To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 22 July [1877]
Summary
Describes experiments on sensitivity of plant leaves to water.
Frank [Darwin] has found that Drosera leaves fed with meat contain more starch.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 22 July [1877] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 74–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11066 |
To H. H. M. Herbert 20 July 1877
Summary
With 88 others signs a letter supporting the representation of natives in the legislative assembly of the Union of South Africa.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th earl of Carnarvon |
| Date: | 20 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | The Times, 23 July 1877, p. 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11066F |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 26 [July 1877]
Summary
Thanks for the plants.
Is doubtful whether he will make out anything about "bloom".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 26 [July 1877] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 78) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11072 |
To F. J. Cohn 26 July 1877
Summary
Comments on paper by Francis Darwin ["Glandular hairs of the common teasel", Q. J. Microsc. Sci. 17 (1877): 169–74, 245–72].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ferdinand Julius Cohn |
| Date: | 26 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 266 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11073 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 28 July [1877]
Summary
Thanks R. I. Lynch for his MS on Averrhoa.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 28 July [1877] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 79) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11076 |
To A. H. Sayce 28 July 1877
Summary
Thinks "mum" comes from shutting the mouth repeatedly as a sign of wanting to eat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Archibald Henry Sayce |
| Date: | 28 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (MS. Eng. lett. d. 63, fols. 51–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11077 |
To Bartholomäus von Carneri 28 July 1877
Summary
Thanks BvC for his letter and will read the references concerning instinct.
"I can see that the discussion of the Philosophy of Evolution is at present very important."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Bartholomäus von Carneri |
| Date: | 28 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | Wienbibliothek im Rathaus, Handschriftensammlung (Kryptonachlass of von Carneri) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11077F |
To Thomas Druitt 29 July [1877]
Summary
Writes as a trustee of the Down Friendly Society to ask whether the Bank will act as their agent in withdrawing funds from the National Debt Office.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Druitt |
| Date: | 29 July [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11079 |
To James Torbitt 30 July 1877
Summary
Makes suggestions regarding statement on potato experiments to be published in Daily News.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | 30 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11081 |
To T. H. Farrer 31 July [1877]
Summary
THF is seeking advice regarding the selection of an entomologist to carry out some duties [apparently pest destruction].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 31 July [1877] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 546) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11083 |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (6) |
| Ludlow, J. M. F. | (3) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Carneri, Bartholomäus von | (1) |
| Cohn, F. J. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (30) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (6) |
| Ludlow, J. M. F. | (3) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Carneri, Bartholomäus von | (1) |
