From W. E. Darwin 29 June [1866]
Summary
Sends flowers of the differing kinds [of Rhamnus?] with observations.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 June [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A78–9, A47–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5134 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, [24 June 1866] . In the letter to W. E. …
- … had been unwell. See letter from W. E. Darwin, [23 June 1866] and n. 5. The diagrams …
- … them as cuttings (see letters to W. E. Darwin, [24 June 1866] and 30 [June 1866] ). The …
- … letters of 22 June [1866] and [24 June 1866]. CD had initially suggested that Rhamnus cathartica had once existed in hermaphrodite and female forms (see letter to W. E. Darwin, …
From W. E. Darwin [26–8 June 1866]
Summary
He has had a great struggle with Buckthorn, and would like CD to see the measurements some time.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26–8 June 1866] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 28) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5136F |
To W. E. Darwin [24 June 1866]
Summary
Polymorphic flowers of Rhamnus [see Forms of flowers, p. 294].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [24 June 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5132 |
From W. E. Darwin [18 June 1866]
Summary
Sends some specimens of three kinds of buckthorn.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [18 June 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5109 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … flower forms of Rhamnus cathartica. See letter to W. E. Darwin, 22 June [1866] . …
- … between this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, 19 [June 1866] . In 1866, 18 June …
- … had two male and two female forms (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 19 [June 1866] and n. …
- … letter from W. E. Darwin, 20 June [1866] and n. 6). CD described the partially aborted pistil in the male flowers of Rhamnus cathartica in a note dated 19 June 1866 in DAR 109: A41. See letter to W. E. …
To W. E. Darwin 30 [June 1866]
Summary
Cuttings have arrived. Different flower forms [in Rhamnus?].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 30 [June 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5136 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … was a twenty-franc coin ( OED ). See letter to W. E. Darwin, [24 June 1866] and n. 5. …
- … between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 29 June [1866] . CD had requested …
- … letter to W. E. Darwin, [24 June 1866] ). William had sent drawings of pollen and styles of Rhamnus cathartica with his letter of 29 June [1866] . See letter to W. E. …
- … cathartica with his letter of 29 June [1866] . See letter from W. E. Darwin, 29 June [ …
To W. E. Darwin 22 June [1866]
Summary
Polymorphism in Rhamnus.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 22 June [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5131 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … once been dimorphic. See letters from W. E. Darwin, 20 June [1866] and 21 June [1866] . …
- … between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 20 June [1866] . With his letter …
- … lucida (see, for example, letter from W. E. Darwin, 8 May [1866] and n. 2). See letter …
- … letter down to, and including, the first signature is in Henrietta Emma Darwin’s hand; the remainder is in CD’s hand. See CD’s annotations to the letter from W. E. Darwin, [18 June 1866] …
From W. E. Darwin [23 June 1866]
Summary
Ovules of males of two forms [of Rhamnus catharticus?] are abortive and both females have incomplete stamens.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23 June 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4962 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … 1866] and n. 9. See letter from W. E. Darwin, 21 June [1866] and n. 4. Emma Darwin’s …
- … between this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, 22 June [1866] , and by the …
- … letter of 22 June [1866] , CD had indicated that William should mark the four flower forms of Rhamnus cathartica on the Isle of Wight, in order to take cuttings in autumn. See letter to W. E. Darwin, …
From W. E. Darwin 21 June [1866]
Summary
"It [Rhamnus catharticus?] is certainly a case of dimorphic become dioecious."
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 June [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5129 |
From W. E. Darwin 20 June [1866]
Summary
Thinks Rhamnus is a case of a dimorphic plant that has become dioecious.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5128 |
To W. E. Darwin 20 November [1867]
Summary
Sends WED £200.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 123 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5685 |
To W. E. Darwin 19 [June 1866]
Summary
Different forms of flowers of Rhamnus.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 19 [June 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5125 |
Matches: 3 hits
From W. E. Darwin to John Higgins 30 October [1871]
Summary
Has discussed the tenancy at Claythorpe with his father, and he will be happy for JH’s son to take over the farm.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 30 Oct [1871] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/5/11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8034F |
To George Henslow [before 19 April 1866]
Summary
Describes the pollination of broom by bees.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henslow |
| Date: | [before 19 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 9 (1867): 358 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5059F |
To W. E. Darwin 22 February [1863 or later]
Summary
Seeks investment advice.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Feb [1863 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 131 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13799 |
From Robert Caspary [after 9 June 1866]
Summary
Data on good and bad pollen-grain yields of different species. Sends sketches of two male Rhamnus catharticus flowers [see Forms of flowers, p. 294].
| Author: | Johann Xaver Robert (Robert) Caspary |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 9 June 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A81; DAR 111: B45, B48b, B48c |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10344 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … species, see the letter from W. E. Darwin, 8 May [1866] and n. 5. ‘h.b.rgm’ = possibly …
- … letter to Thomas Rivers, 8 June [1866] ). Cochlearia armoracia , a synonym of Armoracia rusticana , is horseradish. CD was interested in the different flower forms of Rhamnus cathartica. See letter from W. E. Darwin, [ …
To Ernst Haeckel 20 January [1866]
Summary
Sends copies of photographs of himself. Asks for photographs of German naturalists.
Comments on EH’s account of Protogenes primordialis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 20 Jan [1866] |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1-52/8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4980 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter from Ernst Haeckel, 11 January 1866 and n. 15. CD refers to Heinrich Georg Bronn and the frontispiece to Bronn trans. 1863. The photographs sent by CD to Haeckel with this letter were probably copies of the portrait taken in spring 1864 by his son, William Erasmus Darwin (see Correspondence vol. 12, frontispiece, and letter from W. E. …
To J. D. Hooker 30 June [1866]
Summary
Has heard from B. J. Sulivan about the fossils at Gallegos, Patagonia. Would be a great haul for palaeontology if Duke of Somerset would encourage Capt. Mayne to collect them [on survey of Magellan Strait].
Tells JDH of a new map of world that he might use in his lecture [on "Insular floras", BAAS, 1866, J. Bot. Br. & Foreign 5 (1867): 23–31; Gard. Chron. (1867): 6, 27, 50, 75].
Impressed by H. Spencer’s last number, but each suggestion would require years of work to be of use to science.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 30 June [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 292 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5135 |
From Asa Gray 7 August 1866
Summary
Appleton’s will not print a new edition of Origin.
AG has read sheets of new English edition [4th] and is much pleased by the passage on Richard Owen in the historical sketch.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 153 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5184 |
To Carl Vogt 12 April [1867]
Summary
Would be great honour to have CV translate Variation, but Schweizerbart has arranged for J. V. Carus to do it.
Has read CV’s Lectures on man [1864] with extreme interest.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Carl Vogt |
| Date: | 12 Apr [1867] |
| Classmark: | Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms fr. 2188, ff. 300–1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5499 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (18) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (12) |
| Müller, Fritz | (2) |
| Caspary, Robert | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (18) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (10) |
| Gray, Asa | (3) |
| Caspary, Robert | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (36) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (22) |
| Gray, Asa | (4) |
| Caspary, Robert | (2) |
| Müller, Fritz | (2) |
