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John Stevens Henslow
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The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the invitation to sail round the world as…
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- … Henslow that had fostered Darwin's interest in a range of plants and animals, and inspired …
- … experts, though the task of classifying the Beagle plants was eventually passed on to Joseph …
- … as a student in Cambridge he discovered a new species of freshwater snail, named after him, and …
- … 1821, and by the end of the year had collected 263 flowering plants. In 1822, Henslow was appointed …
- … continued to rely on Henslow for information on a variety of plants, and wrote of him after his …
Biogeography
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Observations aboard the Beagle During his five year journey around the world on HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin encountered many different landscapes and an enormous variety of flora and fauna. Some of his most…
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- … American coast and its nearby islands; he puzzled over why plants and animals on nearby islands were …
- … experiments to test whether the seeds of common garden plants could be soaked in salt water, survive …
- … Darwin, Charles. 1882. "On the dispersal of freshwater bivalves." Nature 25:529-530. …
- … were able to check on their seeds to see whether the plants had germinated. The results aligned very …
- … saw this experiment as an explanation of the means by which plants appear in disparate locales. …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … comparative fertility of crosses between differently styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 …
- … Darwin wrote, ‘the chief result being that with certain plants the cells of the roots, though not …
- … substances followed from his previous work on insectivorous plants and the physiology of movement. …
- … ). He received a specimen of Nitella opaca , a species of freshwater green algae, and applied …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … over the sickening work of preparing new Editions Plants always held an important place …
- … Joseph Dalton Hooker, ‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants.’ Darwin had worked on the subject …
- … another manuscript, the second edition of Climbing plants , which he hoped to publish in a single …
- … of the Linnean sickened him much more than insectivorous plants. As he confessed to Hooker on 12 …
- … it is most painful as I liked the man.’ Poisons, plants, and print-runs Darwin’s …
- … to his research on the digestive properties of insectivorous plants. This work had led to …
- … Indeed, some of the experiments that Darwin performed on plants, such as the application of salts, …
- … of snake poison to the cellular tissue of frogs, newts, and freshwater mussels, as well as to …
- … of Brunton and Fayrer’s experiments to Insectivorous plants , pp. 206–9, remarking on the …
- … to dozens of eager students.’ The cunning ways in which plants lured insects to their death were …
- … ground Darwin had originally planned Insectivorous plants to be published together with a …
- … text was judged too large for one volume. Climbing plants 2d ed. was delayed until November, …
- … June, shortly after the proof corrections of Insectivorous plants were finished. An …
- … work.’ Romanes bisected root vegetables and tuberous plants, and boasted about a ‘beautifully …
- … February 1875?] ). By May, having finished Insectivorous plants , and moved on to Variation …
- … 1875a), and started at once to translate Insectivorous plants (Carus trans. 1876a). The German …
- … with Darwin the previous year about insectivorous plants, and had lent him several tropical …
- … to accompany her presentation copy of Insectivorous plants ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 July …
- … umbilical cord was analogous to the spiral form of twining plants (letters from Lawson Tait, 16 …
- … August, he published a favourable review of Insectivorous plants for the Spectator , and took …
- … of his public support for pangenesis and Insectivorous plants , but he had reservations about the …
- … eventually able to resume observational work on his beloved plants, the year did not end quietly. In …
- … and was found at his desk with a copy of Insectivorous plants open beside him, and specimens of …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
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Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
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Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
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- … & collecting facts on variation of domestic animals & plants & on the question of what …
- … that his aim was to throw light on the distribution of plants. By May, he could report to the …
- … providing a means to explain geographical distribution of plants that did not rely on the …
- … was also experimenting on the germination and survival of plants in what he called his ‘weed …
- … on the origin of varieties of our domestic animals and plants, and on the origin of species in a …
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…
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- … year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A vicious dispute over an …
- … (butterwort) for Darwin’s work on insectivorous plants. Amy drew a plant and Francis was …
- … for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). Plants that eat . . . but how? …
- … highly original botanical investigations of insectivorous plants. Even more than his previous …
- … sensitivity, and other ‘animal’-like properties in plants led him to work with physiologists at the …
- … Sanderson to do his own original research on insectivorous plants, and Darwin sent him his notes on …
- … study, he also sought out a variety of other insect-eating plants. The surgeon and botanist John …
- … August [1874] ), and that, although they caught many small freshwater crustaceans, they could not …
- … clandestina ) to be the most wonderful carnivorous plants that she had seen’ ( letter from …
- … the network that Darwin drew on in his work on insectivorous plants was remarkable. The aristocratic …
- … Asa Gray publicised Darwin’s work on insectivorous plants in his articles for Nation and …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … mems. sur les veget. et anim: on sleep & movements of plants £ 1 ..s 4. [Dutrochet 1837] …
- … with profound care abortive organs produced in domesticated plants what function has ceased to be …
- … Ferrie 1838]. H. C. Watson on Geog. distrib: of Brit: plants [H. C. Watson 1835] read …
- … maps by Copenhagen Botanists [?Schouw 1823] of range of plants. 13 Books quoted by Herbert …
- … Britann: [Sweet 1826]— has remarks on acclimatizing of plants. Herbert [Herbert 1837] p. 348 …
- … in a metaphys. point of view Henslow has list of plants of Mauritius with locality in wh. …
- … in Syria [Volney 1787].—vol I. p. 71. account of Europæan plants transplanted Crawford Eastern …
- … 1784] in Geograph. Soc. M r Winch catalogue of plants of Northumberland, Cumberland & …
- … 27) as good— Decandoelle has chapter on Sensitive Plants in his Physiology [A. P. de Candolle …
- … Soulange Bodin has somewhere written on exact adaptation of plants to soil [?Soulange-Bodin 1827]. …
- … according to Hooker has written on topography of N. American plants. [?Michaux 1803].— M r …
- … Archif fur Naturgeschicte. 33 1836. Meyen on distrib of plants in Himallaya & high Peru …
- … Appendix [Brown 1818] excellent table of Canary island Plants Home’s Hist. of Man [Home1774] …
- … [Glöger 1833].— Dec r . 1 Meyens Geography of Plants [Meyen 1846]. —— 12 th …
- … 1852]. 86 p.p. 364. 8 vo (Much on Distribution of Plants & means of) D’orbigny …
- … important 92 The Geographical Distrib. of Plants & Animals by C. Pickering Chapman …
- … Read Hornschuck Essay on the Sporting of Plants. in the ‘Flora’ or separate [Hornschuch 1848] …
- … *128: 159] Bentham has published list of Pyrenes plants [Bentham 1826]. I daresay he w d …
- … (probably worth reading) Read O. Heer on fossil Plants of Tertiary Carboniferous strata, …
- … 15 H C. Watson Remarks on Geograph distrib. of British Plants 1835 [H. C. Watson 1835] [DAR …
- … in nature, especially in the life and development of plants. Translated by Arthur Henfrey. In …
- … geographical, on Professor Christian Smith’s collection of plants from the vicinity of the river …
- … *119: 1v.; 119: 2a, 20a ——. 1824. A list of plants, collected in Melville Island. Appendix …
- … 16a ——. 1821. Elements of the philosophy of plants . Edinburgh. *119: 1v. ——. …
- … or, an analytical description of the organs of plants. Translated by Boughton Kingdon. 2 …
- … of vegetation . London, 1791. Part II: The loves of the plants. With philosophical notes . …
- … Samuel Stehman. 1843–4. Enumeration of the recent freshwater Mollusca which are common to North …
- … William Henry. 1838. The genera of South African plants, arranged according to the natural …
- … *119: 21 Jones, William. 1799a. Catalogue of Indian plants, comprehending their Sanscrit …
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