23 Items
To J. D. Hooker 30 August [1861]
Summary
Orchid anatomy. Requests Lindley’s work on orchids [The genera and species of orchidaceous plants (1830–40)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 30 Aug [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3238 |
To George Maw 31 August [1861]
Summary
Would welcome any facts on correlation, or GM’s criticisms. Explains how natural selection could produce apparent correlation of characters, but feels GM’s Pelargonium example must arise from the leaves and petals being similarly affected at an early stage by an unknown cause.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Maw |
| Date: | 31 Aug [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3239 |
From Asa Gray [27 and 29 August] and 2 September [1861]
Summary
Gives some observations on the sensitivity of Drosera species and comments on cases of "dioecio-dimorphism".
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 and 29 Aug 1861 and 2 Sept 1861 |
| Classmark: | DAR 110 (ser. 2): 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3242 |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
| Clarke, W. B. (b) | (1) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
| Maw, George | (1) |
| University of Breslau | (1) |
Addressee
| Lubbock, John | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Lyell, Charles | (4) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Arnott, Neil | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
| Lubbock, John | (5) |
| Lyell, Charles | (4) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Maw, George | (2) |
