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To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   21 March [1881]

Summary

Wants plants with two sets of anthers of different colours. Fritz Müller letter [13041a] has made him wish to renew experiments and observations carried out 20 years ago.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  21 Mar [1881]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 212–13)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13094

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   1 April 1881

Summary

Wants Monochaetum flowers for examination as he has forgotten the structure and cannot publish until he has repeated his observations and experiments.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  1 Apr 1881
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 214–15)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13104

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   3 April [1881]

Summary

Thanks for Monochaetum flowers; his old notes have now become intelligible.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  3 Apr [1881]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 216)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13106

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   9 April 1881

Summary

About Francis Darwin’s application for election to [Royal] Society.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  9 Apr 1881
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 218–19)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13109

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   21 April [1881]

Summary

Wants Trifolium seed.

Has been rereading WTT-D’s letters on "bloom".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  21 Apr [1881]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 220–1)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13130

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   7 May [1881]

Summary

Wants a Clematis identified. Has been observing how earthworms drag down its petioles.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  7 May [1881]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 224)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13149

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   10 May [1881]

Summary

Thanks for WTT-D’s attempts to get the Trifolium seeds.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  10 May [1881]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 226)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13153

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   12 November [1881]

Summary

Progress of his and Frank Darwin’s work; "all natural science seems now to depend on section-cutting".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  12 Nov [1881]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: ff. 228–9)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13480

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   16 November 1881

Summary

Would be grateful for some Euphorbia species for examination of the roots. "The subject is by no means worth all the labour I am bestowing on it, but I cannot bear to be beaten."

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  16 Nov 1881
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 231–2)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13487

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   20 November [1881]

Summary

Magnificent supply of Euphorbiae arrived safely.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  20 Nov [1881]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 230)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13493
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