From H. W. Bates [1 December] 1861
Summary
Furnishes CD with more information on Volucella and gives him references relating to this and butterfly colourings. States that colours are not necessarily related to resting-places but rather an endowment to enable them to withstand adverse conditions.
Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1 Dec] 1861 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.10: 93 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3336 |
From B. O’Neile Wilson 22 December 1861
Summary
Variation in instincts among domestic animals.
Author: | Benjamin O’Neile Wilson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Dec 1861 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 118 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3348 |
From John Innes [24 December 1861]
Summary
Arrangements for sending Quiz.
Author: | John Brodie Innes |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [24 Dec 1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 167: 6 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3349 |
From Asa Gray 31 December 1861
Summary
Discusses dimorphism and suggests CD investigate Valeriana.
Praises CD’s views with respect to the U. S. Civil War and relations with England. Worsening relations between Britain and U. S.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Dec 1861 |
Classmark: | DAR 110 (ser. 2): 65, DAR 165: 104–105 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3354 |
From J. D. Hooker [29 December 1861]
Summary
Asks CD whether he hears from Asa Gray. JDH’s opinion of the crisis [Trent case, Nov 1861] and the American Civil War.
Julius von Haast alludes to glacial drift in Middle Island of New Zealand.
Backwardness of JDH’s son, Willy.
Encloses a reference from Daniel Oliver which may be useful.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [29 Dec 1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 1, 2a–c |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3374 |
From J. D. Hooker [30 December 1861 or 6 January 1862]
Summary
Glad CD has given up on Acropera ovules.
Doubts phanerogams less different in extreme forms [than Crustacea].
No systematic parallelism between plants and animals.
Offers list of Arctic plants with their colours. Asks CD whether it is useful to add colour to [descriptions of] plants.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [30 Dec] 1861 or [6 Jan] 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 3–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3375 |
From Leonard Jenyns 31 December 1861
Summary
Thanks CD for his contribution to the memoir of Henslow [L. Jenyns, Memoir of the Rev. John Stevens Henslow (1862)].
Author: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Dec 1861 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 56 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3355 |
letter | (7) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Bates, H. W. | (1) |
Blomefield, Leonard | (1) |
Gray, Asa | (1) |
Innes, J. B. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Bates, H. W. | (1) |
Blomefield, Leonard | (1) |
Gray, Asa | (1) |