To J. B. Baillière et ses fils 29 February [1868]
Summary
Sends stamps to the value of 1s. 1d. and asks for parcel to be sent to 6 Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square, London.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | J. B. Baillière et ses fils |
| Date: | 29 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (Catalogue 698, 2012) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4415F |
To F. T. Buckland 29 February [1868]
Summary
CD sends thanks for information; he will write to Mr Bush.
In relation to the fecundation of ova CD adds that he has compared the use of very little pollen against an immense supply; found no difference in number or weight of seeds or in their germination.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Trevelyan (Frank) Buckland |
| Date: | 29 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5956 |
To Leonard Jenyns 29 February [1868]
Summary
Thanks LJ for his useful facts. Will "look to" the reference about the nightingale.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Date: | 29 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5957 |
To J. J. Weir 29 February [1868]
Summary
JJW’s note on birds was one of the most interesting CD has ever received. Asks several questions. CD is puzzled by cases of magpies whose mates were killed but who always immediately found others.
Alexander Wallace denies any effect of colour in sexual selection among Lepidoptera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 29 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5958 |
From William Sedgwick 29 February 1868
Summary
Sends extracts giving details of the case of age-limited, hereditary blindness [see Variation 2: 78].
Recounts some cases of reversion that he has encountered.
| Author: | William Sedgwick |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Feb 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 127 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5959 |
From H. T. Stainton 29 February 1868
Summary
Replies to CD on proportion of sexes in butterflies, coloration of moths, and courtship. Encloses copies of letters on these subjects between HTS, Henry Doubleday, and John Hellins.
| Author: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Feb 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 85: B52-3; DAR 86: A16; |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5960 |
To John Bush 29 February [1868]
Summary
Writes at Frank Buckland’s suggestion. Can JB provide any information on the proportion of sexes in rats?
Do male rats fight for the possession of the female? Are they polygamous?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Bush |
| Date: | 29 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Private collection |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5961 |
| letter | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Sedgwick, William | (1) |
| Stainton, H. T. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (1) |
| Buckland, Frank | (1) |
| Bush, John | (1) |
| J. B. Baillière et ses fils | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (1) |
| Buckland, Frank | (1) |
| Bush, John | (1) |
| J. B. Baillière et ses fils | (1) |
