From Francis Darwin [1873]
Summary
Klein says water ought to be changed daily. Asks to tell G Revalenta shop shut. Klein reports discovery about toads’ ova does not bear on pangenesis.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8713F |
From Francis Darwin [1–15 March 1873]
Summary
Has sent Vichy water, discusses prescription. Tell Arthur Parslow not to continue on colchicum for gout if doesn’t suit him. May go to Pryor’s on Sunday.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1–15 Mar 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8714F |
From Francis Darwin [after 1871?]
Summary
Sends abstract, and will bring book on Saturday.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 1871?] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8715F |
From Francis Darwin [30 September 1873]
Summary
He is travelling overnight by train from London to Pantlludw and will wake A. R. Ruck with a morningade on his flute.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [30 Sept 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 27 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8942F |
From Francis Darwin 14 August [1873]
Summary
Has found Lathyrus maritima on the cliffs near Barmouth.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Aug [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 26 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9009F |
From Francis Darwin [16 or 17 August 1873]
Summary
Gives his opinion on why tubes of peas split to the right of the loose stamens [inLathyrus sylvestris].
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [16 or 17 Aug 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 77: 140–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9012 |
From Francis Darwin [25 August 1873]
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [25 Aug 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 77: 142–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9016 |
From Francis Darwin [19 September 1873]
Summary
Reports that S. W. Moore may be able to provide various substances for CD’s research on the digestive power of Drosera (sundew).
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [19 Sept 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9059F |
From Francis Darwin [before 26 June 1873]
Summary
Has discussed with E. E. Klein about the purchase of a Hartnack microscope from Paris.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 26 June 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9092F |
From Francis Darwin [11 October 1873]
Summary
Has got a cold, so will not go to Kew. Wrote to Hartnack about price of microscopes and describes own model. Told Hooker about Tisley Spiller’s microscope in Paris.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [11 Oct 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9095F |
From Francis Darwin [26? October 1873]
Summary
Observations on the leaves of Desmodium. Most are trifoliate; none has tendrils. Gives some comments from Hooker.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [26? Oct 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 209.2: 21–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9115 |
From Francis Darwin [after March 1873]
Summary
Fears [CD’s] albumen theory will not work because albumen is coagulated and filtered out in making extracts of belladonna, hyoscyamine, and colchicine [alkaloid poisons].
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after Mar 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 132 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9198 |
From Francis Darwin [after March 1873]
Summary
Has investigated whether it makes a difference if extracts [of alkaloid poisons] are made from leaves, seeds, or roots.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after Mar 1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 133 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9199 |
From Francis Darwin [1875?]
Summary
Had two mornings working on Drosera but it was sluggish. Frog preparations are pretty good.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1875?] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 28 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9791F |
From Francis Darwin 1 and 2 May [1875]
Summary
Proofs arrived and Francis is correcting them. Tells Emma Darwin that Amy is delighted about the azaleas. The Ruck family very much like Isabella Bird’s Six months in the Sandwich Islands.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 and 2 May 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961F |
From Francis Darwin [4 May 1875]
Summary
Will send corrected proofs [of Insectivorous plants].
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [4 May 1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961G |
From Charles and Francis Darwin to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 14 February [1876]
Summary
Asks for identification of a Cineraria which is self-sterile.
Fritz Müller’s letter on Cecropia [see 10384].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 14 Feb [1876] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 22a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10391 |
From Charles and Francis Darwin to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 18 February 1876
Summary
Thanks for plants supplied from Kew.
On structure and function of leaf glands of certain plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 18 Feb 1876 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 39–40) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10402 |
From Charles and Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 2 January [1877]
Summary
Agrees to propose GJR for membership in Royal Society.
Remarks on GJR’s paper on Medusae [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 167 (1877): 659–752].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | George John Romanes |
Date: | 2 Jan [1877] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.503) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10765 |
From Charles and Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 5 December 1877
Summary
Discusses planting onions for experiment.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | George John Romanes |
Date: | 5 Dec 1877 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.527) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11270 |
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Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Darwin, Amy | (1) |
Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
Darwin, Horace | (1) |
Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
Darwin, Sara | (1) |
Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
Ruck, Amy | (1) |
Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (98) |
Romanes, G. J. | (2) |
Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Darwin, Francis | (102) |
Romanes, G. J. | (2) |
Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (2) |
Darwin, Amy | (1) |
Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
Darwin, Horace | (1) |
Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
Darwin, Sara | (1) |
Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
Ruck, Amy | (1) |
Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |