To J. T. Moggridge 22 June [1871]
Summary
Thanks JTM for information on ants.
Mentions letter "from a Texas gentleman" Gideon Lincecum describing ants that plant seeds [see 3082].
Notes that fly orchid is unattractive to insects. Asks JTM to attempt fertilisation experiment with this plant.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Date: | 22 June [1871] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.399) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7830 |
From J. T. Moggridge 27 December [1865]
Summary
Sends a tin full of Ophrys by his brother, who should take about 60 hours to reach Down.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Dec [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 210 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4957 |
From J. T. Moggridge 12 July 1873
Summary
Sends his paper on Ophrys insectifera, translated into German by H. G. Reichenbach [Abh. Kais. Leopold.-Carol. Dtsch. Akad. Naturforsch. 33 (1870) no. 3], which shows the intermediates between O. aranifera and O. apifera. He has since gathered information on variation in Ophrys.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 218 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8977 |
From J. T. Moggridge 22 July 1873
Summary
He will repeat the experiments in which CD found that formic acid vapour killed seeds [see 8866]. John Lindley describes effects of other acids on germination.
He has tabulated the large amount of variation in English Ophrys apifera.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 219 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8984 |
From J. T. Moggridge 21 May [1866]
Summary
Sends plants from France.
J. B. E. Bornet of Antibes, working in G. A. Thuret’s garden, finds Cistus hybrids do not follow the old dictum of having the mother’s foliage and the father’s habit. Bornet is engaged in long-term study.
JTM seeks invitation to Down.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 206 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5096 |
To J. T. Moggridge 13 October [1865]
Summary
Discusses self-fertilisation in bee and spider orchids. Asks JTM to conduct experiment.
Comments on plates [see J. T. Moggridge’s contribution to Flora of Mentone and winter flora of the Riviera, including the coast from Marseilles to Genoa London 1866, 1871. Part II dated 1865; Part I, 1866].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Date: | 13 Oct [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 374 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4914 |
To John Traherne Moggridge 19 June [1864]
Summary
Discusses fertilisation of flowers by bees. Thanks JTM for drawings.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Date: | 19 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 372 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4540 |
To J. T. Moggridge 1 October [1867]
Summary
Hopes JTM’s health will improve.
Asks for information about crosses of peas.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Date: | 1 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 376 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5638 |
From John Traherne Moggridge 15 February [1866]
Summary
Is sending Ophrys plants marked as CD requested as wild or under cultivation. Discusses arrangements for a scheme planned for 1867 and his method for marking his Ophrys specimens.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Feb [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR Pamphlet collection G368 (bound in part of Moggridge 1865–8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5008A |
From J. T. Moggridge [before 22] June 1871
Summary
At Wallace’s suggestion he offers CD his observations on the seed-gathering habits of ants. Suggests their role in seed dispersal.
At work on the last part of his book [Contributions to the flora of Mentone (1867–71)].
Has found that Ophrys insectifera can reproduce asexually.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 22] June 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 215 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7788 |
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| Moggridge, J. T. | (6) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Moggridge, J. T. | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Moggridge, J. T. |
