To W. C. Tait 2 February [1869]
Summary
Discusses case of tailless dogs.
Does not intend to follow up work on variation under domestication.
Asks for specimen of Drosophyllum from Portugal.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 2 Feb [1869] |
| Classmark: | Alan R. Tait (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6593 |
To W. C. Tait 24 February 1869
Summary
Discusses method for shipping Drosophyllum specimens.
Asks about inheritance in tailless dogs;
the growth of horns in merino sheep.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 24 Feb 1869 |
| Classmark: | Alan R. Tait (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6631 |
To W. C. Tait 12 and 16 March 1869
Summary
Thanks for specimen of Drosophyllum.
Describes capacity of various plants to catch flies.
Cannot name fern specimen.
Laugher pigeon descended from Columba livia.
Discusses tailless dogs.
Believes astronomical phenomenon responsible for oscillation of level of earth’s crust.
Would WCT like copy of Orchids?
Expected plants [Drosophyllum] have arrived.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 12 and 16 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 541; Sotheby’s (dealers) (19 July 1990) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6661 |
To W. C. Tait 7 April [1869]
Summary
Drosophyllum plants recovering [from trip]. Describes experiments on them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 7 Apr [1869] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6693 |
To W. C. Tait 18 April [1869]
Summary
Not well owing to fall from horse.
[Drosophyllum] plants going on very well.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 18 Apr [1869] |
| Classmark: | Alan R. Tait (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6705 |
To W. C. Tait 1 June [1869]
Summary
WCT should send specimens to Orpington Station.
Invites him to visit, but afraid conversation "would quite knock me up".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 1 June [1869] |
| Classmark: | Alan R. Tait (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6768 |
To W. C. Tait 17 July [1869]
Summary
Discusses need for cross-fertilisation in Geranium.
Hooker begins to doubt whether Drosophyllum so closely allied to Drosera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 17 July [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 545; Sotheby’s (dealers) (19 July 1990) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6833 |
To W. C. Tait 27 August [1869]
Summary
Will not trouble WCT for more specimens of Drosophyllum. Hooker says genus is closely allied to Drosera, though having such different habits.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 27 Aug [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 546 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6872 |
From William Chester Tait 26 January 1869
Summary
Believes Portuguese habit of removing tails of pointers is responsible for birth of some tailless dogs.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6577 |
From W. C. Tait 19 February 1869
Summary
Has been trying to get Drosophyllum lusitanicum for CD.
Intends to breed from two pointers born tailless.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Feb 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6623 |
From W. C. Tait 2 March 1869
Summary
Sends a single specimen of Drosophyllum lusitanicum with description from F. de Avellar Brotero’s Flora Lusitanica [1804].
Discusses Portuguese ferns,
inherited mutilation,
and the earth’s geological history.
Evolution of behaviour and beauty by natural selection.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 18a–f |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6639 |
From W. C. Tait 5 March 1869
Summary
Is forwarding potted specimens of Drosophyllum.
Will make inquiries about sheep.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6644 |
From W. C. Tait 13 April 1869
Summary
Insectivorous plants; Drosophyllum lusitanicum.
Descriptions of the local sheep.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Apr 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6696 |
From W. C. Tait 10 May 1869
Summary
Development of the horns of local sheep.
Results of breeding tailless pointers: of six puppies, three had stumps like parents.
Observations on Drosophyllum.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 19–20, DAR 178: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6742 |
From W. C. Tait 11 July 1869
Summary
Drosophyllum lusitanicum.
Believes principle of natural selection can be more widely applied.
Flower structure of Geranium.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6825 |
From W. C. Tait [23 August 1869]
Summary
Will obtain some Drosophyllum seed for CD.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Aug 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6868 |
From W. C. Tait 29 September 1869
Summary
On endemic flora and fauna of Portugal.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Sept 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6919 |
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