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From Edward A. Reid to W. G. Smith   [3 May 1880?]

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Addressee:  unknown
Date:  unknown
Classmark:  DAR 176: 88
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12595G

DCP-LETT-13189

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Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13189

DCP-LETT-13190

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Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13190

DCP-LETT-13294F

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Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13294F

From W. E. Darwin   [27 February 1882]

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [27 Feb 1882]
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 113)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13347F

To G. H. Darwin   [1882?]

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Encloses a letter from a Mr Hill on some [unspecified] legal matter.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  [1882?]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 116
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13590

From T. G. Bonney to W. E. Darwin   [before 2 February 1882]

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Wishes to know veracity of a report of CD’s reactions on seeing certain slides of supposedly organic material from meteorites.

Author:  Thomas George Bonney
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [before 2 Feb 1882]
Classmark:  DAR 160: 247
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13591

To G. J. Romanes   1 January [1882]

Summary

Describes grafting experiment of Baron de Villa Franca, which produced new varieties of sugar-cane. Encloses related documents.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George John Romanes
Date:  1 Jan [1882]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.609)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13592

From Fritz Müller   1 January 1882

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In answer to CD’s query, FM thinks the seeds he sent were those of the sensitive Mimosa.

Reports his observations of movement of leaves of Bauhinia grandiflora and B. brasiliensis. They do not "sleep" in hot weather.

Sends some seeds of Pontederia he had fertilised.

Author:  Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Jan 1882
Classmark:  DAR 106: C19
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13593

To Grant Allen   2 January 1882

Summary

Thanks GA for his article ["The daisy’s pedigree", Cornhill Mag. 44 (1881): 168–81].

The evolutionary argument that petals are transformed stamens is "striking and apparently valid". Doubts petals are naturally yellow.

Wallace’s "generalization about much modified parts being splendidly coloured" is also dubious except as both are caused by sexual selection.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Grant Blairfindie (Grant) Allen
Date:  2 Jan 1882
Classmark:  Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13594

From Arthur de Souza Corrêa   2 January 1882

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Thanks CD for letter for Villa Franca. Would be happy if CD published the Baron’s observations in an English scientific journal.

Author:  João Arthur (Arthur) de Souza Corrêa
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Jan 1882
Classmark:  DAR 160: 284
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13595

To V. O. Kovalevsky   2 January [1882]

Summary

Thanks VOK for a photograph and his New Year wishes.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский)
Date:  2 Jan [1882]
Classmark:  Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13596

To G. J. Romanes   3 January [1882]

Summary

Asks GJR’s opinion about grafting experiments on sugar-cane carried out by the Baron [de Villa Franca].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George John Romanes
Date:  3 Jan [1882]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.610)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13597

From H. C. Sorby   3 January 1882

Summary

Reports the inconclusive results of some experiments he has been doing for CD [related to plant colouring material?].

Author:  Henry Clifton Sorby
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Jan 1882
Classmark:  DAR 177: 220
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13598

To Fritz Müller   4 January 1882

Summary

On F. M. Balfour.

Effects of ammonium carbonate on roots.

FM’s Pontederia case is very curious.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:  4 Jan 1882
Classmark:  The British Library (Loan MS 10: 58)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13599

From W. E. Darwin   4 January 1882

Summary

Has sold London & South Western Railway stock and has purchased Great Western stock.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 Jan 1882
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 105)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13599F

To G. J. Romanes   6 January 1882

Summary

Accepts GJR’s offer to prepare sugar-cane paper for publication [Villa Franca and Glass, "New varieties of sugar-cane", Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (1880–2): 30–1]. Suggests introduction and outline.

Agrees with GJR on microscope for Grant Allen.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George John Romanes
Date:  6 Jan 1882
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.611), DAR 207: 4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13600

To Theodor Eimer   6 January [1882]

Summary

Is obliged for TE’s paper on the wall lizard and another paper.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Gustav Heinrich Theodor (Theodor) Eimer
Date:  6 Jan [1882]
Classmark:  CUL: Library Correspondence 1953: ref. 1273
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13600F

To Hyacinth Hooker   6 January [1882]

Summary

Sends subscription for Hannah Fitch.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Hyacinth Symonds; Hyacinth Jardine; Hyacinth Hooker
Date:  6 Jan [1882]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/2/1 f. 313)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13600G

From J. F. Simpson   7 January 1882

Summary

Has read Earthworms; discusses parts and encloses a list of errata. Writes of worm-castings, describing his observations; speculates on the variation in their distribution under different conditions.

Author:  James Frederick Simpson
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Jan 1882
Classmark:  DAR 177: 170
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13601
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