From John Scott 7 January [1864]
Summary
Has finished correcting Primula paper [see 4332].
Has presented paper on monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Jan [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 98, 99 f.3; Edinburgh Courant, 19 December 1863, p. 8. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4382 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] ). …
- … Botany ) (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 and 28 May [1863] ). CD …
- … memoir’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 September [1863] , letter …
- … his own results (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 23 July [1863] , and …
- … in May 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 21 May [1863] ). The …
- … had been (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , and …
- … palatable! ’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [3 June 1863] and 16 …
- … of Scott’s paper (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ); …
- … 3 December [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] ). …
- … of Scott 1864a (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). He …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 25 [July 1863] and n. 4). CD evidently did …
- … vol. 10, letters to John Scott , 19 November [1862] and 11 December [1862] , and …
- … and the letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), and by the …
- … In his letter to John Scott of 25 and 28 May [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), he wrote …
To J. S. Henslow 3 December [1831]
Summary
Confusion on board the Beagle at definite prospect of sailing. Gives directions for sending mail to Montevideo.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | 3 Dec [1831] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 11 DAR/1/1/11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-152 |
To Arthur Rawson 2 April [1863]
Summary
Discusses unusual primula flowers and asks for details of Rawson’s experiments with gladioli. Asks for loan of Cypripedium but admits he will probably mutilate it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Arthur Rawson |
Date: | 2 Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (10 December 2013); Xiling Yinshe Auction Company (dealers) (Autumn 2017 lot 2184) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4072F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Rawson’ s reply, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Arthur Rawson, [6 April 1863] . …
- … lady’s-slipper); see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Arthur Rawson, 1 April [1863] . …
- … is now complete. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Arthur Rawson, 1 April [1863] . …
- … See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Daniel Oliver, 24–5 March [1863] . CD published an …
- … 1 April [1863] (see Correspondence vol. 11). This letter was previously published with an …
From John Scott 19 March 1864
Summary
On fertilisation of Gongora.
His work on peloric Antirrhinum, Passiflora, and Verbascum, done at CD’s suggestion, is at CD’s disposal.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 102 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4432 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … 1864] and n. 6, and Crüger 1864 ). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John …
- … observations of Acropera ovules in his letter of 11 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … 10); see also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 18 February [1863] . Scott …
- … of Acropera , see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] , and …
- … November [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. Gosse, 2 June [1863] ). …
- … related orchids (see Orchids , pp. 282–4, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. …
- … vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 6 January 1863 , [after 12] April [1863] , and 21 May [ …
- … 203–6, Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letter to …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and Correspondence …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ; see also this …
- … Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and nn. 17 and 18, and this volume, letter to Daniel Oliver, …
- … 11). For CD’s expanded conclusions about insect visits to Acropera and related orchids, supported by the observations of Hermann Crüger and Scott, see Orchids 2d ed. , pp. 168–9 and 269–71, and the letter …
To John Scott 12 April [1863]
Summary
Encourages JS to publish on sterility of orchids and to experiment on Passiflora.
Doubted Hooker’s poppy case.
Describes case of primrose with three pistils: when pulled apart allowed pollen to be placed directly on ovules. This supports JS’s explanation of H. Crüger’s case.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 12 Apr [1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 93: B59, B77–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4084 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … pollen-tubes. As he explained in his letter of [1–11] April [1863] , Scott believed that …
- … in Primula auricula (see letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] ). To investigate the …
- … before their expansion (see letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] ). See letter from …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] . …
- … Letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] . CD wrote a draft of the section of Variation …
- … 22 September 1862 ( ibid. ). See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and n. …
- … 13. See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and nn. 16–17. CD subsequently …
- … J. D. Hooker 1854a ). See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April 1863 and n. 19. See …
- … after 14 April 1863] . See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and n. 25. Hermann …
- … Crüger, 23 February 1863 ). See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] and n. 30. In …
- … letter to John Scott, 24 March [1863] , and letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] . …
- … See letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] . In his letter to CD of 23 February …
- … Scott had suggested (see letter from John Scott, [1–11] April [1863] ) that the pollen- …
- … 11, Appendix II)). Scott’s observations on self-sterility and cross-fertility in Oncidium and Maxillaria were briefly discussed in Variation 2: 133, 164. Scott detailed his observations on self-sterility and cross-fertilisation in the orchid genus Oncidium in a paper read before the Botanical Society of Edinburgh on 14 May 1863 ( Scott 1863a ). See also Scott 1864b . CD had been encouraging Scott to experiment on Passiflora since March 1863 (see letter …
To John Scott 8 January [1863]
Summary
CD’s respect for JS’s indomitable work and interesting experiments increases steadily.
His gratitude for the primulas and the astonishing Gongora specimen.
Asks JS’s opinion about crossing a primrose with the pollen of a wild cowslip and of a cultivated polyanthus.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 8 Jan [1863] |
Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 67 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3908F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … appointment (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ). He and …
- … vol. 10, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ). …
- … specimens (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and CD …
- … to examine it (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and CD …
- … 15 November [1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ; …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , and letter to J. …
- … and the letter from John Scott, 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). For Scott’s …
- … see his letter to CD of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). Scott was hoping to …
- … In his letter of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Scott wrote that he was …
- … letter to John Scott, 20 [February 1863] ). Scott conducted crosses with species of Primulaceae on the advice of CD from 1862 (see Correspondence vols. 10–12, and Scott 1864 ). Following publication of ‘Dimorphic condition of Primula ’, CD continued making crosses of Primula species. For his work comparing crosses of primroses with cowslips and with polyanthus, see ‘Illegitimate offspring of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’, ‘Specific difference in Primula ’ , Forms of flowers , and his notes in DAR 108. The construction of CD’s hothouse was completed by mid-February 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, …
From John Scott 28 March 1864
Summary
Surprised at CD’s account of Bryanthus.
H. Crüger’s approach to Gongora fertilisation is beset with difficulties.
Reports his work on self-sterility of Oncidium.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4438 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … the position, see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 22 May 1863 and 26 …
- … and Menziesia (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Isaac Anderson-Henry, 24 April …
- … 1862] , and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 2 May [1863] and nn. 5 and 6; …
- … pollination, see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott, 6 January 1863 and 3 …
- … on Oncidium (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 1 and 3 August [1863] and …
- … in particular, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 6 March 1863 and n. …
- … May [1863] . See also letter to John Scott, 11 June [1863] . …
- … Correspondence vol. 11), which CD then forwarded with his letter to Scott of 25 and 28 …
- … Bryanthus in his letter of 6 January 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). He reported his …
- … March 1864 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. 11). Scott refers …
To Ernst Haeckel 20 January [1866]
Summary
Sends copies of photographs of himself. Asks for photographs of German naturalists.
Comments on EH’s account of Protogenes primordialis.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
Date: | 20 Jan [1866] |
Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1-52/8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4980 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … enclosed a photograph taken in October 1865 with his letter of 11 January 1866 . Fritz …
- … See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 . …
- … See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and n. 15. CD refers to Heinrich Georg …
- … Correspondence vol. 9, frontispiece, and letter to Asa Gray, 11 April [1861] and n. 19). …
- … scientists who admired him (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 ). Haeckel sent …
- … a photograph of himself in 1865 (see letter to Fritz Müller, 11 January 1866 and n. 5). …
- … reference is to Haeckel 1866 (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and nn. 7– …
- … translated into English. See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and nn. 6 and 7. …
- … by Wilhelm Engelmann (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and n. 4). For CD’s …
To Jeffries Wyman 2 February 1866
Summary
Obliged for JW’s information on variability of size of bees’ cells. Hexagonal cells not always work of several insects. W. H. Miller found great variability in thickness of cell walls.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Jeffries Wyman |
Date: | 2 Feb 1866 |
Classmark: | Jeffries Wyman Jr (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4994 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … are aggregated to form the comb. In his letter of 11 January 1866 , Wyman had not informed …
- … obliged to you for your interesting letter of Jan 11 th . I was aware that the cells of …
- … CUL (DAR 48: B1–78). See letter from Jeffries Wyman, 11 January 1866 and n. 3. In 1860, …
- … See letter from Jeffries Wyman, 11 January 1866 . …
- … See letter from Jeffries Wyman, 11 January 1866 and n. 2. In successive editions of …
- … modifications of instinct, see the letter from Jeffries Wyman, 11 January 1866 , n. 6. CD …
- … illustrated by figures 2 and 3 in the letter from Wyman of 11 January 1866 . CD had argued …
- … Pamphlet Collection–CUL. See letter from Jeffries Wyman, 11 January 1866 and n. 7. At …
- … not yet have received (see letter from Jeffries Wyman, 11 January 1866 and nn. 9 and 10, …
From W. E. Darwin 17 and 20 May [1863]
Summary
Alarmed that CD did not see what WED saw in Corydalis lutea. Has found buckbean in the New Forest. Will get seeds of Corydalis claviculata.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 and 20 May 1863 |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 16) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4168F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter to W. E. Darwin, [10 May 1863] and n. …
- … what he had observed, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from W. E. Darwin, 8 May [1863] . …
- … higher apes. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 [February 1863] and n. …
- … 3 (1863): 497–8 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [7 May 1863] and n. …
- … this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, [10 May 1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11). See …
From Lawson Tait 12 June [1875]
Summary
Intends sending a paper containing some of his histological work [see "Freezing process for section-cutting; … staining and mounting sections", J. Anat. & Physiol. 9 (1875): 249–58].
Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 June [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10016 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … mentioned William Erasmus Darwin in his letter of 11 June [1875] , but only Francis Darwin …
- … hairs in the ears of mice (see letter to Lawson Tait, 11 June [1875] and n. 5). Felidae is …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Lawson Tait, 11 June [1875] . …
- … See letter to Lawson Tait, 11 June [1875] , and first letter from Lawson Tait, …
- … 12 June [1875] . See letter to Lawson Tait, 11 June [1875] and n. 7. It is …
From Hermann Crüger 21 January 1864
Summary
Sends his MS of orchid paper ["A few notes on the fecundation of orchids and their morphology", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35] for CD to send to an editor.
CD was right about Catasetum sexes.
Ficus experiments fail.
Author: | Hermann Crüger |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Jan 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 278 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4394 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … 3, below. See Correspondence vol. 11, letters from Hermann Crüger , 23 February 1863 and …
- … p. 147. See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Hermann Crüger, 25 May [1863] , and …
- … see Crüger 1851 and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Hermann Crüger, 23 April 1863 ). …
- … Edward Bradford . See Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Edward Bradford, 31 July 1863 . …
- … p. 325, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Daniel Oliver, 28 [November 1863] ). There …
- … in Germany, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Friedrich Rolle, 26 January 1863 . …
- … Marcgraviaceae, in his letter of 8 August 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11). CD had already …
- … p. 127. In his letter of 23 February 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Crüger expressed …
- … In his letter of 31 July 1863 ( Correspondence vol. 11), Edward Bradford disputed CD’s …
- … 175. See also letter to Daniel Oliver, 17 February [1864] and n. 11. Crüger had discussed …
- … in his letter to Daniel Oliver, 28 March [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11). Crüger had …
- … letter to the Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener , [17–24 March 1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11), …
From John Scott 17 December [1862]
Summary
Thanks for Journal of researches and Origin.
Thanks CD for comments on his fern paper [see 3847 and 3853]; has great difficulty in expressing his ideas.
Discusses inheritance and variation.
Asks CD for an account of the experiments he would like JS to perform.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Dec [1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 80 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3865 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Verbascum in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). …
- … to Scott 1862a (see n. 4, below). See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] and n. …
- … 17. See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] . Scott had enclosed a copy of Scott …
- … are Scott 1862c and 1862d. See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] and n. 5. Scott …
- … See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] . …
- … See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ; this individual has not been identified. …
- … Karl Friedrich von Gärtner (see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] and nn. 19 and …
- … Scott 1862a , p. 219. See letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] . Karsten 1861 . …
- … 6 December [1862] , and letters to John Scott, 3 December [1862] and 11 December [1862] . …
From Daniel Oliver 12 March 1864
Summary
Discusses homologies of plant organs.
The passion-flower tendril should be considered a modified branch rather than a modified flower. Considers the distinction between the peduncle and the leaf midrib.
Author: | Daniel Oliver |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 157.2: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4425 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Daniel Oliver, 27 November 1863 …
- … upon nature. See also n. 2, above. See letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 March [1864] and nn. …
- … See letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 March [1864] . Oliver’s reference to ‘the ideal leaf’ and …
- … 11 and 12, and letter from Daniel Oliver, [17 March 1864] . …
- … the shoot, are terminal . ’ See also letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 March [1864] and n. 7. …
- … Darwin’s drawings in the enclosure to the letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 March [1864] . …
- … See letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 March [1864] and nn. 8 and 9, and n. 4, …
- … as linden trees ( Tilia ). See letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 March [1864] and n. 10; see …
To Asa Gray 24 March [1880]
Summary
Thanks for Megarrhiza seeds and information. Has been greatly interested by Megarrhiza germination.
Samuel Butler has attacked CD over Erasmus Darwin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 24 Mar [1880] |
Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (130) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12545 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Gray had sent seeds of Megarrhiza with his letter of 11 March 1880 . …
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Asa Gray, 11 March 1880 . …
- … Delphinium nudicaule (red larkspur); see letter from Asa Gray, 11 March 1880 and n. …
- … 2. See letter from Asa Gray, 11 March 1880 and nn. 4 and 5. Gray’s anonymous review of T. …
- … Nation , 4 March 1880, p. 182; see letter from Asa Gray, 11 March 1880 and n. 3. Samuel …
From J. D. Hooker 29 March 1864
Summary
John Scott’s career.
Huxley’s vicious attack on anthropologists.
Critique of Joseph Prestwich’s theory of rivers.
Bitter feelings between the Hookers and the Veitch family of nurserymen.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Mar 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 193–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4439 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … in medallions (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 6 January 1863 , …
- … D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. 11, and letter from John Scott, 28 March 1864 and …
- … Crawfurd . See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 January 1863] …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 April [1863] and …
- … pp. 216, 219, and Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 23 October 1863 ). …
- … both regions (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters from J. D. Hooker, 23 October 1863 …
- … letter from Hugh Falconer in the Athenæum , 2 May 1863, p. 586). There was much discussion in CD’s 1863 correspondence regarding the controversy (see Correspondence vol. 11); …
To J. D. Hooker [27 January 1864]
Summary
CD continues very ill.
His only work is a little on tendrils and climbers. Asks whether all tendrils are modified leaves or whether some are modified stems.
Last number [Jan 1864?] of Natural History Review is best that has appeared.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [27 Jan 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 218 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4398 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Horace’s illness, see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. B. Innes, 1 September [1863] …
- … in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letters to J. D. Hooker, 22 July [1863] and n. 2, …
- … modified stems (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [21 July 1863] ). …
- … they were modified leaves (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 [ …
- … 1863] ). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [31 July 1863] , …
- … note in DAR 157.2: 78, and letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 March [1864] ). He offered several …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI, and this volume, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 …
To Daniel Oliver 18 March [1864]
Summary
Thanks for information on Tecoma.
Cannot believe DO’s statement about Catasetum; is sure C. tridentatum sets seeds in its native country.
CD erred on Acropera, but how is it naturally fertilised?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 18 Mar [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 59 (EH 88206042) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4430 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … about in 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 [June 1863] ); …
- … in Trinidad (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Edward Bradford, 31 July 1863 , and …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 11, letter to P. H. Gosse, 2 June [1863] ). …
- … Acropera (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] and n. 6, …
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 ). CD also eventually …
To Menyhért Lónyay [after 11 June 1872]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Menyhért Lónyay |
Date: | [after 11 June 1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 96: 154r |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8383 |
To J. D. Hooker 13 June [1864]
Summary
W. H. Harvey’s dandelion case worth publishing.
Suspects the uniform Primula elatior JDH referred to is a distinct species.
Scott’s paper on Passiflora shows variability of reproductive systems.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 13 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 239 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4531 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Harvey in his letter of [11 June 1864] . See letter from W. H. Harvey, 19 May 1864 and …
- … and do not normally intercross (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, [ …
- … Kendrick Thwaites . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [11 June 1864] . See letter from J. …
- … to letter from J. D. Hooker, [11 June 1864] . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [ …
- … cross-pollination by insects. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [11 June 1864] and n. 7. CD …
- … D. Hooker, [11 June 1864] and n. 3. Hooker had enclosed a letter from William Henry …
- … 32 v. CD refers to John Scott . See letter from J. D. Hooker, [11 June 1864] . Scott …
- … in his letter to Hooker of 12–13 August [1863] ( Correspondence vol. 11). In Variation 2: …
- … letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] and n. 2. CD refers to Joseph Decaisne . Hooker had informed CD of Decaisne’s view, presented in Decaisne 1863 , pp. 10–11, …
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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
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- … In March 1862, Heinrich Georg Bronn wrote to Darwin stating his intention to prepare a second …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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Darwin's 1874 letters go online
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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
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Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … ‘My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, ‘is so nearly closed. . . What little more I …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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Race, Civilization, and Progress
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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
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Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out the …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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Charles Harrison Blackley
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You may not have heard of Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), but if you are one of the 15 million people in the UK who suffer from hay fever, you are indebted to him. For it was he who identified pollen as the cause of the allergy. Darwin was…
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Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
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Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … I think we have proved that the sleep of plants is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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Darwin's bad days
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Despite being a prolific worker who had many successes with his scientific theorising and experimenting, even Darwin had some bad days. These times when nothing appeared to be going right are well illustrated by the following quotations from his letters:
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