From H. C. Watson [20 May 1864]
Summary
Taeas [?] allied to L. hyssopifolia. [Cover containing packets of seed specimens.] Mentioned in the letter to H. C. Watson, 28 May [1864], f.2 (fS 4512).
Author: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [20 May 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 142: 95 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4504F |
From C. C. Babington 21 May 1864
Author: | Charles Cardale Babington |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 May 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4505 |
From W. E. Darwin 24 May 1864
Summary
Encloses drawings of Menyanthes and Pulmonaria anthers.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 May 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 110: A89–93, B48–50 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4508 |
From William Bennett 25 May 1864
Author: | William Bennett |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 May 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 147 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4509 |
From John Scott 28 May [1864]
Summary
Discusses the negative testimonial provided him by James McNab.
Sends testimonial from J. H. Balfour.
Would be glad if offered the sort of colonial opportunity Hooker suggests.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 May [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 107; Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 68 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4513 |
From A. R. Wallace 29 May [1864]
Summary
Argues the antiquity of the human species because natural selection acts differently with respect to men. Changes in man are largely confined to head and brain. Warfare and sex are very uncertain as means of selection.
Gives CD complete credit for theory of natural selection.
Is beginning his narrative of his travels.
Lyell argues against tracing man as far back as Miocene times. R. I. Murchison’s argument that Africa is the oldest existing land implies that Africa is the place to look for early man.
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 May [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 106: B14–19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4514 |
From Julius von Haast 2 June 1864
Summary
Inquires about CD’s health.
Author: | John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4518 |
From J. D. Hooker [4 June 1864]
Summary
JDH is writing letters for Scott, whose temper will be "no obstacle for Hindoos and Musselmen working under him".
New curator at Kew finds considerable neglect, with hundreds of plants dying.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [4 June 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 222–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4519 |
From C. C. Babington 6 June 1864
Summary
Cannot get any Stellaria graminea for CD. It is rare. Some, producing different kinds of flowers, once grew in Sandgate, Kent. Variations in flowers need to be re-examined.
Author: | Charles Cardale Babington |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4521 |
From Patrick Matthew 6 June 1864
Summary
Would like to meet CD.
He is writing a piece on the Schleswig-Holstein affair which will expose the British press.
Author: | Patrick Matthew |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 92 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4522 |
From John Scott 8 June 1864
Summary
Discusses cost of trip to India and CD’s offer to advance sum. Thanks Hooker for assistance. Would prize a scientific testimonial from CD.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 108 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4524 |
From John Scott 10 June [1864]
Summary
Sends Passiflora paper [see 4485].
Sends seeds of peloric Antirrhinum crossed by normal form and sends results of his experiments [table of crosses].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 51: B22; DAR 177: 109 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4526 |
From John Scott 10 June [1864]
Summary
Thanks CD for £25. Discusses preparations for trip to India.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 110 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4527 |
From J. D. Hooker [11 June 1864]
Summary
CD’s photograph looks like J. R. Herbert’s Moses in the fresco in the House of Lords.
JDH is delighted about oxlip, but hybridity does not explain some large patches that are uniform and do not vary towards either cowslip or primrose.
Encloses letter from W. H. Harvey discussing Myosotis sylvatica and the common dandelion.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [11 June 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 225–6; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (letters to J. D. Hooker, vol. 11, no. 178 JDH/2/1/11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4529 |
From William Marshall 12 June 1864
Summary
Informs CD of two distinct forms of Plantago lanceolata.
Author: | William Marshall |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 109: A88–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4530 |
From Daniel Oliver 14 June 1864
Summary
Will be glad to do diagram for CD;
asks whether he has read a Hugo von Mohl paper [see 4349].
Author: | Daniel Oliver |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 173: 27 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4534 |
From J. D. Hooker 15 June 1864
Summary
JDH busy reforming Kew’s operations.
Falconer may "fall foul" of Huxley’s anger over his attacks on Lyell.
Has heard of a coffee plantation post for Scott.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 101: 227–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4537 |
From Bernard Peirce Brent 18 June 1864
Summary
Has been informed Miss E. Watts retiring from poultry department of the Field and would like to take the post if made available. Asks CD if he would provide a reference for him if necessary.
Has bred and reared a young turtle-dove.
On progress of his lawsuit.
Author: | Bernard Peirce Brent |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 302 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4538 |
From W. E. Darwin 18 June [1864]
Summary
Doesn't think will be able to find Buckthorn. Sends reference from Revue de Deux Mondes. Is settled at the Bank.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 June [1864] |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 19) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4538F |
From Daniel Oliver 18 June 1864
Summary
Thanks for photograph.
Author: | Daniel Oliver |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 June 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 173: 28 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4539 |
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Darwin, C. R. | (202) |
Hooker, J. D. | (38) |
Scott, John | (16) |
Darwin, W. E. | (13) |
Darwin, E. A. | (12) |