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From Isaac Anderson-Henry   17 January 1863

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Thanks for "Two forms of Primula" [Collected papers 2: 45–63].

Praise for Orchids.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Jan 1863
Classmark:  DAR 159: 60
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3924

To Isaac Anderson-Henry   20 January [1863]

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Discusses hybrid strawberry–raspberry

and his research on Primula and Linum.

Suggests breeding experiments.

Doubtful about Donald Beaton’s statement about Pelargonium.

Mentions experiments on peloric flowers.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Date:  20 Jan [1863]
Classmark:  DAR 145: 1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3929

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   26–7 January 1863

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Has done extensive plant hybridisation: strawberry, raspberry, Rhododendron.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26–7 Jan 1863
Classmark:  DAR 159: 61
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3948

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   31 January 1863

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Thanks for CD’s experimental suggestions. Will count seeds of hybrid crosses.

Requests suggestions for Edinburgh Botanical Society expedition to British Columbia.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  31 Jan 1863
Classmark:  DAR 159: 62
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3958

To Isaac Anderson-Henry   2 February [1863]

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Suggests collecting seeds at different heights from British Columbia.

Describes experiment on seeds from short anthers.

C. V. Naudin writes he has discovered cause of hybrid sterility.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Date:  2 Feb [1863]
Classmark:  DAR 145: 2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3964

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   14 February 1863

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On holiday; cannot answer CD’s questions.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Feb 1863
Classmark:  DAR 159: 63
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3985

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   17 April 1863

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Has done Primula polyanthus experiment CD suggested.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Apr 1863
Classmark:  DAR 159: 64
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4105

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   24 April 1863

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Bryanthus erectus, said by [D. D.?] Cunningham to be a hybrid, has been found wild in North America.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 Apr 1863
Classmark:  DAR 159: 65
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4126

To Isaac Anderson-Henry   2 May [1863]

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Convinced length of stamens has no relation to powers of fertilisation in many plants.

Suggests experiments on Pelargonium and Phlox.

Advises about use of microscope.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Date:  2 May [1863]
Classmark:  DAR 145: 3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4136

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   7 May 1863

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CD is right on heterostyly in Primula. High praise. Has confirmed it with Primula polyanthus.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 May 1863
Classmark:  DAR 159: 66
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4146

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   16 May 1863

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Sends sprig of Linum luteum corymbiflorum [?]. CD is right about its being dimorphic.

Will try some odd strawberry crosses this summer.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 May 1863
Classmark:  DAR 110: 24
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4168

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   3 April 1867

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Will find out identity of Robert Trail.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Apr 1867
Classmark:  DAR 159: 67
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5484

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   20 May 1867

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Offers to send Benoît de Maillet’s Telliamed [1750].

Encloses a letter [16 May 1867] from John Anderson, a nurseryman, giving information on budding of blotched ash at the nursery.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 May 1867
Classmark:  DAR 159: 68, 68a
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5542

To Isaac Anderson-Henry   22 May [1867]

Summary

Obliged for case of grafted ash.

Asks about pods of Arabis.

Would like to borrow Maillet [Telliamed (1750)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Date:  22 May [1867]
Classmark:  DAR 145: 4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5545

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   24 May 1867

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Has crossed pods of Arabis blepharophylla larger than normal ones.

Sends Telliamed as gift.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 May 1867
Classmark:  DAR 159: 69
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5549

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   25 May 1867

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Details of Arabis crosses. Seed-pods of A. blepharophylla and A. soyeri crosses are longer and wider than those of either species.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 May 1867
Classmark:  DAR 159: 70
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5550

From Isaac Anderson-Henry   2 November 1867

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Will send proto-Lamarckian pamphlet [1799] by Charles White, if CD wishes. It has a graduated scale of types from snipe to man.

Author:  Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Nov 1867
Classmark:  DAR 159: 71
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5668
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