To Nature 24 February [1877]
Summary
Darwin consents to his correspondence with Pieter Harting being published in Nature.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1877] |
| Classmark: | 19th Century Shop (dealers) (July 2004) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9872F |
To Otto Zacharias [24 February 1877]
Summary
Thanks OZ for a "magnificent Album".
On Beagle voyage CD believed in permanence of species. Had occasional vague doubts. In autumn of 1836 saw how many facts indicated common descent of species. In 1837 opened notebook to record facts.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Otto Zacharias |
| Date: | [24 Feb 1877] |
| Classmark: | Zacharias 1882, pp. 76–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10863 |
From John Scott 24 February 1877
Summary
Thanks for Cross and self-fertilisation.
His work on poppy varieties confirms increased vigour with crossing.
JS is carrying out opium poppy experiments CD suggested. He is busy with opium duties. Observing many fields of poppies, day and night, JS finds them remarkably free of insects. Believes they are wind-pollinated and that varieties have prepotent pollen since he has shown they do not cross naturally.
Plans to send a paper on Cyclosis to Linnean Society.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 122 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10864 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Nature | (1) |
| Zacharias, Otto | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Nature | (1) |
| Scott, John | (1) |
| Zacharias, Otto | (1) |
