrer, 4 June 1868 . CD discussed how flower …
- … Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1868. On the manner of fertilization of the scarlet runner and blue lobelia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 2: 255–63. ODNB : Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition. ) Edited by H. …
From T. H. Farrer 2 November 1879
Summary
Concerning the settlement for Horace Darwin and Ida.
Will give CD’s potato papers to Lord Sandon.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12287 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … the better. Ever sincerely yours | T H Farrer I mean to give your potato papers to Lord …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 2 November 1879 …
- … s potato experiments (see letter from T. H. Farrer, 30 October 1879 , and letter to James …
- … Darwin and Ida Farrer (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 31 October 1879 ). Horace had been …
- … for the marriage (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 27 June [1879] and n. 2 ). CD had sent …
From T. H. Farrer 4 May 1879
Summary
Is struck by the amazing variations of the hardy Primula varieties.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12031 |
From T. H. Farrer 5 September 1877
Summary
Sends two papers on Roman ruins at Cirencester, which he asks CD to return.
Worm observations.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11129 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 5 or 6 distinct worm casts. Sincerely yours | T H Farrer Top of letter : ‘No use’ pencil …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 5 September 1877 …
- … away from 27 August to 5 September 1877 ( letter from T. H. Farrer, 23 September 1877 ). …
- … See letter from T. H. Farrer, 26 August 1877 and n. …
- … 1, and letter to T. H. Farrer, 27 August [1877] . CD cited the observations in this letter …
- … at the Board of Trade. See letter to T. H. Farrer, 27 August [1877] . The former Darwin …
From T. H. Farrer 9 March 1878
Summary
Caird agrees that there will be no difficulty in getting finances.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11410 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … to James Caird Esq r Copyhold Commission 3 St James Square Sincerely yours | T H Farrer …
- … From T. H. Farrer 9 March 1878 …
- … evidently returned (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 11 March 1878 ). CD had written a letter …
- … resistant potatoes (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 7 March 1878 and enclosure, and first …
- … letter from T. H. Farrer, 9 March 1878 ). CD had also sought support from Joseph Dalton …
From T. H. Farrer 29 June 1870
Summary
Has procured a Passiflora flower at last. Structure suited for humming-birds rather than bees.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 June 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7254 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … difficult to bear. Sincerely yours | T H Farrer We have been deeply interested in watching …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 29 June 1870 …
- … Passiflora and Tacsonia ; see letter to T. H. Farrer, 13 [May 1870] and n. 3. See also …
- … had died in May 1870 (see letter from T. H. Farrer, 17 May 1870 ). Farrer was permanent …
- … see Correspondence vol. 17, letter to T. H. Farrer, 20 October [1869] , and letter from …
- … T. H. Farrer, 5 November 1869 ). Passiflora princeps is a synonym of P. racemosa , red …
To T. H. Farrer 7 March 1878
Summary
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London: Farrer, T. H. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11406 |
From T. H. Farrer 8 March 1880
Summary
Agrees that CD should write to the Times [about Torbitt’s potato experiments].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12527 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … at Oxford—infinite chatter Ever yrs | T H Farrer If you want more copies please say so …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 8 March 1880 …
- … Caird was collecting subscriptions; see second letter from T. H. Farrer, 8 March 1880 . …
- … Farrer met with his daughter, Ida Darwin , and her husband, CD’s son Horace ( letter from G. H. …
From T. H. Farrer 5 November 1881
Summary
Has received Earthworms.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13461 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … suggested to him to devise a frame for pianos Believe me | Sincerely yours | T H Farrer …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 5 November 1881 …
- … Correspondence , vol. 25, letter from T. H. Farrer, 23 September 1877 , and Correspondence …
- … vol. 28, letter from T. H. Farrer, 9 October 1880 ). Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz had used …
From T. H. Farrer 9 May 1869
Summary
Thanks CD for lesson that it is wrong to call any plant which lives and thrives "degraded".
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6739 |
From Thomas Henry Farrer 15 January 1869
Summary
Red tape leaves no time for botany.
New ministry laudably attempting economies.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6556 |
From T. H. Farrer 17 May 1870
Summary
On death of his wife. Botany a solace.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 May 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7192 |
From T. H. Farrer 12 October 1879
Summary
Gives up his wish to keep secret the engagement of his daughter to Horace Darwin.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12253 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … me | Very sincerely yours with every kind wish to yourself & Mrs Darwin | T H Farrer …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 12 October 1879 …
- … 211)). See also letter from CD to T. H. Farrer, 27 June [1879] . Farrer’s letter to Horace …
- … and his career uncertain ( letter from T. H. Farrer to Horace Darwin, [August–September …
- … wish to become engaged in June, but T. H. Farrer, Ida’s father, after initially opposing …
- … July 1879] (DAR 219.1: 123); letter from T. H. Farrer to Horace Darwin, [August–September …
From T. H. Farrer 30 November 1868
Summary
Thanks CD for advice to watch the action and not only the structure [of plants].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Nov 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6485 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … condition as it comes in. Believe me | Sincerely yours | T H Farrer C Darwin Esq | FRS …
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From T. H. Farrer 30 November 1868 …
- … See letter to T. H. Farrer, 26 November 1868 . Farrer had recently published an …
- … of Le Maout and Decaisne 1868 (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 26 November 1868 and n. 3). …
From T. H. Farrer 20 September 1868
Summary
Sends an addition to Lobelia paper; admires adaptations for fertilisation.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6381 |
From T. H. Farrer 3 May 1873
Summary
Hopes affairs will enable him to get back to flowers.
Huxley’s letter [about the fund raised for him] was noble. Would like to have seen CD’s to him.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 May 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8896 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Farrer, T. H. Darwin, C. R. …
- … was that of Huxleys— I should like to have seen yours to him Sincerely yours | T H Farrer …
- … From T. H. Farrer 3 May 1873 …
- … of flowers by means of insects (see letter to T. H. Farrer, 28 April 1873 ). …
- … Farrer probably refers to his marriage to Katherine Euphemia Wedgwood on 30 May 1873 (see B. Wedgwood and Wedgwood 1980 , p. 303). See letter to T. H. …
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (135) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (72) |
| Torbitt, James | (11) |
| Caird, James | (6) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (110) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (67) |
| Torbitt, James | (22) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (13) |
| Darwin, Horace | (4) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (245) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (139) |
| Torbitt, James | (33) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (19) |
| Caird, James | (7) |
