From John Scott 16 May [1864]
Summary
Thanks for communicating Oncidium sterility paper [see 4485] to Linnean Society.
Surprised that CD’s seedlings of non-dimorphic cowslip breed true.
Surprised also that the red primrose he sent reverts to wild form. He had reasoned from red’s infertility with yellow that it was an established variety. Tries to correlate inheritance of colour and sterility between varieties.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 May [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 106 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4498 |
To John Scott 20 May [1864]
Summary
Corrects his former account of cowslips.
The delay in the publication of JS’s Primula paper.
Delights in JS’s experimentation on Verbascum which confirms [C. F.] Gärtner’s statements.
Should be pleased if JS would accept offer of help.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 20 May [1864] |
Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 67 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4504G |
To John Scott 21 May [1864]
Summary
Encloses an extract from a letter received from [J. D.] Hooker which suggests a job opportunity in India. Advises careful reflection about the risks and the need for a character recommendation. Would like to support the costs of the voyage and initial living expenses.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 21 May [1864] |
Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 67–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4505F |
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 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 |
To John Scott 10 June 1864
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 10 June 1864 |
Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 68 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4528 |
From John Scott 20 June [1864]
Summary
Preparations for trip to India. Thanks for testimonial.
Surprised by the self-fertility of CD’s peloric Antirrhinum.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 June [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 111 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4541 |
From John Scott 29 July [1864]
Summary
Asks for additional financial aid for trip to India.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 July [1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 112 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4578 |
From John Scott 2 August 1864
Summary
Thanks CD for loan of £10.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Aug 1864 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 113 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4582 |
From John Scott 20 January 1865
Summary
Comments on his Primula paper [see 4213].
Describes his situation in Calcutta.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 114 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4751 |
From John Scott 10 April 1865
Summary
Comments on CD’s Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31]
and on H. Crüger’s orchid paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35].
May take position at Calcutta Botanic Garden.
Regrets he cannot be elected to Linnean Society.
Pleased Asa Gray has commented on JS’s paper.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Apr 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 115 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4810 |
From John Scott 21 July 1865
Summary
JS has now taken post of Curator of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta.
Wishes to vindicate himself of the charge that he pursued his experiments at Edinburgh to the detriment of his work.
Apologises for poor quality of his Verbascum paper, which was written from his notes during the passage to India [J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 36 (1865) pt 2: 145–74].
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 July 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 109: B120a–b |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4876 |
From John Scott 8 January [1868]
Summary
Asks CD for memorandum giving his opinion on a proposal to move the site of the Calcutta Botanic Garden. Gives details of the position, the physical character and the climate of the present site to show how desirable a move would be.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Jan [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 116 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5351 |
To John Scott [after 8 January 1868]
Summary
Supports relocating the Calcutta Botanic Garden to a site near the Himalayas.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | [after 8 Jan 1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 116v |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5352 |
From John Scott 22 January 1867
Summary
Position as Curator allows no time for experiment.
Describes plans for vast new layout of Calcutta Botanic Garden according to natural orders.
Himalayan and Scottish plants are doing well.
Hopes to experiment on temperate plants in tropics, to test CD’s views of migration during glacial periods.
Sends observations on acclimatisation of English cultivated plants.
Leersia CD sent are growing and fertile.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Jan 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 117, DAR 111: A91 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5376 |
From John Scott 24 September 1867
Summary
Sends seeds of Viola roxburghiana which produces perfect flowers in the cold season and imperfect ones in the rains, all perfectly fertile.
Leersia has not produced a single perfect flower though it grows freely.
Discusses cockatoos eating various seeds. Finds it difficult to make exact and satisfactory observations.
Appends list of Vandellia species which have perfect flowers.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Sept 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 157a: 106 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5633A |
From John Scott 4 May 1868
Summary
Replies to CD’s query on expression of emotions.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 May 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 118 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6160 |
To John Scott 3 June 1868
Summary
As JS’s powers of observation seem to exist in all lines, CD begs further information from him and [H. N. B.] Erskine about the natives’ expressions of indignation, affirmation, and negation. The movements of the eyebrows and forehead of a girl in violent grief are of particular interest.
Do sub-breeds of pigeons exist in India as in Europe, but not in England? If so, what is the colour of the plumage in males and females at different stages of development?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott |
Date: | 3 June 1868 |
Classmark: | Transactions of the Hawick Archæological Society (1908): 68–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6226F |
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