To George Dickie [5 July 1861]
Summary
Thanks for Listera specimen, which arrived withered from being sent in a wooden box.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Dickie |
| Date: | [5 July 1861] |
| Classmark: | Liverpool Central Library |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3198 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Dickie, George …
- … To George Dickie [5 July 1861] …
- … Liverpool Central Library Charles Robert Darwin Torquay [5 July 1861] George Dickie …
- … near Aberdeen (see Correspondence vol. 6, letter from George Dickie, 1 December 1856 ). …
- … in the letter to George Gordon, 6 July [1861] to CD’s having received Dickie’s Listera …
- … in the letter to George Gordon, 6 July [1861] that he also wrote to Dickie ‘yesterday’. …
From George Dickie 30 May 1862
Summary
Reports observations on Listera cordata in accordance with CD’s wishes.
Agrees with what CD says about adaptations [in Orchids, p. 28–31], but cannot comprehend how they can be explained by natural selection.
| Author: | George Dickie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162.2: 178 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3578 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Dickie, George Darwin, C. R. …
- … From George Dickie 30 May 1862 …
- … DAR 162.2: 178 George Dickie Aberdeen 30 May 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … George Dickie was professor of botany at the University of Aberdeen. He had provided CD …
- … twayblade) in 1861 (see Correspondence vol. 9, letter to George Dickie, [5 July 1861] , …
- … and letter to George Gordon, 6 July [1861] ). Dickie’s assistance is acknowledged in …
From George Dickie 1 December 1856
Summary
His observations on Subularia: has never seen it in flower in the air.
| Author: | George Dickie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Dec 1856 |
| Classmark: | DAR 207: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2009 |
McCosh, James and Dickie, George. 1856. Typical forms and special ends in creation. Edinburgh: Thomas Constable.
From H. C. Watson 26 November 1856
Summary
Responds to CD’s query on Subularia and Limosella. There are discrepancies among authorities on whether Subularia flowers out of water. Limosella certainly flowers out of water.
| Author: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Nov 1856 |
| Classmark: | DAR 207: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2002 |
To George Gordon 6 July [1861]
Summary
Apologises for trespassing on GG’s kindness again. Believes there is a new point of structure in Listera cordata and asks GG to send specimens if it is still in flower.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Gordon |
| Date: | 6 July [1861] |
| Classmark: | Elgin Museum (Gordon Archive 61.12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3201 |
From J. D. Hooker 29 November 1880
Summary
Quality of Frank’s work merits F.R.S., but quantity could defer speedy election. Will advise best strategy.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 146–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12873 |
From J. D. Hooker 4 December 1880
Summary
Wants to propose Frank for F.R.S. now, with election in 1882.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Dec 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 148–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12887 |
From J. D. Hooker [24 September 1876]
Summary
JDH again expresses his condolences.
The Glasgow BAAS meeting was good, except for Tait’s shameful attack on Tyndall.
Immensely impressed on Scottish geological and glacial features. Is CD aware that the earth beneath Glen Roy roads was found to contain freshwater diatoms?
Recounts the itinerary of his honeymoon in Scotland.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Sept 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 62–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10605 |
To H. G. Bronn 30 June [1862]
Summary
Encloses answers and corrections [concerning Orchids]. Thanks HGB for translating it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Heinrich Georg Bronn |
| Date: | 30 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | Bronn trans. 1862; DAR 143: 155; Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Lowell Autograph File 83) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3630 |
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