To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 4 July [1879?]
Summary
Thanks WTT-D for Drosophyllum seeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 4 July [1879?] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 65–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11033 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Thanks WTT-D for Drosophyllum seeds. …
- … of themselves! But I am very glad to have the Drosophyllum seeds, though it is but a small …
- … from the reference to seeds of Drosophyllum ; CD had asked for seeds in his letter to W. …
- … extant notes on the monotypic genus Drosophyllum (Portuguese sundew or dewy pine), made on …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 25 January [1879]
Summary
Movements in Oxalis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 25 Jan [1879] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–1881: ff. 153–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11845 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … what must I call this? | Seeds of Drosophyllum | Darlingtonia. specimen’. James Carter & …
- … d . have had trouble to write about Drosophyllum. Thanks for Darlingtonia; I hope it will …
- … 20 January 1879] , is incomplete. Drosophyllum is a genus of carnivorous plants containing …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 5 June 1879
Summary
Has been writing life of Erasmus Darwin.
Wants plants with heliotropic aerial roots. Has proved root apex governs nature of flexure in upper part of root.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 5 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 173–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12086 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … sent seeds of the monotypic genus Drosophyllum (Portuguese sundew or dewy pine) in January …
- … Do you remember getting me seed of Drosophyllum from Portugal; alas not one germinated. If …
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [20 January 1879]
Summary
H. N. Moseley says [in "Notes on plants collected and observed at the Admiralty Islands", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 77] pigeons eject seeds in fit state for germination. He regards pigeons as providing most efficient means of transport in Malayan Archipelago.
CD’s collected notes on geographical distribution would make a good book.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Jan 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 260 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10341 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Dyer annotated one of them, ‘Seeds of Drosophyllum’, ‘Ansd Jany. 20/79’. From CD’ …
- … it is evident that Thiselton-Dyer discussed Drosophyllum in a missing part of this letter. …
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (1) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (4) |
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
Summary
Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
Matches: 1 hits
- … On sending Darwin a specimen of the carnivorous Drosophyllum lusitanicum , Hooker wrote: “Pray …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
Summary
At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
Matches: 2 hits
- … specimens of the primitive and rare insectivorous plant Drosophyllum lusitanicum that had been …
- … Darwin wanted to compare the insect-catching mechanism of Drosophyllum with that of Drosera …
