From Francis Darwin [16 or 17 August 1873]
Summary
Gives his opinion on why tubes of peas split to the right of the loose stamens [inLathyrus sylvestris].
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [16 or 17 Aug 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 77: 140–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9012 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … on why tubes of peas split to the right of the loose stamens [in Lathyrus sylvestris ]. …
- … and n. 2. The reference is to Lathyrus sylvestris and L. maritimus . In his Handbook of …
- … under the heading ‘Everlasting pea. Lathyrus sylvestris, Linn. ’ a brief description of ‘a …
- … brush. The asymmetry of the keel in Lathyrus sylvestris and L. latifolius causes a bulge …
To Francis Darwin 18 [August 1873]
Summary
Pollination and floral structure of Lathyrus. Asks where bees bite through the flowers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 18 [Aug 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 9; DAR 271.4: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9015 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … in gardens to be a variety of Lathyrus sylvestris , it was an introduced species, L. …
- … and possibly extinct on the island. Lathyrus sylvestris is described in the same volume as …
- … sylvestris’, but the substitution was probably made when CD was reviewing his notes for Cross and self fertilisation . CD’s notes on the visits of bees to Lathyrus …
From J. D. Hooker 31 May 1877
Summary
Responding to CD’s request for assistance with his study of "bloom", JDH sends seeds, a list of available plants, and a list of English wild plants with "bloom".
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 84–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10977 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Saponaria. Stellaria glauca Lathyrus sylvestris—palustris. Rubus stems of various Sedum …
- … palustris (marsh stitchwort). Lathyrus sylvestris is narrow-leaved everlasting pea, …
From T. H. Farrer 17 October 1872
Summary
Suggests possible experiments with Pisum and Lathyrus.
Has read the article CD spoke of; the doctrine of inherited mental and corporeal qualities is most fertile.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8563 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … In his paper, Farrer referred to ‘ Lathyrus sylvestris or latifolius ’ as the everlasting …
- … s observations on Lathyrus odoratus (sweetpea) and L. sylvestris , see Farrer 1872 , p. …
- … Might not a comparison of Lathyrus Odoratus, with L. sylvestris, (of which in its natural …
From Francis Darwin 14 August [1873]
Summary
Has found Lathyrus maritima on the cliffs near Barmouth.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Aug [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9009F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … species he described was actually Lathyrus sylvestris (see letter from Francis Darwin, [ …
- … is either Lathyrus latifolius (the broad-leaved everlasting pea) or L. sylvestris (the …
To Francis Darwin 15 August [1873]
Summary
Observations on bees’ biting holes in Lathyrus.
Suggests an experiment FD could carry out with Drosera.
CD is working on Mimosa, and "everything has turned out as perversely as possible".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Aug [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9014 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … were later identified by him as Lathyrus sylvestris , not L. maritimus (see letter from …
- … DAR 77: 33), CD listed Lathyrus pratensis , L. sylvestris , L. maritimus , and L. …
From Francis Darwin [25 August 1873]
Summary
Regrets that "our brush theory" is wrong.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Aug 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 77: 142–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9016 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … authors identified the everlasting pea as Lathyrus sylvestris and categorised the garden …
- … Lathyrus confirms us in thinking it is the twisting of the stigma that makes the left nectar hole bigger by the pod splitting in that side— In L pratensis the stigma is not twisted—so we expected it would grow up in the middle lifting the loose stamen up like the lid of a box as V. cracca does, but the stamen is too tight on for this so it has to go on one side or the other of it; and we find that as there is no twist it comes up just as often on one side as the other— 3 buds of wild sylvestris …
| letter | (7) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Darwin, Francis | (5) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
insectivorous plants in Commentary
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
Summary
Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of …
