From M. T. Masters 6 August 1874
Summary
Thanks for the monoecious hop. It was the first monstrosity he ever observed.
Contemplates an article in Gardeners’ Chronicle on the horticultural bearing of CD’s fertilisation work.
Will publish note forwarded by CD on a male hop with apparently female flowers (Gardeners’ Chronicle, 8 August 1874, p. 174).
| Author: | Maxwell Tylden Masters |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9591 |
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- … the monoecious hop. It was the first monstrosity he ever observed. Contemplates an article …
- … instance was I think the very first monstrosity that attracted my attention as far back as …
From Thomas Meehan 22 September 1874
Summary
Sends CD his photo
and a copy of his address at Hartford ["Change by gradual modification not the universal law", Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci. (1874) pt 2: 7–12]. Does not believe his observations are unfavourable to natural selection but feels there are other factors involved in the origin of form.
Discusses further his work on colour and sex in plants; the linking of high colour and maleness.
| Author: | Thomas Meehan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Sept 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9651 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … that Meehan’s examples could be accounted for as monstrosities and the fact that the same …
- … generations proved nothing since some monstrosities, such as additional fingers or toes in …
| letter | (2) |
| Masters, M. T. | (1) |
| Meehan, Thomas | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Masters, M. T. | (1) |
| Meehan, Thomas | (1) |
Darwin and Design
Summary
At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Britain, religion and the sciences were generally thought to be in harmony. The study of God’s word in the Bible, and of his works in nature, were considered to be part of the same truth. One version of this…
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- … Buckland remarked that the animal was an ‘apparent monstrosity of external form’. But he argued that …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
Summary
[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … I saw “ravenous monsters of Sharks” – their monstrosity consisting in their having two terrible …
Review: The Origin of Species
Summary
- by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much attention. Two American editions are announced, through which it will become familiar to many…
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- … detriment of its native vigor, or to the extent of practical monstrosity, although we secure forms …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … mother, the subjects of Siebold’s study of medical monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 …
