To Daniel Oliver [10 October 1860]
Summary
Delighted to try experiments on Drosera spathulata.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | [10 Oct 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 13 (EH 88205997) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2929 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 13 (EH 88205997) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne [10 Oct 1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver [10 October 1860] …
- … before the letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [October 1860] , was written. CD had asked Oliver …
- … of Dionaea (see letter to Daniel Oliver, [29 September 1860] ). He inquired about the …
To Daniel Oliver [31? October 1860]
Summary
The best way to see cell movement in Drosera hair, is to cut off those lately inflected over a fly, sketch shape of red matter under high power, and repeat after one or two minutes.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | [31? Oct 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 19 (EH 88206003) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2952 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 19 (EH 88206003) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne [31? Oct 1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver [31? October 1860] …
- … rotundifolia . See letters to Daniel Oliver , 14 October [1860] , 17 October [1860] , and …
- … relationship to the letters to Daniel Oliver , 14 October [1860] , 17 October [1860] , and …
- … that CD wrote the letter to Daniel Oliver, 3 November [1860] , CD knew that Oliver also …
- … might perform. The letter from Daniel Oliver, [before 23 October 1860] , and the letter to …
To Daniel Oliver 5 October [1860]
Summary
A poser: carbonate of soda produces inflection rather than contraction in Drosera. Possible solution: glands at end of hairs absorb as well as secrete. Fascinated by currents in cells after inflection.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 5 Oct [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 14 (EH 88205998) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2939 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 14 (EH 88205998) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 5 Oct [1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver 5 October [1860] …
- … to the letters from Daniel Oliver , 19 September 1860 and 25 September 1860 . The notes …
- … Oliver have not been found. See letter from Daniel Oliver, 25 September 1860 , and letter …
- … in error: see second letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [October 1860] , and Appendix III. The …
- … 29 September 1860] . According to a note by Francis Wall Oliver ( Daniel Oliver’s son) …
- … 1860] . William Jackson Hooker was the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. See letter to Daniel Oliver, [ …
- … Oliver, 27 [September 1860] . CD’s notes on his experiments are in DAR 60.1: 110. CD’s first experiments on Drosera had led him to expect to find that only nitrogenous substances would stimulate inflection of the leaf-hairs. Charles William Crocker was foreman of the propagating department at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. See letter to Daniel …
To Daniel Oliver 12 [October 1860]
Summary
Requests DO apply carbonate of ammonia to sensitive hair of Dionaea and measure reaction time. Wants to compare Drosera and Dionaea.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 12 [Oct 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 16 (EH 88206000) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2946 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 16 (EH 88206000) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 12 [Oct 1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver 12 [October 1860] …
- … his own comparative experiments (see letter to Daniel Oliver, [29 September 1860] ). …
- … relationship to the letter to Daniel Oliver, 14 October [1860] . William Jackson Hooker …
To Daniel Oliver [21 November 1860]
Summary
The plant CD’s father called "flycatcher" was not Asclepias.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | [21 Nov 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 27 (EH) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2987 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 27 (EH) Charles Robert Darwin Down [21 Nov 1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver [21 November 1860] …
- … of dogbane, Apocynum androsaemifolium . See letter from Daniel Oliver, 23 November 1860 . …
- … Darwin’s garden ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 16 November [1860] ). Brown 1833. There is a …
To Daniel Oliver 27 [September 1860]
Summary
Thinks he has worked out simple mechanism of movement in Drosera. Believes he is correct that gum has no effect.
Thanks for Trécul paper ["Organisation des glandes pédicellées de la feuille du Drosera rotundifolia", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 40: 1355–8; Ann. Sci. Nat. (Bot.) 3d ser. 3: 303–11].
Chloroform paralyses plants in 30 seconds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 27 [Sept 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 23 (EH 88206007) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2965 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 23 (EH 88206007) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 27 [Sept 1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver 27 [September 1860] …
- … now missing (see letter to Daniel Oliver, 15 [September 1860] ). Oliver’s note giving the …
- … were given in the letter from Daniel Oliver, 25 September 1860 . They were not cited in …
- … relationship to the letter from Daniel Oliver, 25 September 1860 . CD cited Trécul 1855 …
To Daniel Oliver 3 November [1860]
Summary
DO’s candidacy for Professorship of Botany [at University College, London].
Henrietta’s health is better.
Paper in Botanische Zeitung [T. Nitschke, "Über die Reizbarkeit der Blätter von Drosera rotundifolia", 18: 229–34, 237–45, 245–50] missed leading point that plants close longer over animal substances. Carbonate of ammonia works on Lemna and Euphorbia roots.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 3 Nov [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 24 (EH 88206008) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2975 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 24 (EH 88206008) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 3 Nov [1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver 3 November [1860] …
- … London. See letters to William Sharpey , 28 October [1860] , and to Daniel Oliver , 7 …
- … letter. See also letter to Daniel Oliver, 23 [October 1860] . CD described the effect of a …
- … November [1860]. See letter to Daniel Oliver, [31? …
- … October 1860] . See letter from Daniel Oliver, [before 23 October 1860] . The extract that …
To Daniel Oliver [29 September 1860]
Summary
Requests Dionaea now that he knows Drosera so well. Wants to compare fluids secreted; in Drosera they are acid and have antiseptic effect on meat.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | [29 Sept 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 15 (EH 88205999) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2941 |
To Daniel Oliver [22–3 September 1860]
Summary
Sends address.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | [22–3 Sept 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 12 (EH 88205996) and part of DAR 261.10: 18 (EH 88206002) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2924 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To Daniel Oliver [22–3 September 1860] …
- … 261.10: 18 (EH 88206002) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne [22–3 Sept 1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … in pencil. See letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 September [1860] . There is a note headed ‘ …
- … s reply (see letter from Daniel Oliver, 25 September 1860 ). See preceding letter and …
To Daniel Oliver 16 November [1860]
Summary
One thirty-thousandth of a grain of human hair inflects a single Drosera hair. Astonished by his results so he is not publishing until next summer. [Not published until 1875, Insectivorous plants. See ch. 2 for observations on inflection.]
Wants to study effects of acids on live Dionaea. Oliver should do their anatomy. Corresponding with chemical physiologists about carbonate of ammonia on roots.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 16 Nov [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 26 (EH 88206010) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2985 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 26 (EH 88206010) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Nov [1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver 16 November [1860] …
- … relationship to the letter to Daniel Oliver, 7 November [1860] . CD’s paper on Drosera was …
- … Drosera for him (see letter to Daniel Oliver, 7 November [1860] ). Charles William Crocker …
To Daniel Oliver 14 October [1860]
Summary
Has examined nearly all British orchids.
Hooker’s error on Listera.
Change in colour and consistency of Drosera hair glands after leaf inflection. Analogous structures in Dionaea. Requests Oliver confirm these observations on live plants, of which he has none.
In a muddle over the effects of salts on insectivorous plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 14 Oct [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 17 (EH 88206001) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2949 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 17 (EH 88206001) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 14 Oct [1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver 14 October [1860] …
- … from Kew at the end of September. See first letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [October 1860] . …
- … plant. See letters to Daniel Oliver , 11 September [1860] , [29 September 1860] , and 12 [ …
To Daniel Oliver 20 October [1860]
Summary
Will take Natural History Review, but cannot write for it.
Has mass of notes on irritability in orchids,
but he ought to work on Variation.
Drosera was an interlude while away from home. Expectations for effect of carbonate of ammonia on Dionaea. The important phenomenon in Drosera is the segregation of the red fluid within the leaf, not action of carbonate of ammonia on the red fluid.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 20 Oct [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 20 (EH 88206004) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2956 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 20 (EH 88206004) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 20 Oct [1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver 20 October [1860] …
- … plants , which appeared in 1875. See letter to Daniel Oliver, 14 October [1860] . …
- … until 10 November 1860 (‘Journal’; Appendix II). See letter to Daniel Oliver, 23 [October …
To Daniel Oliver 15 [September 1860]
Summary
Thanks for reference to Annales des Sciences Naturelles.
Requests DO observe rate at which Australian Drosera closes.
On detection of nitrogen in organic fluids.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 15 [Sept 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 10 (EH 88205994) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2917 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 10 (EH 88205994) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 [Sept 1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver 15 [September 1860] …
- … to the letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 September [1860] . The reference is probably to two …
- … 1860] . Drosera lunata is a synonym of D. peltata . Charles William Crocker was foreman of the propagating department at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. See letter to Daniel Oliver, …
- … 1860 and 1861. Nitschke wrote two papers on D. rotundifolia in each of these volumes ( Nitschke 1860a , 1860b, 1861a, and 1861b) that CD believed were ‘by far the most important ones’ to have been published on Drosera . CD’s experiments on Australian Drosera are reported in Insectivorous plants , pp. 280–1, 281–3. See letter to Daniel Oliver, …
To Daniel Oliver 17 October [1860]
Summary
Thanks for information and extracts.
M. A. Curtis, quoted in ["Dionaea"] Penny encyclopedia [(1837) 8: 508], gives the only full account of Dionaea.
Concurs in DO’s explanation of Dionaea footstalk cells, which CD took for stomata.
Is using carbonate of ammonia as a substitute for flies and colour change in glands as index of action on Drosera. Suspects other nitrogenous compounds do not act till decomposed into carbonate of ammonia. Beginning to write Drosera paper. Action of nitrogenous compounds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 17 Oct [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 18 (EH 88206002) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2951 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 18 (EH 88206002) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 17 Oct [1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver 17 October [1860] …
- … See letter from Daniel Oliver, [15–16 October 1860] . The letter that apparently …
- … Crocker . See letter to Daniel Oliver, 5 October [1860] . Journal of researches (1860) . …
To Daniel Oliver 23 [October 1860]
Summary
Compliments DO on his wealth of information.
Henrietta’s relapse.
Thanks for extract on Drosera.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 23 [Oct 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 21 (EH 88206005) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2959 |
To Daniel Oliver 20 December [1860]
Summary
Requests date of [C. S.] Rafinesque[-Schmaltz], New flora of North America, pt 1 [1836].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 20 Dec [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 28 (EH 88206011) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3027 |
To Daniel Oliver 24 [September 1860]
Summary
Admires DO’s correlation of spiny tree species and dry hot climate. CD suggests that spines, like strange aroma of desert plants, protect against browsing where there are few plants.
Fragrance and unisexuality.
Dimorphism in Viola tricolor.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 24 [Sept 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 22 (EH 88206006) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2960 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 261.10: 22 (EH 88206006) Charles Robert Darwin Eastbourne 24 [Sept 1860] Daniel Oliver …
- … To Daniel Oliver 24 [September 1860] …
- … the relationship to the letter from Daniel Oliver, 25 September 1860 . The only ‘Monday 24 …
- … the Eastern Ocean. London: John Murray. Oliver, Daniel. 1860. On Sycopsis. [Read 15 March …
To Daniel Oliver 21 [September 1860]
Summary
Lists of nitrogenous organic fluids that produce contraction in Drosera, and details of how to reproduce results.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 21 [Sept 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 11 and part of 17 (EH 88205995, 88206001) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2923 |
From Daniel Oliver 25 September 1860
Summary
His results with pure gum on Drosera spathulata entirely support CD’s opinion. Other observations on insectivorous plants.
Author: | Daniel Oliver |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Sept 1860 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 1–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2927 |
Matches: 4 hits
To Daniel Oliver 7 November [1860]
Summary
Congratulations on Professorship.
Homologies between Drosera and Dionaea. Carbonate of ammonia on roots. Wants W. H. Fitch to make drawings of Dionaea. Will copy minute structure of hairs from Trécul [see 2965].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 7 Nov [1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 25 (EH 88206009) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2977 |
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