From Asa Gray 6 November 1879
Summary
Will try to get Ipomoea and Megarrhiza seeds for CD.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 200 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12296 |
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- … From Asa Gray 6 November 1879 …
- … DAR 165: 200 Asa Gray Herbarium of Harvard 6 Nov 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Gray, Asa. 1879. Gray’s botanical text-book. Vol. I. Structural botany or …
- … Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, and Company. Gray, Asa. 1882. Contributions to North American …
- … Letter to Asa Gray, 24 October 1879 . In his letter of 24 October 1879 , CD had requested …
- … William Thompson . Hugo de Vries (see letter to Asa Gray, 24 October 1879 and n. 5). …
- … A. Gray 1879 (see letter to Asa Gray, 24 October 1879 and n. 1). Gray was working on a …
- … good wishes. And hoping you & yours are all well, I am | Very sincerely Yours | Asa Gray …
To Asa Gray 24 October 1879
Summary
Requests seeds of Ipomoea and Megarrhiza for observations on seedling growth.
Is rereading MS of Movement in plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 24 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (125) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12269 |
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- … Darwin, C. R. Gray, Asa …
- … To Asa Gray 24 October 1879 …
- … Bibliography Gray, Asa. 1858a. Introduction to structural and systematic botany, and …
- … text-book. New York: Ivison & Phinney. Gray, Asa. 1879. Gray’s botanical text-book. Vol. …
- … Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (125) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Oct 1879 Asa Gray …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Asa Gray, 26 May 1863 and n. 25). Gray had discussed …
To Asa Gray 16 December 1879
Summary
Thanks for AG’s trouble about the seeds. Is curious to see their germination and the early seedling growth.
Asks for cotton seeds, as he observes odd movements of the cotyledon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 16 Dec 1879 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (130a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12357 |
To John Fordyce 7 May 1879
Summary
Believes it absurd to doubt that a man may be an ardent theist and evolutionist; gives the examples of Kingsley and Asa Gray. As regards CD’s own views, his judgement often fluctuates but "I have never been an Atheist in the sense of denying the existence of God". Thinks that "generally (and more and more as I grow older) … an Agnostic would be the most correct description of my state of mind".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Fordyce |
| Date: | 7 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (Quentin Keynes Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12041 |
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- … the present time . London: Elliot Stock. Gray, Asa. 1860a. Discussion between two readers …
- … of Science and Arts 2d ser. 30: 226–39. Gray, Asa. 1860b. Review of Darwin’s theory on the …
- … gives the examples of Kingsley and Asa Gray. As regards CD’s own views, his judgement …
- … evolutionist. — You are right about Kingsley. Asa Gray, the eminent botanist, is another …
- … Kingsley, 18 November 1859 and n. 4). Asa Gray was a strong supporter of CD’s work; he had …
From J. D. Hooker 29 November 1879
Summary
Congratulations on Erasmus Darwin; likes CD’s part better than Ernst Krause’s.
Received false notice of Asa Gray’s death.
Gray and JDH engaged in comparing widely separated but floristically similar regions.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 134–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12336 |
To J. D. Hooker 17 October [1879]
Summary
Wants some seeds to see how certain seedlings break through ground.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 Oct [1879] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 185–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12261 |
To Hugo de Vries 13 February 1879
Summary
Discusses heliotropism in plant cotyledons. Asks for information.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugo de Vries |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | Artis Library (De Vries 5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11881 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 29 October 1879
Summary
Wants cryptogam identified; has been observing its movements.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 29 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 187–8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12275 |
To A. S. Packard 23 November 1879
Summary
Has never heard of bees that are carnivorous; hopes someone will investigate ASP’s observations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alpheus Spring Packard, Jr |
| Date: | 23 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | English Heritage, Down House (Scrapbook) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12333 |
From Hugo de Vries 7 August 1879
Summary
Experiments to determine mechanism of tendril curvature; importance of variations in cell turgidity. Contraction in roots caused by increased turgor.
| Author: | Hugo de Vries |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 180: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12186 |
To J. D. Hooker 19 December [1879]
Summary
JDH convinces CD not to press for pension for Wallace.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 19 Dec [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 494–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12363 |
To G. J. Romanes 23 July 1879
Summary
Contributes to subscription for Grant Allen.
Regrets GJR and wife could not visit.
Encloses paper [not identified] by Thomas Meehan, a very inaccurate observer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 23 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.566) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12168 |
From Emma Darwin to M. C. Stanley 12 November [1879]
Summary
ED asks MCS (Lady Derby) if Lord Derby would consider signing petitions from Mr Olmsted.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
| Date: | 12 Nov [1879] |
| Classmark: | Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool Central Library (920 DER (15) 43/9/23) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12314F |
To J. D. Hooker 1 December [1879]
Summary
Movement of cotton plant cotyledons.
Thanks JDH for his praise of Erasmus Darwin.
Delighted that JDH is thinking about geographical distribution, wishes he would go over the New Zealand flora again.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 1 Dec [1879] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 193–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12338 |
From J. D. Hooker 26 July 1879
Summary
JDH criticises John Ball’s theory of origin of higher plants in Carboniferous highlands, where low carbon dioxide levels permitted survival.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 128–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12173 |
From Hugo de Vries 24 February 1879
Summary
Did not wish to imply that some leaves are insensitive to light, only that he could not measure their sensitivity. Contraction of roots seems common.
| Author: | Hugo de Vries |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.3: 336 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11900 |
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Darwin in Conversation exhibition
Summary
Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…
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- … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …
