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Forms of flowers
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Darwin’s book The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, published in 1877, investigated the structural differences in the sexual organs of flowers of the same species. It drew on and expanded five articles Darwin had published on the…
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- … Primula research, Darwin discovered that another plant, Linum grandiflorum , had two forms and …
- … return to, but for the moment, his attention turned to Linum , which had been briefly mentioned …
- … Darwin received information on other species of Linum from trusted correspondents. Charles …
- … Before Darwin began writing his paper on dimorphism in Linum , he reformulated his ideas about …
- … fertility in the two forms, & I suspect this is case with Linum; & therefore I felt bound in …
- … cultivated Plants; & am now refreshing myself with paper on Linum for Linn. Soc.y.’ His journal …
- … sexual relation, in several species of the genus Linum ’, between 11 and 21 December 1862. The …
- … botanist Friedrich Hildebrand who was working on Linum , ‘ I much hope that you may publish …
- … -paper shall be at all equal in interest to that on Linum it will be a gem ’. During …
- … of functional dimorphism in in ‘Two forms in species of Linum’ (p. 82) and clarified the meaning to …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … 1862] ). Two sexual forms: Primula and Linum Darwin’s views on the phenomenon …
- … Many years earlier, Darwin had observed dimorphism in Linum flavum ,but had ‘at first thought it …
- … out the Primula case he determined to experiment on Linum in 1862. Soon he was enthralled, …
- … his Primula crosses, and determined to publish on Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, …
Lydia Becker
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Becker was a leading member of the suffrage movement, perhaps best known for publishing the Women’s Suffrage Journal. She was also a successful biologist, astronomer and botanist and, between 1863 and 1877, an occasional correspondent of Charles Darwin. …
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- … may have by you a copy of some paper such as that on the Linum which you have communicated to …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
Volume appendices
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Here is a list of the appendices from the print volumes of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin with links to adapted online versions where they are available. Appendix I in each volume contains translations of letters in foreign languages and these can…
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- … Presentation list for ‘Two forms in species of Linum ’ 11 V …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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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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- … appeared in hermaphroditic species such as Primula , Linum , and Lythrum . ‘I will rank no …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … He had already found, with dimorphic Primula and Linum species, that when a short-styled …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … the little ovaria. He comments on the two forms of Linum . Letter 4441 — Becker, …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … on the fertility of different flower forms in a species of Linum : ‘Mr Meehan in a paper lately …
