To [John Colby] 2 March [1877]
Summary
Does not think the pistil behaved as JC described, except by mere accident.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Colby |
| Date: | 2 Mar [1877] |
| Classmark: | The National Library of Israel (Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10873F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Mar [1877] …
To J. P. Cooke 20 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for his election as Foreign Honorary Member.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah Parsons Cooke |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Letterbook 07-36) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9305 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Academy of Arts and Sciences (Letterbook 07-36) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Feb 1874 …
Linden, J. J. (1817–98)
Matches: 1 hit
- … his orchid cultivation and illustrations. Biographie coloniale Belge 1: 603–07 24 Botanist …
To ? 13 December [1869]
Summary
Has given the right of translation [of Descent] to Julius Victor Carus of Leipzig, so the recipient should inform Alexander Duncker to communicate with JVC.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 13 Dec [1869] |
| Classmark: | The National Library of Israel (Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7028F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Dec [1869] …
To John Allen 25 May 1847
Summary
Thanks for JS’s note concerning a proposal [concerning some aspect of education of poor children?] which CD has to decline because of his poor health and his work in Natural History.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Allen |
| Date: | 25 May 1847 |
| Classmark: | The National Library of Israel (Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1090F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 May 1847 John …
From W. E. Darwin [29 February 1872]
Summary
Amount of clay present in certain chalk samples.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 Feb 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7469 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … pencil ; ‘Worms’ red crayon End of letter : ‘ .07 per cent of Alumina & iron | [‘ .36 ’ …
From Asa Gray 22 May 1877
Summary
Asked C. E. Bessey whether Lithospermum longiflorum was dimorphic like its relatives. Encloses CEB’s reply.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: B53–7, DAR 165: 196 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10969 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 34 Corolla— 1.15 Style .51 Stamens .97 Anthers .07 This flower had 6 perfect sepals, 6 …
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| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Gray, Asa | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Allen, John | (1) |
| Colby, John | (1) |
| Cooke, J. P. | (1) |
| Unidentified | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Allen, John | (1) |
| Colby, John | (1) |
| Cooke, J. P. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
Life sciences in Commentary
Movement in Plants
Summary
The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
Matches: 3 hits
- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work …
- … the works in a single volume ( letter to J. V. Carus, 7 February 1875 ). While Climbing plants …
- … turgescence and growth ( letter from Hugo de Vries, 7 August 1879 ). Darwin replied, ‘ I thank …
Darwin and vivisection
Summary
Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Sanderson, who drafted a memorial, sending it to Darwin on 7 April (letter from J. S. Burdon …
Cross and self fertilisation
Summary
The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
Matches: 6 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March 1864 ). The plan was quickly set …
- … § Cyanophyllum magnificum 7.6— 21 …
- … —— trinerva 7 2.6. …
- … § Stanhopea grandiflora 7.6. —— pictus . 13 …
- … name has not been found in botanical reference works. 7. Melastoma trinerve or M. trinervium …
- … Chirita Walkerii 7 Cyrtandraceæ— …
Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores
Summary
In Autumn of 1875, Francis Darwin was busy researching aggregation in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured particles within either protoplasm or the fluid in the cell vacuole (the cell sap) cluster…
Matches: 1 hits
- … on with his observations. On 7 September 1876, Francis welcomed his son Bernard into …
The evolution of honeycomb
Summary
Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Lord Brougham. At a meeting of the Entomological Society on 7 July 1858 ( Proceedings of the …
