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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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  • … Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives the …
  • … Darwin corresponded little during the first three months of 1864, dictating nearly all his letters …
  • … of the five physicians Darwin had consulted in 1863. In a letter of 26[–7] March [1864] , Darwin …
  • … and he received more letters of advice from Jenner. In a letter of 15 December [1864] to the …
  • … As Darwin explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of 30 November [1864] , ‘the …
  • …  five years earlier. His primary botanical preoccupation in 1864 was climbing plants. He had become …
  • … observations indoors ( Correspondence  vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] , Darwin …
  • … gradation by which  leaves  produce tendrils’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] ). …
  • … fearfully for it is a leaf climber & therefore sacred’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 June [1864] …
  • … matters which routinists regard in the light of axioms’ ( letter from Daniel Oliver, [17 March 1864
  • … long series of changes . . .’ When he told Asa Gray in a letter of 29 October [1864] that he was …
  • … addition to his work on climbing plants, Darwin engaged in 1864 in botanical observations and …
  • … were produced. Continuing from these earlier studies, in 1864 he conducted crossing experiments …
  • … in causing sterility both within and between species in his 1864 paper, ‘Three forms of Lythrum …
  • …  paper was published, Darwin remarked to Hooker in a letter of 26 November [1864] that nothing …
  • … of the two species with the common oxlip. In a letter of 22 October [1864] , Darwin triumphantly …
  • … the ‘splendid case of Dimorphism’ in  Menyanthes  ( letter from Emma and Charles Darwin to W. E. …
  • … this interest. At the start of the year, he received a letter, insect specimens, and an article on …
  • … that it was ‘the best medicine for my stomach’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 17 February [1864] ). …
  • … at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 1862 with a letter regarding the fertilisation of the …
  • … of  Origin  based largely on religious grounds. However, Leo Lesquereux prefaced his long letter
  • … obscure points of the biblical teachings’ ( letter from Leo Lesquereux, 14 December 1864 ). A …