From John Lindley [after 8 April 1843]
Summary
Will be happy to report on seeds sent by CD. Suggests names.
| Author: | John Lindley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 8 Apr 1843] |
| Classmark: | DAR 50: A23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-669 |
From John Lindley [before 2 September 1843]
Summary
Much interested in CD’s communication [about W. Kemp] and seeds sent; does not know the species; has sent seeds to Henslow.
Describes a monstrous plant found near Ely.
| Author: | John Lindley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 2 Sept 1843] |
| Classmark: | DAR 50: A21–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-690 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Lindley, John Darwin, C. R. …
- … From John Lindley [before 2 September 1843] …
- … DAR 50: A21–2 John Lindley unstated [before 2 Sept 1843] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … it to others— It cannot be any var of A. patula I think. Very truly yours | John Lindley …
- … immutable. Seeds discovered by William Kemp (see letter to John Lindley, 8 [April 1843] , …
- … and letter from John Lindley, [after 8 April 1843] ). …
To John Lindley 15 December [1861]
Summary
Thanks JL for a flower of Bolbophyllum, a genus that puzzles him.
Recent work has convinced him a number of orchids are male. Points out that JL [in The vegetable kingdom (1846), pp. 177–8] "accidentally misquoted" R. H. Schomburgk on this point.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 15 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 198) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3344 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lindley, John …
- … To John Lindley 15 December [1861] …
- … Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 198) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Dec [1861] John Lindley …
- … Bibliography Lindley, John. 1853. The vegetable kingdom; or, the structure, …
- … appeared in May 1862. See letters to John Lindley , 16 November [1861] and 17 November [ …
To John Lindley 25 October [1861]
Summary
Sends thanks for an informative letter;
would be grateful for any orchids; names some he would particularly like.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 25 Oct [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 194) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3299 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lindley, John …
- … To John Lindley 25 October [1861] …
- … Bibliography Lindley, John. 1853. The vegetable kingdom; or, the structure, …
- … Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 194) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Oct [1861] John Lindley …
- … was presumably a response to the letter to John Lindley, 18 October [1861] . Of the seven …
To John Lindley 16 November [1861]
Summary
CD sends thanks for many valuable dried specimens [of orchids]. Has been promised Catasetum and some Dendrobium by Mr Rucker; has written also to Lady Dorothy [Nevill].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 16 Nov [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 196) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3321 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lindley, John …
- … To John Lindley 16 November [1861] …
- … Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 196) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Nov [1861] John Lindley …
- … by the relationship to the letter to John Lindley, 1 November [1861] . See also n. 4, …
- … written in response to the letter to John Lindley, 1 November [1861] . Sigismund Rucker , …
To John Lindley 1 November [1861]
Summary
CD is sending an orchid flower; asks JL to identify it.
Also asks if JL can spare a dried flower of another orchid (name forgotten) [which CD describes] so that he can try to trace its ducts or spiral vessels.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 195) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3306 |
To John Lindley 28 December [1861]
Summary
Thanks JL for information about Acropera luteola.
Also thanks for the Gongora; cannot avoid the impression it is male.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 28 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 200) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3353 |
To John Lindley 17 November [1861]
Summary
Lady Dorothy [Nevill] has written very obligingly and sent a lot of orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 17 Nov [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 197) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3323 |
To John Lindley 24 December [1861]
Summary
Delayed thanking JL for two notes until he heard from Hooker about Acropera luteola; had no idea A. luteola was not a well-known name.
Cites his reasons for identifying A. loddigesii as male; hopes for a Gongora flower from Hooker which, JL suggested, may be the female.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 24 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 199) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3350 |
To John Lindley 18 October [1861]
Summary
Thanks JL for identifying Catasetum saccatum.
Writes of his interest ("more than almost anything in my life") in orchids, but fears he is rash to publish.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 18 Oct [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 193) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3289 |
To John Lindley 14 September [1862]
Summary
Thanks JL for review [of Orchids, Gard. Chron. (1862): 789–90, 863]; CD published almost by accident, having been led on in part by encouragement from JL.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 14 Sept [1862] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 192) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3723 |
To John Lindley 8 [April 1843]
Summary
CD sends seeds found by W. Kemp of Galashiels with explanation and request that they be planted and a report sent to him, so that Kemp may publish his discovery if results are interesting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 8 [Apr 1843] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 189–90) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-668 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lindley, John …
- … To John Lindley 8 [April 1843] …
- … Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 189–90) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 [Apr 1843] John Lindley …
- … John Forbes Royle . William Kemp had published two articles on the geology of Scotland ( Kemp 1841 and 1843). See also letter to Charles Lyell, [19 February 1840] , n. 1. No letters from Kemp to CD earlier than October 1843 have been found. For CD’s letters to Kemp, see Correspondence vol. 18, Supplement. Lindley ( …
To John Lindley [c. 10 October 1846]
Summary
CD sends a copy [of South America] to Gardeners’ Chronicle and refers to a passage on Patagonian salt; asks for backing and specific information supplementing his suggestion that an added chloride would increase the salt’s preserving power.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | [c. 10 Oct 1846] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 191) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-999 |
Lindley, John. 1848. An introduction to botany. 4th edition. 2 vols. London.
Lindley, John. 1844. Editorial. Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, no. 33 (17 August): 555.
Lindley, John. 1845b. Editorial. Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, no. 35 (30 August): 591.
Lindley, John. 1846b. The vegetable kingdom. London: the author.
Lindley, John and Hutton, William. 1831–7. The fossil flora of Great Britain. 3 vols. London.
Lindley, John. 1830–40. The genera and species of orchidaceous plants. London: Ridgways.
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