To J. J. Weir 8 July [1875]
Summary
Is very interested in JJW’s report on a purple laburnum grafted onto yellow stock which then produces yellow flowers. CD requests racemes to examine.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 8 July [1875] |
| Classmark: | Boston Public Library (Rare Books MSS Acc. 324) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10051 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. J. Weir 8 July [1875] …
- … between this letter and the letter from J. J. Weir, 7 July 1875 . See letter …
- … purple flowers (see letter to J. J. Weir, 5 July 1875 and n. 2). Variation 2d ed. was …
- … J. Weir, 5 July 1875 and n. 2. Harrison William Weir’s garden was at Weirleigh, Brenchley, Kent ( letter from J. J. Weir, 9 July 1875 ). …
From J. J. Weir 9 July 1875
Summary
Sends CD some of the Cytisus, which has produced yellow flowers on a purple graft.
| Author: | John Jenner Weir |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 87 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10055 |
From J. J. Weir 6 July 1875
Summary
Yellow flowers occurring on a purple Cytisus grafted onto a yellow stock.
| Author: | John Jenner Weir |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10044 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … From J. J. Weir 6 July 1875 …
- … now +Laburnocytisus adamii ), see the letter to J. J. Weir, 5 July 1875 and n. 2. …
- … Weir refers to his letter to CD of 27 June 1870 ( Correspondence vol. 18). Weir had described a hybrid laburnum produced by grafting the yellow-flowered Cytisus alpinus (now Laburnum alpinum , Scotch laburnum) with C. purpureus (a synonym of Chamaecytisus purpureus , purple broom; see letter to J. J. Weir, 5 July 1875 …
To J. J. Weir 14 July 1875
Summary
JJW is to think no more about mistake [regarding Cytisus graft].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 14 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 337 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10064 |
From J. J. Weir 7 July 1875
Summary
Yellow and purple flowers occur on plant grafted with Cytisus purpureus, but only on separate racemes. Only yellow blooms seed.
| Author: | John Jenner Weir |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10050 |
To J. J. Weir 10 July 1875
Summary
Regarding Cytisus graft with yellow flowers, CD thinks nurseryman has sold Cytisus adami to JJW’s brother in place of C. purpureus. This explains apparent "sport". [P.S. on envelope:] C. purpureus seeds freely. C. adami never does.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 10 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.466); DAR 148: 336 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10056 |
To J. J. Weir 1 May 1875
Summary
August Weismann is interested in JJW’s experiments on birds and the caterpillars they eat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 1 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.468) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9962 |
To J. J. Weir 5 July 1875
Summary
Discusses case of Cytisus graft described by JJW.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 5 July 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 334 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10043 |
To J. J. Weir 18 December [1875]
Summary
E. Ray Lankester blackballed by Linnean Society. Another election planned. Would JJW use his influence in Lankester’s favour?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 18 Dec [1875] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Egerton MS 3009 C f.11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10306 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [4 February 1876]
Summary
Congratulates WTT-D on [election of E. Ray Lankester to] Linnean Society.
Mentions visit to Royal Society.
Pleased to see George Bentham looking well.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | [4 Feb 1876] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 56–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10380 |
To ? [after 11 December 1875]
Summary
Strongly disapproves of the blackballing of Edwin Ray Lankester by the Linnean Society. States the reasons for his disapproval and hopes they will be considered.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [after 11 Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C1–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10296 |
From J. D. Hooker 28 January 1876
Summary
Asks CD to come up to vote for Lankester.
Severely critical of R. L. Tait’s paper on Nepenthes communicated to the Royal Society.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 51–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10371 |
To August Weismann 1 and 4 May 1875
Summary
Comments on AW’s work [Studien zur Descendenz-Theorie, vol. 1 (1875)].
On seasonal dimorphism in Lepidoptera in relation to sexual selection.
Discusses evolutionary reversion.
Comments on birds’ avoiding brightly coloured caterpillars. Offers references on subject.
Alpheus Hyatt says Franz Hilgendorf mistaken [about Planorbis multiformis].
Quotes from letter from J. J. Weir on birds’ rejection of brightly-coloured caterpillars.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leopold Friedrich August (August) Weismann |
| Date: | 1 and 4 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 344 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9965 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … pp. 350, 369). See letter to J. J. Weir, 1 May 1875 . John Jenner Weir’s reply has not …
- … Weir’s letter to CD, from which the extract was copied, has not been found. It was a reply to the letter to J. J. Weir, 1 May 1875 . …
- … 1875)]. On seasonal dimorphism in Lepidoptera in relation to sexual selection. Discusses evolutionary reversion. Comments on birds’ avoiding brightly coloured caterpillars. Offers references on subject. Alpheus Hyatt says Franz Hilgendorf mistaken [about Planorbis multiformis ]. Quotes from letter from J. J. Weir …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [19 December 1875]
Summary
CD’s attempts to get support for Lankester among Fellows of the Linnean Society. He has encountered opposition to the Council.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | [19 Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 52–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10308 |
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| Weir, J. J. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Weir, J. J. | (6) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (2) |
| Unidentified | (1) |
| Weismann, August | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Weir, J. J. | (9) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Unidentified | (1) |
