From J. D. Hooker 20 October 1873
Summary
Describes work on Nepenthes – more difficult than Drosera.
Has written to Dublin for a Drosophyllum.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 171–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9102 |
From C. G. Ehrenberg 20 October 1873
Summary
Sends an essay ["Mikrogeologische Studien über das kleinste Leben der Meeres-Tiefgründe aller Zonen und dessen geologischen Einfluss", Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (1873): 131-98.]
with expressions of admiration. CGE is confident their differences will not estrange them.
Remembers with gratitude the [Atlantic] dust that CD made available to him in 1844 [see 747].
| Author: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 163: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9103 |
To John Downing 20 October [1873]
Summary
Gratified that a man of JD’s experience agrees with him.
Would enjoy seeing him at Down but it could only be for a half-hour’s talk at most, because of his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Downing |
| Date: | 20 Oct [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 418 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9104 |
To J. D. Hooker [before 20 October 1873?]
Summary
Lists plants in which he is interested, including Neptunia and Mimosa species.
Do any strictly tropical plants have glaucous leaves?
Asks for observations on irritable plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [before 20 Oct 1873?] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/3/6 Insectivorous plants 1873-8 f.39b) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9107 |
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [after 20 October 1873?]
Summary
Composition of the residue left on evaporation of the fluid in Nepenthes.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 20 Oct 1873?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 60.2: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9792 |
| letter | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Ehrenberg, C. G. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Downing, John | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Downing, John | (1) |
| Ehrenberg, C. G. | (1) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (1) |
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
Summary
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … labour is great’, he told Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] ), ‘I have lately counted …
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Matches: 1 hits
- … 23 NOVEMBER 1862 136 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 10–20 JUNE 1862 137 A GRAY TO …
