To John Innes 15 December [1861]
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Delighted to have Quiz [Johnny Innes’ dog].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
| Date: | 15 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3343 |
To John Lindley 15 December [1861]
Summary
Thanks JL for a flower of Bolbophyllum, a genus that puzzles him.
Recent work has convinced him a number of orchids are male. Points out that JL [in The vegetable kingdom (1846), pp. 177–8] "accidentally misquoted" R. H. Schomburgk on this point.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 15 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 198) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3344 |
To H. W. Bates 15 December [1861]
Summary
Praises MS of first chapter of HWB’s book [The naturalist on the river Amazons (1863)]. Suggests he give common names and make comparisons to familiar English species to help readers. Suggests a few changes. Will speak strongly to Murray about publishing whenever HWB is ready.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 15 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Leeds University Library Special Collections (Brotherton collection) (tipped into a copy of Bates 1892) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3345 |
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| Innes, J. B. | (1) |
| Lindley, John | (1) |
Darwin and working from home
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Ever wondered how Darwin worked? As part of our For the Curious series of simple interactives, ‘Darwin working from home’ lets you explore objects from Darwin’s study and garden at Down House to learn how he worked and what he had to say about it. And not…
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Darwin's health
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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
