From John Innes 9 January [1858–9]
Summary
Sends record of pigeon flight from London to Antwerp. [Lord W. Lennox, Merrie England (1857), p. 185.]
Author: | John Brodie Innes |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 Jan [1858-9] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 242 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13818 |
From H. C. Watson [after 23 March 1858]
Summary
Extracts from MS of vol. 4 of HCW’s Cybele Britannica [1847–59] showing the diversity of views on species among botanists.
Author: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 23 Mar 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 45: 16–17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1808 |
From Erasmus Alvey Darwin [May–June 1858]
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [May–June 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 48: B18 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2195 |
From H. C. Watson 3 January 1858
Author: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Jan 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 98: A19–20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2199 |
From Edward Blyth [8 January 1858]
Summary
Zebra-striped asses.
Markings of a Bengal jungle cock.
Refers to some of his own articles on birds in India.
Reports the arrival of the "glorious garrison of Lucknow". The "wonderful superiority of the European to the Asiatic" made the success of the insurrection inconceivable.
Author: | Edward Blyth |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [8 Jan 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 98: A144–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2200 |
From J. D. Hooker 15 January 1858
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Jan 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 120–1; L. Huxley ed. 1918, 1: 453 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2204 |
From George Robert Waterhouse 10 February 1858
Summary
Bees’ cells. Observations on Osmia atricapilla.
Author: | George Robert Waterhouse |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Feb 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 22 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2213 |
From William Balfour Baikie 11 February 1858
Summary
Describes some species of fauna peculiar to Fernando Po. The ocean currents make it unlikely that animals have been floated to the little islands [off the west coast of Africa].
Author: | William Balfour Baikie |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Feb 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 260 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2214 |
From G. R. Waterhouse 13 February 1858
Summary
GRW’s observations of and ideas on bees’ and wasps’ cells.
Author: | George Robert Waterhouse |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Feb 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2216 |
From Edward Blyth 22 February 1858
Author: | Edward Blyth |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Feb 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 202 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2221 |
From H. C. Watson 23 February [1858]
Summary
Believes that botanists tend to mark more varieties in large than in small genera, but notes that where many varieties of a species exist these varieties may well be passed over, whereas similar varieties of another species which are fewer in number may well be recorded.
Author: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Feb [1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 98: A21–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2223 |
From J. D. Hooker [25] February 1858
Summary
Botanical practice can confuse CD’s compilations. Many small genera would have been species had the whole natural order [family] been known.
JDH’s low opinion of Buckle;
high opinion of Mrs Farrer.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [25] Feb 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 115a–d |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2225 |
From Frederick Smith 26 February 1858
Summary
Identifies an ant described by CD and discusses the predatory habits of Formica sanguinea.
Describes some wasps’ nests.
Author: | Frederick Smith |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Feb 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 191 (fragile) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2226 |
From C. C. Babington 3 March 1858
Summary
States his belief that there is a tendency to note varieties in the larger genera rather than in the very small ones.
Author: | Charles Cardale Babington |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Mar 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 98: A146–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2231 |
From J. D. Hooker [14 March 1858]
Summary
Summary of JDH’s objections to CD’s survey of floras and conclusion that large genera vary more than small.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [14 Mar 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 104: 182–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2240 |
From J. D. Hooker 18 March 1858
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Mar 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 115e–f |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2243 |
From H. C. Watson 23 March 1858
Summary
Discusses the ranges of species in large and small genera; difficulties involved in limiting the discussion to Britain.
Author: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Mar 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 98: A23–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2245 |
From Asa Gray [before 3 April 1858]
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 3 Apr 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2249 |
From G. R. Waterhouse 17 April 1858
Summary
Bees’ cells; GRW thinks hexagonal shape is accidental. Encloses notes on cells of Icaria.
Author: | George Robert Waterhouse |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Apr 1858 |
Classmark: | DAR 181 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2258 |
From W. H. Miller [14 May 1858]
Author: | William Hallowes Miller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [14 May 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 48: B1b |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2272 |
Hooker, J. D. | (11) |
Darwin, E. A. | (5) |
Coe, Henry | (4) |
Waterhouse, G. R. | (4) |
Watson, H. C. | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (52) |
Hooker, J. D. | (11) |
Darwin, E. A. | (5) |
Coe, Henry | (4) |
Waterhouse, G. R. | (4) |