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From Asa Gray   15 July [1862]

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Observations on Platanthera.

Possibility of trimorphism in Mertensia.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 July [1862]
Classmark:  DAR 110 (ser. 2): 116, DAR 165: 113
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3659

Matches: 26 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Asa Gray   15 July [1862] …
  • … DAR 110 (ser. 2): 116, DAR 165: 113 Asa Gray unstated 15 July [1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Gray’s London agent (see also letter to Asa Gray, 28 July [1862] and n.  18). The note is …
  • … is established by the relationship to the letter to Asa Gray, 1 July [1862] . The letter …
  • … which this is a postscript (see letter from Asa Gray, 21 July 1862 ) has not been found; …
  • … apparently returned with the letter to Asa Gray, 28 July [1862] . Some indication of its …
  • … is conveyed by CD’s annotations, and by his reply ( letter to Asa Gray, 28 July [1862] ). …
  • … Letter to Asa Gray, 1 July [1862] . …
  • … In the letter to Asa Gray, 1 July [1862] , CD complained that he had felt ‘baddish for 2  …
  • … or 3 weeks’. In the letter to Asa Gray, 1 July [1862] , CD acknowledged receipt of Gray’s …
  • … which were sent with the letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July 1862 , have not been found; …
  • … however, see CD’s response in the letter to Asa Gray, 23[–4] July [1862] and n.  23. Gray …
  • … spotted orchid) and Herminium monorchis (see letter to Asa Gray, 1 July [1862] and nn.   …
  • … 8–9). In the letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July 1862 , Gray had promised to send Joseph …
  • … plant, Houstonia , when completed. See also letter from Asa Gray, 4 August 1862 . …
  • … See letter to Asa Gray, 1 July [1862] and n.  14. ‘Dimorphic condition in Primula ’ , …
  • … comments on the subject in the letter to Asa Gray, 28 July [1862] . The paper on which the …
  • … to experiment upon (see Correspondence vol.  9, letter from Asa Gray, 11 October 1861 ). …
  • … In the letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July 1862 , Gray expressed a hope that he would be able …
  • … see CD’s annotations, and the letters to Asa Gray , 28 July [1862] and 9 August [1862] ). …
  • … on the pollen and stigmas of Houstonia in the letter from Asa Gray, [2 June 1862] . …
  • … See also letters from Asa Gray , 2–3 July 1862  and 4 August 1862 . …
  • … See letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July 1862  and n.  6. Gray had …
  • … a copy of his review of Orchids ( A.  Gray 1862a ; see letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July  …
  • … 1862 , and letter to Asa Gray, 28 July [1862] and n.  3). Although the review is listed in …

From Asa Gray   4 August 1862

Summary

Gives J. T. Rothrock’s observations on the structure and fertility of the two forms of Houstonia. Mentions his own observations on Rhexia virginica and Gymnadenia tridentata.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 Aug 1862
Classmark:  DAR 110 (ser. 2): 67–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3679

Matches: 20 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Asa Gray   4 August 1862 …
  • … DAR 110 (ser. 2): 67–9 Asa Gray Cambridge Mass. 4 Aug 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … observations on the species, see the letter from Asa Gray, 18–19 August 1862 . …
  • … Letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] . Leonard …
  • … Darwin was suffering from scarlet fever (see letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] ). …
  • … be fertilised if insects were excluded (see letter to Asa Gray, 21 April [1862] and n.   …
  • … 13). See also letters to Asa Gray , 10–20 June [1862] and 1 July [1862] . …
  • … In the letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1862] , CD asked Gray to watch how the anthers and …
  • … while on holiday in July (see letter from Asa Gray, 29 July 1862 ); for Gray’s further …
  • … see Correspondence vol.  9, letter from Asa Gray, 11 October 1861 ); he sent CD his own …
  • … observations by Rothrock (see letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July 1862 ). CD included Rothrock’ …
  • … less to you. Ever Yours most cordially | Asa Gray 1.1 My pupil, … from them.  1.2] crossed …
  • … only Thrips in Houstonia. In the letter to Asa Gray, 16 February [1862] , CD asked Gray to …
  • … Gray promised to do so in the summer (see letter to Asa Gray, 16 February [1862] , …
  • … and letter from Asa Gray, 6 March [1862] ), but experienced difficulties …
  • … in obtaining specimens (see letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July 1862 ). Meanwhile, CD informed …
  • … from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (see letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] and n.   …
  • … 10, and letter to Asa Gray, 1 July [1862] and n.   …
  • … 13). In the letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1862] , CD asked Gray to compare the position of …

To Asa Gray   24 November [1856]

Summary

Variability of naturalised plants.

Distribution of Arctic/alpine plant species.

Limits to the northern range of plants.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Asa Gray
Date:  24 Nov [1856]
Classmark:  Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (5)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1999

Matches: 9 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Gray, Asa
  • … To Asa Gray   24 November [1856] …
  • … Bibliography Gray, Asa. 1856–7. Statistics of the flora of the northern United States. …
  • … refers to the first part of A.  Gray 1856–7 . See letter to Asa Gray, 12 October [1856] . …
  • … See letter from Asa Gray, 23 September 1856 . …
  • … Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (5) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Nov [1856] Asa Gray
  • … Dated by the reference to the letter from Asa Gray, 4 November 1856 . …
  • … Letter from Asa Gray, 4 November 1856 . …
  • … See letter to Asa Gray, 12 October [1856] and n.  5. See letter to J.  D. Hooker, 18  …

From Asa Gray   6 November 1879

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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

Matches: 9 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, C. R. …
  • … 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

From Asa Gray   25 May 1868

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CD’s book taking on famously. AG’s review in Nation [see 5921] and preface to American edition.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 May 1868
Classmark:  DAR 165: 164
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6206

Matches: 11 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Asa Gray   25 May 1868 …
  • … Bibliography [Gray, Asa. ] 1868. [Review of Variation. ] Nation 6 (19 March 1868): 234–6. …
  • … DAR 165: 164 Asa Gray Cambridge Mass. 25 May 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … mid-November 1868 (see letter from Asa Gray, 17 September 1868 , and letter from J.  D.   …
  • … See letter to Asa Gray, 8 May [1868] . …
  • … See letter to Asa Gray, 8 May [1868] and n.  2. Gray’s review in Nation is [A.  Gray] …
  • … Variation , published by Orange Judd & Co. See letter to Asa Gray, 8 May [1868] and n.   …
  • … 3. See letter to Asa Gray, 8 May [1868] and n.   …
  • … 5. See letter to Asa Gray, 8 May [1868] and n.   …
  • … 6. Asa and Jane Loring Gray visited England from mid-September until …

To Asa Gray   2 March [1860]

Summary

Has been ill with pleurisy.

Sends more corrections and additions for American edition of Origin.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Asa Gray
Date:  2 Mar [1860]
Classmark:  Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (24)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2718

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Gray, Asa
  • … To Asa Gray   2 March [1860] …
  • … Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (24) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Mar [1860] Asa Gray
  • … the relationship to the following letter and to the letter to Asa Gray, 8 March [1860] . …
  • … Probably the letter from Asa Gray, 20 February 1860 . CD replied …
  • … to it in his next letter to Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 8 March [1860] ). …
  • … See letter to Asa Gray, 8 March [1860] . …

To Asa Gray   21 July [1855]

Summary

Geographical distribution. "Close" species. Hopes AG will write an essay on species.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Asa Gray
Date:  21 July [1855]
Classmark:  Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (3)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1725

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Gray, Asa
  • … To Asa Gray   21 July [1855] …
  • … Bibliography Gray, Asa. 1856–7. Statistics of the flora of the northern United States. …
  • … Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (3) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 July [1855] Asa Gray
  • … See letter from Asa Gray, 30 June 1855 . A.   …
  • … Gray 1856–7 . See letter from Asa Gray, 22 May 1855 . …
  • … See letter from Asa Gray, 30 June 1855 , n.  7. …

From Asa Gray   3 February 1880

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Germination of Megarrhiza. AG’s observations at variance with CD’s.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Feb 1880
Classmark:  DAR 209.6: 201
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12455

Matches: 12 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Asa Gray   3 February 1880 …
  • … DAR 209.6: 201 Asa Gray Herbarium of Harvard 3 Feb 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Bibliography Gray, Asa. 1877e. The germination of the genus Megarrhiza , Torr. …
  • … of Science and Arts 3d ser. 14: 21–4. Gray, Asa. 1879. Gray’s botanical text-book. Vol. I. …
  • … where there was no wash. In haste | Ever Yours | Asa Gray 2.1 If your … the seed.  2.2] …
  • … crayon Top of letter : ‘In my case petioles geotropic— In Asa Gray apogeotropic!! ’ ink …
  • … See letter to Asa Gray, 19 January 1880 ; …
  • … see also letter to Asa Gray, 20 January 1880 . Sereno Watson was the curator of the …
  • … an annual or perennial ( letter to Asa Gray, 19 January 1880 ). The rutabaga or swede ( …
  • … see Correspondence vol. 27, letter to Asa Gray, 24 October 1879 ); he received some in …
  • … of seeds failed to germinate ( letter to Asa Gray, 17 February 1880 ). For the species of …

From Asa Gray   2–3 July 1862

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Discusses dimorphic plants and the occurrence of "precocious fertilisation" in the bud.

Gives some comments on design in nature in the light of the translator’s commentary in the French edition of the Origin.

Reports the recent events of the Civil War.

[Note on verso of envelope:] Utricularia vulgaris is "about as neatly contrived for cross-fertilisation by insects as almost any orchid".

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2–3 July 1862
Classmark:  DAR 165: 110a, 112–12a
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3637

Matches: 26 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Asa Gray   2–3 July 1862 …
  • … Belknap Press of Harvard University. Gray, Asa. 1848–9. Genera floræ Americæ boreali- …
  • … DAR 165: 110a, 112–12a Asa Gray unstated 2–3 July 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Press. 1985–. Dupree, Anderson Hunter. 1959. Asa Gray, 1810–1888. Cambridge, Mass. : …
  • … Letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] . Gray refers …
  • … to Leonard Darwin . In the letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] , CD requested Gray’s …
  • … that he took ‘very great pleasure’ in Gray’s letters (see letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [ …
  • … 1862] , and letter from Asa Gray, [2 June 1862] ). It is …
  • … CD’s reply to this letter ( letter to Asa Gray, 23[–4] July [1862] ) that Gray had sent …
  • … own books, there is an entry that reads ‘ Asa Gray On Orchids, Review of’. However, the …
  • … Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL.  See also letter from Asa Gray, 15 July [1862] and n.   …
  • … 16, and letter to Asa Gray, 28 July [1862] . Gray’s father-in-law, Charles Greely Loring , …
  • … 1959 , pp.  179–80). In the letter from Asa Gray, 6  March [1862] , Gray had agreed to …
  • … in the summer. See also letter from Asa Gray, [late June 1862] and n.  4. Gray had told CD …
  • … Correspondence vol.  9, letter from Asa Gray, 11 October 1861 ); he sent CD observations …
  • … stigmas of Houstonia in the letter from Asa Gray, [2 June 1862] . Joseph Trimble Rothrock …
  • … caerulea are included in the letter from Asa Gray, 4 August 1862 . Meehan 1862 . Thomas …
  • … to each other and under similar conditions (see letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] ). …
  • … See letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] . A summary of Meehan’s findings is given in …
  • … Torrey 1843 , 1: 428). In the letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] , CD discussed the …
  • … in DAR 111: 31. See Correspondence vol.  9, letter from Asa Gray, 11 October 1861 . …
  • … In the letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] , CD asked Gray to observe the behaviour of …
  • … on Specularia , see the letter from Asa Gray, 18–19 August 1862 . Royer trans.   …
  • … 1862. See letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] . As president of the Linnean Society of …
  • … Correspondence vol.  8). See letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] . As Gray was over 50, …

From Asa Gray   24 November 1862

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Gives reference to his observations on tendrils [Proc. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci. 4: 98–9].

Notes cases in which the pollen of the fertilising plant affects the form of the fruit of the fertilised plant, e.g., gourds and maize.

Discusses the Civil War and the attitudes of the English press.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 Nov 1862
Classmark:  DAR 165: 124
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3823

Matches: 18 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Asa Gray   24 November 1862 …
  • … DAR 165: 124 Asa Gray Cambridge Mass. 24 Nov 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Belknap Press of Harvard University. Gray, Asa. 1859. On the coiling of tendrils. American …
  • … Ever, dear Darwin | Yours cordially | Asa Gray 1.1 As … day.  9.8] crossed pencil 10.1 My …
  • … Letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] . Since June 1862, Gray had regularly sent Leonard …
  • … for his collection. Max Müller 1861 . See letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] and n.   …
  • … 3. See letter from Asa Gray, 4 and 13 October  …
  • … 1862 , and letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] . …
  • … See letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] and n.  7. Gray refers to volume 1 of Colenso  …
  • … letter of 10 November 1862 (see letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [1862] ). Gray refers …
  • … Press. 1927–96. Dupree, Anderson Hunter. 1959. Asa Gray, 1810–1888. Cambridge, Mass. : …
  • … 1 November  1862, pp.  553–4. See letter to Asa Gray, 16 October [1862] and n.  15. Gray …
  • … to CD earlier in 1862 ( Mill 1862 ; see letter from Asa Gray, 6 March [1862] and n.  8). …
  • … Cooper 1855 . See letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] and n.  8. James …
  • … town in New York State ( Seltzer 1952 ); Asa Gray was brought up in the nearby villages of …
  • … 1959 , pp.  4–5). Jane Loring Gray . See letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] and nn.   …
  • … 9 and 10. See letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] and nn.  17 and 21. Echinocystis …

From Asa Gray   21 July 1862

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Encloses stamps for Leonard Darwin.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  21 July 1862
Classmark:  DAR 165: 114
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3661

Matches: 11 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Asa Gray   21 July 1862 …
  • … DAR 165: 114 Asa Gray Cambridge Mass. 21 July 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … has come to hand. Ever Yours Cordially | Asa Gray. 3.1 No time … hand. ] ‘ [ Malaxis ] ’ …
  • … Publishers’ Circular 35 (1862): 247). See letter from Asa Gray, 15 July [1862] and n.  13. …
  • … In the letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] , CD had told Gray that Leonard Darwin was …
  • … that he had felt ‘baddish for 2 or 3 weeks’. See letter to Asa Gray, 1 July [1862] , …
  • … and letter from Asa Gray, 15 July [1862] . At Gray’s request, CD had arranged for John …
  • … American Journal of Science and Arts ( A.  Gray 1862a ; see letter from Asa Gray, 18 May  …
  • … 1862 , letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] , and letters to John Murray , 13 June [1862] …
  • … A.  Gray 1862a ), with the letter from Asa Gray, 15 July [1862] . The illustrations were …

From Asa Gray   [10 January 1860]

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Agassiz denounces Origin as "atheistical";

AG is currently reviewing it [in Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 29 (1860): 153–84].

Jeffries Wyman praises it, though not a convert.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [10 Jan 1860]
Classmark:  DAR 98 (ser. 2): 26a
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2631

Matches: 14 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Asa Gray   [10 January 1860] …
  • … DAR 98 (ser. 2): 26a Asa Gray unstated [10 Jan 1860] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … I will mention them hereafter— No time now. Ever dear Darwin | Yours sincerely | Asa Gray
  • … Hooker, 5 January 1860 , and letter from Asa Gray, 23 January [1860] . …
  • … 1985–. Dupree, Anderson Hunter. 1959. Asa Gray, 1810–1888. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap …
  • … by the relationship to the letter to Asa Gray, 28 January [1860] , in which CD refers to ‘ …
  • … perhaps on the basis of the letter from Asa Gray to J.  D.  Hooker, 5 January 1860 . The …
  • … version of Origin . See also letter from Asa Gray, 23 January 1860 , and letter to John …
  • … history in the United States, see Appel 1988 . See also letter from Asa Gray to J.  D.   …
  • … States. See n.  7, below, and letter to Asa Gray, 28 January [1860] . Details concerning …
  • … of the extract, see the letter to Asa Gray, 28 January [1860] , n.  10. At a meeting of …
  • … see Dupree 1959 , p.  267–8, and letter from Asa Gray to J.  D.  Hooker, 5 January 1860 ). …
  • … Hooker, [20 December 1859] , and letter to Asa Gray, 21 December [1859] ). CD consequently …

To Asa Gray   19 April [1865]

Summary

Congratulates AG on the "grand news of Richmond".

Still interested in dimorphism and would welcome new cases.

Working on Variation

and correcting proofs of Climbing plants.

Would like seed of AG’s dimorphic Plantago.

Cannot understand how the wind could fertilise reciprocally dimorphic flowers.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Asa Gray
Date:  19 Apr [1865]
Classmark:  Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (77)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4467

Matches: 22 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Gray, Asa
  • … To Asa Gray   19 April [1865] …
  • … Herbarium of Harvard University (77) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 Apr [1865] Asa Gray
  • … 12, letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] ). See also Autobiography , p.  129. …
  • … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Asa Gray, 15 and 17 May 1865 . …
  • … Letter from Asa Gray, 17 January 1865 ; CD wrote ‘19 th ’ in error. Richmond, Virginia, …
  • … 2: 45–63. ] Dupree, Anderson Hunter. 1959. Asa Gray, 1810–1888. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap …
  • … see, for example, Correspondence vol.  11, letters to Asa Gray , 26 June [1863] and 4  …
  • … August [1863] , and letter from Asa Gray, 1 September 1863 , and Correspondence vol.   …
  • … and CD (see, for example, Correspondence vol.  10, letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1862] , …
  • … and letter from Asa Gray, 31 March [1862] , and Correspondence vol.   …
  • … 11, letters to Asa Gray , 2 January [1863] and 4  …
  • … August [1863] , and letter from Asa Gray, 27 January 1863 ). See also Colp 1978 . For …
  • … his opposition to slavery, see the letter from Asa Gray, 17  January 1865  and n.  11. CD …
  • … Herbarium (see Dupree 1959 , pp.  327–9, and letter from Asa Gray, 17 January 1865 ). The …
  • … herbarium is discussed in the letters from Asa Gray , 16 February 1864  and 11 July 1864 ( …
  • … on several occasions (see Correspondence vol.  10, letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [ …
  • … 1862] , and letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 , and Correspondence vol.   …
  • … 11, letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] and n.  14). …
  • … Plantago from Gray (see letter from Asa Gray, 15 and 17 May 1865 ); his observations on …
  • … to W.  E.  Darwin, 14 May [1864] , and letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] ). See also CD’s …
  • … to Louis Agassiz . In his letter to Asa Gray, 1 January [1857] ( Correspondence vol.  6), …

To Asa Gray   30 June [1874]

Summary

Thanks for Sarracenia, which is as wonderful as any orchid.

Asks AG to observe Pinguicula.

Has read AG’s semi-theological review [Nation 18 (1874): 348–51] with interest

and has obtained the book [C. Hodge, What is Darwinism? (1874)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Asa Gray
Date:  30 June [1874]
Classmark:  Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (109)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9520

Matches: 11 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Gray, Asa
  • … To Asa Gray   30 June [1874] …
  • … Herbarium, Harvard University (109) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 June [1874] Asa Gray
  • … more digestive fluid. See letters to Asa Gray , 3 June [1874] and 5 June [1874] . CD …
  • … between this letter and the letters from Asa Gray , 16 June 1874  and 19 June 1874 (see …
  • … n.  2, below). Letters from Asa Gray , 16 June 1874  and 19 June 1874 . …
  • … See letter from Asa Gray, 19 June 1874  and nn.  2 and 4. …
  • … The editor of Nature was Joseph Norman Lockyer . See letter from Asa Gray, 16 June 1874 . …
  • … See letter to Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] and n.  5. Drosera is the sundew and Dionaea the …
  • … 1874 ; [A.  Gray] 1874d; see letter from Asa Gray, 16 June 1874 ). Hodge had equated CD’s …
  • … in the Darwin Library–Down. Letter to Asa Gray, 25 June 1874 . In Insectivorous plants , …

To Asa Gray   3 June [1874]

Summary

CD is deeply pleased by AG’s article on him in Nature [10 (1874): 79–81].

Is preparing book on "Drosera and Co." for the printers. Reports observations on digestion in Drosera and Pinguicula.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Asa Gray
Date:  3 June [1874]
Classmark:  Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (103)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9480

Matches: 13 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Gray, Asa
  • … To Asa Gray   3 June [1874] …
  • … Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (103) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 June [1874] Asa Gray
  • … 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. [Gray, Asa. ] 1874a. Insectivorous plants. Nation , 2 …
  • … pp. 216–7; 9 April 1874, pp. 232–4. [Gray, Asa. ] 1874b. Do plants eat insects? Gardeners’ …
  • … Reprinted from the New York Nation . Gray, Asa. 1874c. Scientific worthies: III. —Charles …
  • … tournament (see LL 1: 123, and letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876 ( Calendar no.   …
  • … between this letter and the letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 . Gray had enclosed a letter …
  • … the second enclosure to the letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 . CD had discussed vestigial …
  • … 1868 (Jane Gray’s expense account ( Asa Gray’s Archives, Box F AG B10 #20)), shortly after …
  • … by his initials only in the second part. See letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874  and nn.   …
  • … 2 and 3. See letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874  and n.  4. CD was particularly interested …
  • … been identified; see also annotations to letter from Asa Gray, 12  May 1874 . For Rood’ …

From Asa Gray   31 March [1862]

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Has been reading J. D. Morell’s new book on psychology [An introduction to mental philosophy, on the inductive method (1862)].

Progress of the Civil War.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  31 Mar [1862]
Classmark:  DAR 165: 108
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3489

Matches: 12 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Asa Gray   31 March [1862] …
  • … DAR 165: 108 Asa Gray Cambridge Mass. 31 Mar [1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … 1985–. Dupree, Anderson Hunter. 1959. Asa Gray, 1810–1888. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap …
  • … Letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1862] . …
  • Asa Gray was Fisher Professor of natural history at Harvard University and lectured at the …
  • … Francis Boott . Morell 1862 . See also letter from Asa Gray, [late June 1862] . Nicholas …
  • … Trübner . See letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1862] and n.  3. Gray had arranged for the New …
  • … £50 royalties (see Correspondence vol.  8, letter from Asa Gray, 20 February 1860 , …
  • … and letter to Asa Gray, 8 March [1860] ). Gray had used a portion of this money to pay for …
  • … and Correspondence vol.  9, letter to Asa Gray, 11 April [1861] ). Gray refers to the …
  • … and Fields, the publishers of A.  Gray 1861 . See letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1862] . …

To Asa Gray   28 July [1862]

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AG’s "capital" review of Orchids [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 34 (1862): 138–44].

Thinks there are three forms of Lythrum salicaria.

Discusses transport of seeds by sea.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Asa Gray
Date:  28 July [1862]
Classmark:  Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (75)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3667

Matches: 17 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Gray, Asa
  • … To Asa Gray   28 July [1862] …
  • … Herbarium of Harvard University (75) Charles Robert Darwin Down 28 July [1862] Asa Gray
  • … see letter to Nicholas Trübner, 23 June [1862] , and letter to Asa Gray, 1 July [1862] ). …
  • … scarlet fever, with the letter from Asa Gray, 15 July [1862] (see also CD’s annotations to …
  • … had sent CD a copy of the review (see letter from Asa Gray, 15 July [1862] and n.  16). …
  • … See letter from Asa Gray, 15 July [1862] and n.  8. CD recorded the first of a series of …
  • … DAR 27.2 (ser.  2): 1). See also letter to Asa Gray, 1 July [1862] , and letter to W.  E. …
  • … Darwin, 9 July [1862] . See letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] and n.  12. Gray had asked …
  • … to the main body of the letter from Asa Gray, 15 July [1862] , which has not been found. …
  • … In the letter to Asa Gray, 23[–4] July [1862] , CD tried to persuade Gray to publish a …
  • … 1862c , pp.  259–60. See also letter to Asa Gray, 23[–4] July [1862] and nn.  23–5. In …
  • … CD discussed Gray’s observations on Pogonia in the letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] . …
  • … From CD’s annotation to the letter from Asa Gray, 15 July [1862] , it appears that Gray …
  • … not been found, but see the letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July [1862] , in which Gray reported …
  • … specimen of Mitchella repens with the letter from Asa Gray, 15 July [1862] . CD refers to …
  • … of Gray’s students, Joseph Trimble Rothrock (see letter from Asa Gray, 15 July [1862] ). …

From Asa Gray   29 December 1862

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Encloses maize seeds.

Has heard of a butterfly with pollinia of Platanthera stuck to it.

Comments on AG’s notes ["Dimorphism in the genitalia of flowers", Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 34 (1862): 149–50].

"Precocious fertilisation".

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 Dec 1862
Classmark:  DAR 109: 85, DAR 165: 126
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3882

Matches: 16 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Asa Gray   29 December 1862 …
  • … DAR 109: 85, DAR 165: 126 Asa Gray Cambridge Mass. 29 Dec 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … in response to CD’s request for specimens (see letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] , …
  • … and letter from Asa Gray, 24 November 1862 ). Gray refers to Louis Agassiz , professor of …
  • … Hubbard Scudder (see Correspondence vol.  11, letter from Asa Gray, 27 January 1863 ). …
  • … See the enclosure to the letter from Asa Gray, 27 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol.  11). …
  • … humour’. C.  K.  Sprengel 1793 . See letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [1862] and n.   …
  • … 9. See letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [1862] and n.  10, and A.   …
  • … Gray 1862e , p.  419. See letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [1862] and n.  12. CD …
  • … is early yellow violet See letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [1862] and nn.  18 and 19. …
  • … Dalton Hooker and Daniel Oliver (see letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [1862] and nn.   …
  • … 20–2). See letters to Asa Gray , 23 November [1862] and n.  12, and 26[–7] November [1862] …
  • … lesser roundleaved orchid. Letters to Asa Gray , 23 November [1862] and 26[–7] November [ …
  • … G.  D.  Campbell] 1862 ; see letter to Asa Gray, 23 November [1862] and n.  7. Gray refers …
  • … CD had recommended to him (see letter to Asa Gray, 23 November [1862] and n.  8). In his …

From Volney Rattan to Asa Gray   29 March 1880

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Germination of Megarrhiza.

Author:  Volney Rattan
Addressee:  Asa Gray
Date:  29 Mar 1880
Classmark:  DAR 209.6: 206
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12553

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  • … Rattan, Volney Gray, Asa
  • … From Volney Rattan to Asa Gray   29 March 1880 …
  • … DAR 209.6: 206 Volney Rattan San Francisco 29 Mar 1880 Asa Gray

From Asa Gray to Francis Darwin   17 December 1880

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Roots arising from stems and shoots of brambles.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  17 Dec 1880
Classmark:  DAR 165: 202
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12921

Matches: 3 hits

  • Gray, Asa Darwin, Francis …
  • … From Asa Gray to Francis Darwin   17 December 1880 …
  • … DAR 165: 202 Asa Gray Kew 17 Dec 1880 Francis Darwin …
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