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 …
From George Maw 18 April 1869
Summary
He has found abundant Drosophyllum in Andalusia.
| Author: | George Maw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Apr 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6704 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … He has found abundant Drosophyllum in Andalusia. …
- … had asked Maw to obtain a specimen of Drosophyllum lusitanicum (see letter to George Maw, …
- … O’Donoghue 1988). CD mentioned receiving Drosophyllum specimens from Maw in Insectivorous …
- … about 6 miles N of this place the Drosophyllum in great abundance—quite half an acre …
- … enclosed to your address a box of the Drosophyllum which I hope will reach you safely I …
To W. C. Tait 7 April [1869]
Summary
Drosophyllum plants recovering [from trip]. Describes experiments on them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 7 Apr [1869] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6693 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Drosophyllum plants recovering [from trip]. Describes experiments on them. …
- … records the receipt of two plants of Drosophyllum lusitanicum from CD on 29 September …
- … I am delighted to say that your plants of Drosophyllum are recovering; the old leaves have …
- … March 1869 . Tait had sent specimens of Drosophyllum lusitanicum from Portugal. See letter …
- … CD described his observations of Drosophyllum lusitanicum in Insectivorous plants , pp. …
To David Moore 28 June 1874
Summary
Requests live Utricularia and Drosophyllum at suggestion of W. T. Thiselton-Dyer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Moir; David Moore |
| Date: | 28 June 1874 |
| Classmark: | National Botanic Gardens of Ireland Library, Glasnevin (DSS/DM/1/1/16) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9519 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Requests live Utricularia and Drosophyllum at suggestion of W. T. Thiselton-Dyer. …
- … to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 26 June 1874 . Drosophyllum lusitanicum is the Portuguese …
- … sundew or dewy pine; Drosophyllum is a genus of only one species. …
- … grow. I formerly made many observations on Drosophyllum, but there are two points which I …
From W. C. Tait [23 August 1869]
Summary
Will obtain some Drosophyllum seed for CD.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Aug 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6868 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Will obtain some Drosophyllum seed for CD. …
- … Tait had previously sent CD specimens of Drosophyllum lusitanicum but they had arrived in …
- … to obtain for you some seed of the drosophyllum and shall also try to obtain some plants …
To George Maw 17 January [1869]
Summary
Describes Drosophyllum and its habitat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Maw |
| Date: | 17 Jan [1869] |
| Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6559 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Describes Drosophyllum and its habitat. …
- … th My dear Sir I have never seen the Drosophyllum. — It is described as somewhat shrubby, …
From W. C. Tait 11 July 1869
Summary
Drosophyllum lusitanicum.
Believes principle of natural selection can be more widely applied.
Flower structure of Geranium.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6825 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Drosophyllum lusitanicum . Believes principle of natural selection can be more widely …
- … rotundifolia , which he believed belonged to the same family as Drosophyllum , but did not …
- … mention the phenomenon in Drosophyllum lusitanicum. See letters from W. C. Tait, 13 …
- … I asked him whether he knew the Drosophyllum Lusitanicum as I had seen mentioned in a book …
- … experienced great difficulty in growing the Drosophyllum Lusitanicum which in a short time …
- … resemblance between the glands of the Drosophyllum and those of many other plants such as …
To George Maw 22 May [1869]
Summary
Thanks GM for specimens of Drosophyllum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Maw |
| Date: | 22 May [1869] |
| Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6756 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Thanks GM for specimens of Drosophyllum . …
- … sending me the splendid specimen on the Drosophyllum, which I have received safely. I will …
To David Moore 12 July 1874
Summary
Thanks for Drosophyllum. No longer needs Utricularia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Moir; David Moore |
| Date: | 12 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | National Botanic Gardens of Ireland Library, Glasnevin (DSS/DM/1/1/16) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9544 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Thanks for Drosophyllum . No longer needs Utricularia . …
- … July 12 1874 My dear Sir Drosophyllum has just arrived in perfect condition, & I thank you …
From David Moore 9 July 1874
Summary
Sends an Utricularia and a Drosophyllum.
Observations on Pinguicula grandiflora. [See Insectivorous plants, p. 390.]
| Author: | David Moir; David Moore |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 75–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9541 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Sends an Utricularia and a Drosophyllum . Observations on Pinguicula grandiflora . [See …
- … June 1874 , CD had mentioned his work on Drosophyllum (Portuguese sundew or dewy pine) and …
- … pack up a nice healthy young plant of Drosophyllum, which with care will grow and enable …
- … species if you like better)? The Drosophyllum has been kept in a rather close place up to …
From W. C. Tait 19 February 1869
Summary
Has been trying to get Drosophyllum lusitanicum for CD.
Intends to breed from two pointers born tailless.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Feb 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6623 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Has been trying to get Drosophyllum lusitanicum for CD. Intends to breed from two pointers …
- … Félix de Avellar Brotero’s description of Drosophyllum lusitanicum under the name Spergula …
- … of my endeavours to obtain for you the “Drosophyllum Lusitanicum” I applied to my friend M …
- … hope to be able to tell you that the “Drosophyllum Lusitanicum” is ready to be sent and to …
- … authority Brotero with respect to the “Drosophyllum Lusitanicum” which however he calls “ …
To W. C. Tait 17 July [1869]
Summary
Discusses need for cross-fertilisation in Geranium.
Hooker begins to doubt whether Drosophyllum so closely allied to Drosera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 17 July [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 545; Sotheby’s (dealers) (19 July 1990) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6833 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … in Geranium . Hooker begins to doubt whether Drosophyllum so closely allied to Drosera . …
- … Tait had sent CD several specimens of Drosophyllum lusitanicum , but they arrived in poor …
- … When I left home a month ago one alone of the Drosophyllums was still healthy. …
- … begins to have some doubts whether Drosophyllum is so closely allied to Drosera. Pray do …
From George Maw 17 May 1869
Summary
He is managing to salvage a few Andalusian Drosophyllum plants from the voyage and will send some to CD.
| Author: | George Maw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6748 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … is managing to salvage a few Andalusian Drosophyllum plants from the voyage and will send …
- … Maw, 27 April [1869] . Maw refers to Drosophyllum lusitanicum. Sedum (stonecrop) is a …
- … Sir I dried a few specimens of the drosophyllum & as the plants did not arrive in very …
Penzig, Albert Julius Otto. 1877. Untersuchungen über Drosophyllum lusitanicum Lk.: Inaugural-Dissertation. [Submitted 24 September 1877.] Breslau: University of Breslau.
Matches: 1 hit
- … Otto. 1877. Untersuchungen über Drosophyllum lusitanicum Lk. : Inaugural-Dissertation. [ …
From W. C. Tait 10 May 1869
Summary
Development of the horns of local sheep.
Results of breeding tailless pointers: of six puppies, three had stumps like parents.
Observations on Drosophyllum.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 19–20, DAR 178: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6742 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … pointers: of six puppies, three had stumps like parents. Observations on Drosophyllum . …
- … 1869 ). Drosera lusitanica is a synonym of Drosophyllum lusitanicum . Tait refers to Félix …
- … 1869 . Tait had sent CD specimens of Drosophyllum lusitanicum (see letter from W. C. …
- … truly | William C. Tait. Description of Drosophyllum Lusitanicum from Brotero’s Flora …
- … with glasses of different powers the Drosophyllum Lusitanicum but cannot see any motion— …
From J. D. Hooker [13 or 20 January 1873]
Summary
The Drosophyllum goes to Orpington by train this evening.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 or 20] Jan 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 138–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8734 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … The Drosophyllum goes to Orpington by train this evening. …
- … January were Mondays. Hooker refers to Drosophyllum lusitanicum (the Portuguese sundew), …
To George Maw 13 January 1869
Summary
Thanks GM for offer of observations. Would be interested to know when the horns of merino rams first appear,
and has long wished for living specimens of Drosophyllum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Maw |
| Date: | 13 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6552 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … of merino rams first appear, and has long wished for living specimens of Drosophyllum . …
- … Dalton Hooker to acquire a specimen of Drosophyllum as early as 1864, but Hooker was …
- … letter to J. V. Carus, 5 January 1869 . Drosophyllum is a genus of insectivorous plants; …
- … many years for a living specimen of the Drosophyllum; I know that it grows near Gibraltar, …
From W. C. Tait 13 April 1869
Summary
Insectivorous plants; Drosophyllum lusitanicum.
Descriptions of the local sheep.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Apr 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6696 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Insectivorous plants; Drosophyllum lusitanicum . Descriptions of the local sheep. …
- … March 1869 . Tait had sent plants of Drosophyllum lusitanicum from Portugal. Tait refers …
- … true. You will find I think that the Drosophyllum catches insects by the viscid glands, …
To Lawson Tait 13 June [1875]
Summary
RLT’s observations come too late, as CD’s book on Droseraceae has been printed.
Reports on his observations of ferment in secretions in Drosera rotundifolia and Drosophyllum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | 13 June [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 221.5: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10017 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … on his observations of ferment in secretions in Drosera rotundifolia and Drosophyllum . …
- … peptogene (Schiff). But I believe the ferment is ready secreted by Drosophyllum; & as D. …
- … = dichotoma ) is more nearly allied to Drosophyllum than any other sp. of Drosera, the …
- … that Schiff had called peptogenes. Drosophyllum (dewy pine or Portuguese sundew) is a …
From George Maw 14 January 1869
Summary
In Gibraltar he will make notes on merino lambs and Drosophyllum as CD requests.
| Author: | George Maw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6553 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … In Gibraltar he will make notes on merino lambs and Drosophyllum as CD requests. …
- … Maw refers to the insectivorous plant Drosophyllum (see letter to George Maw, 13 January …
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| letter | (81) |
| bibliography | (1) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (47) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (17) |
| Tait, W. C. | (8) |
| Maw, George | (3) |
| Aubertin, J. J. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (33) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (22) |
| Tait, W. C. | (8) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (5) |
| Maw, George | (4) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (80) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (39) |
| Tait, W. C. | (16) |
| Maw, George | (7) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (6) |
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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 …
