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Forms of flowers
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Darwin’s book The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, published in 1877, investigated the structural differences in the sexual organs of flowers of the same species. It drew on and expanded five articles Darwin had published on the…
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- … Darwin had first noticed differences in the flowers of cowslips in May 1860. ‘ I have this morning …
- … later, he told Daniel Oliver, ‘ I am surprised to find Cowslips utterly sterile without aid.— bears …
- … convinced that oxlips were produced among the progeny of cowslips only as a result of cross …
- … but in March 1863, Darwin told Scott that with regard to cowslips, ‘ homorphic seedlings from short …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … out tasks like counting seeds of Lythrum , crossing cowslips with polyanthuses, and searching for …
Natural Science and Femininity
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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … Doubleday describes his experiments on Primroses, Oxlips and Cowslips. He has collected samples from …
Species and varieties
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection …so begins the title of Darwin’s most famous book, and the reader would rightly assume that such a thing as ‘species’ must therefore exist and be subject to description. But the title continues, …or…
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- … In May 1860, he noticed differences in the flowers of cowslips, some plants having long stamens …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Doubleday describes his experiments on Primroses, Oxlips and Cowslips. He has collected samples from …
