From J. D. Hooker 1 January 1865
Summary
Forwards H. T. Stainton letter for reply.
Finds many Cucurbita have tendrils with sticking ends.
The "potentiality of so many organs in plants to play so many parts is one of the most wonderful of your discoveries . . . one day it will itself play a prodigious part in the interpretation of both morphological and physiological facts".
Is disgusted with Sabine’s address [see 4708] because of its mutilation of what JDH wrote.
THH’s slashing leader in Reader ["Science and ""Church policy"" ", 4 (1864): 821] – as usual he destroys all in his path.
Encloses letter from G. H. K. Thwaites with a message for CD [see encl].
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 1–3; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Directors’ Correspondence 162: 224 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4734 |
Matches: 25 hits
- … p. 437. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [19 September …
- … see Guy 1983 and Correspondence vol. 12, letter from E. A. Darwin, 1 February [1864] …
- … nn. 3 and 5; see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February …
- … 4 November 1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12; see also letter to J. D. Hooker, [ c. 23 …
- … not undertaken (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, 16 September …
- … plants’ , p. 78. See Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [ …
- … conditions (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] , letter from …
- … Journal for 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix II) that he had finished the paper on …
- … Reader , pp. 708–9 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December …
- … is reproduced in Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix IV. Sabine had contracted influenza …
- … the Royal Society (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Elizabeth Juliana Sabine, 7 …
- … 83, 1: 816–41). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December …
- … to the book (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [26 or 27 April …
- … Hooker of 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD reported having seen a foreign …
- … of 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12) that he expected to hear of a paper on …
- … in June 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 21 June …
- … December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD had asked Daniel Oliver to check Botanische …
- … 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). Hooker and CD had a long-running interest …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [ …
- … House MS); see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Lubbock, 19 November [1864] ). …
- … plant Nepenthes (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 9 [March] 1864 , …
- … of James Veitch (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] …
- … notes on the genus are in DAR 157.1: 111–12 and DAR 187: 1. At some point, CD appears to …
- … Melastomataceae). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [26–7 April …
- … in September 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 September …
From Benjamin Dann Walsh 1 March 1865
Summary
Sends his paper on "Willow-galls" [Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philadelphia 3 (1864): 543–644].
Lengthy criticism of Agassiz’s views on species as stated in his Essay on classification [1857].
Interested by CD’s trimorphism in Lythrum. Thinks some great mystery may lie in the fact that in some genera, some species are tri-, some di-, and some monomorphic, and in other genera, Apis, Vespa, Bombus, all the known species are dimorphic.
Author: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Mar 1865 |
Classmark: | Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4778 |
Matches: 22 hits
- … See Correspondence vol. 12, letters to B. D. Walsh, 4 December [1864] and [4 December …
- … John Obadiah Westwood (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 7 November …
- … as the frontispiece to Correspondence vol. 12; see also letter from W. E. Darwin, [19 …
- … Edited by James A. H. Murray, et al. 12 vols. and supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. …
- … Cantab. ; see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 29 April – 19 May …
- … and nn. 1 and 3). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. O. Westwood, 2 December …
- … 30 November 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12 and Appendix IV). The award was announced in …
- … ici dans cet ordre d’insectes. 11 vols. in 12. Paris: Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. …
- … 4 December 1864? ] ( Correspondence vol. 12). Thomas Say . Thaddeus William Harris was …
- … for this paper (see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix III). See ‘Three forms of Lythrum …
- … occasionally cross together. See also n. 12, below. Hugo von Mohl had argued ( Mohl …
- … 2: A44a–b); see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] . There is …
- … and Oxalis , see Correspondence vols. 10–12. In ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ , …
- … pp. 333–5. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] , …
- … generations’ ( OED ). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter to B. D. Walsh, 4 December [ …
- … Review , pp. 138–41 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 29 April [– …
- … of Walsh 1864c (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 7 November 1864 ); …
- … and 19, above, and Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 4 December [1864] …
- … p. 341). See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 7 November 1864 . …
- … 4 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). CD wrote an unsigned review of Bates’s paper …
- … Bombus copulation in Correspondence vol. 12, letter to B. D. Walsh, 4 December [1864] . …
- … Wollaston, 2 March [1855] and nn. 11 and 12, and Wollaston 1856 , pp. 81–7, 186–94). CD’ …
From Fritz Müller 31 August 1865
Summary
Hopes CD has received his letter of 12 August.
Sends some new observations on climbing plants. [The observations are part of "Notes on some of the climbing-plants, near Desterro, in South Brazil", J. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) 9 (1867): 344–9.]
Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Aug 1865 |
Classmark: | Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 73–4. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4885A |
Matches: 6 hits
- … of the letter, see the letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] . …
- … See also letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 , n. 11. …
- … Hopes CD has received his letter of 12 August. Sends some new observations on climbing …
- … I. See also letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 , n. 1. For a transcription of this …
- … vol. 13, p. 227. See also letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 , n. 1. ‘ …
- … Climbing plants’ . See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 . For the missing …
From John Scott 20 January 1865
Summary
Comments on his Primula paper [see 4213].
Describes his situation in Calcutta.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 114 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4751 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … to seek employment in India (see Correspondence vol. 12). He departed for Calcutta on …
- … 28 August 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 30 August 1864 , …
- … employment for Scott (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, [4 June …
- … of 16 May [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), Scott remarked: ‘the degree of sterility of …
- … alterations (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] , and …
- … to Asa Gray (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] ). Gray …
- … read the paper (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [20–]22 February [ …
- … Oliver to review it (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 September [ …
- … 3 June 1863] , and Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 28 May 1864 ). CD and …
- … 10 June 1863 , and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 April [1864] , and …
- … practical duties (see Correspondence vol. 12, enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 6 …
- … him financial support (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Scott, 9 April 1864 ). …
- … Scott at Down (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 April [1864] ). He …
From M. T. Masters 12 July 1865
Summary
Will forward Robert Caspary’s paper to CD when it is published ["Sur les hybrides obtenus par la greffe", Bull. Congr. Int. Bot. & Hortic. Amsterdam (1865): 65–80].
MTM is to become editor of Gardeners’ Chronicle.
Author: | Maxwell Tylden Masters |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 July 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 72 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4871 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From M. T. Masters 12 July 1865 …
- … DAR 171: 72 Maxwell Tylden Masters Peckham 12 July 1865 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … et d’Horticulture held in Amsterdam from 7 to 12 April 1865. CD read about the paper in …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 2 May 1865 and n. 12; see also CD’s annotations to the letter from …
- … Rye Lane Peckham. S.E. July 12. 1865 My dear Sir/ I was present when D r . Caspary’s paper …
To Fritz Müller 20 September [1865]
Summary
Thanks for interesting letter on climbing plants.
FM’s view on Anelasma seems probable.
Difficulty quoted by FM from A. Agassiz on embryology of Echinodermata is quite beyond CD.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 20 Sept [1865] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4895 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 . …
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 and n. …
- … 1, and letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] . CD had not yet …
- … Strychnos is contained in the section of the 12 August 1865 letter from Fritz Müller that …
- … see Müller 1865b and letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] and …
- … n. 1; see also the letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 and n. 11). Müller included …
- … p. 36 n. (see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] and nn. …
- … pp. 21–2 (see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] and n. …
- … in Catasetum , see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Hermann Crüger, 21 January 1864 , …
- … February [1864] . The letter from Müller of 12 August 1865 is incomplete. The section of …
- … section of the letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 (see letter from Fritz Müller, 10 …
- … when he wrote his own letter to CD on 12 August 1865 , it appears that the possibility of …
- … 135–40). The section of Müller’s letter of 12 August 1865 in which he discussed Alexander …
From Asa Gray 17 January 1865
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 17 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 146 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4747 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … the Royal Society of London 13 (1863–4): 505, and Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix IV). …
- … on 5 December 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12). ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ was …
- … for the paper (see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix III). Gray may refer to Scott 1864a …
- … of Scott 1864b (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] ). CD …
- … 25 February [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). CD had requested information about cuckoos …
- … 29 October [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). The enclosure has not been found. CD’s query …
- … pp. 506–8. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Asa Gray, 5 December 1864 , …
- … about cuckoos (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Asa Gray, 5 December 1864 ). In …
- … of 7 November 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12), Benjamin Dann Walsh had remarked on Louis …
- … and 11 July 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). Gray eventually appointed Horace Mann as …
- … Civil War (see Correspondence vols. 9–12). CD had long been opposed to slavery. See …
From Fritz Müller 12 August 1865
Summary
Thanks CD for his paper on climbing plants. Lists the many genera that he has found in his area in a short period since reading CD’s paper. [See 4881.]
Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Aug 1865 |
Classmark: | Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 72–3. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4881A |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Fritz Müller 12 August 1865 …
- … Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller Desterro, Brazil 12 Aug 1865 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Desterro, Brazil, 12. August 1865. Verehrter Herr! Vor wenigen Tagen empfing ich Ihre …
- … Desterro, Brazil, 12. August 1865 My dear Sir, A few days ago I received your essay on …
- … Botany ) (see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] , and …
- … of Mikania (see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] and n. …
From John Lubbock 12 June [1865]
Summary
Delighted at CD’s praise of his book [Prehistoric times (1865)].
Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 June [1865] |
Classmark: | DAR 170: 45 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4860 |
From John Scott 10 April 1865
Summary
Comments on CD’s Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31]
and on H. Crüger’s orchid paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35].
May take position at Calcutta Botanic Garden.
Regrets he cannot be elected to Linnean Society.
Pleased Asa Gray has commented on JS’s paper.
Author: | John Scott |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Apr 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 115 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4810 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … of Scott 1864c (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and …
- … CD for comments (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from John Scott , 28 March 1864 , 5 …
- … Primulaceae, see Correspondence vols. 10–12. CD first told Scott of Hermann Crüger’s work …
- … or March 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and …
- … vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [after 12] April [1863] and 21 May [1863] , and …
- … Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. 16. CD cited …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 …
- … and nn. 12–16, and Orchids 2d ed. , pp. 167–71). Scott had taken a position at Rungbee, …
- … on 4 February 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, 5 February …
- … of its contents (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] , …
- … and otherwise, see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 , n. 1, …
- … offprints of the paper were available from 12 June 1865 (see Freeman 1977 , p. 117). In a …
From J. D. Hooker 12 April [1865]
Summary
W. J. Hooker is unwell.
Bentham wrote on Planchon ["The ancient and modern floras of Montpellier", Nat. Hist. Rev. (1865): 202–25],
T. Thomson on subspecies ["Species and subspecies", Nat. Hist. Rev. (1865): 226–42]
and Greene of York on ["The Linnean Society’s transactions", Nat. Hist. Rev. (1865): 189–202].
JDH did the leader in Gardeners’ Chronicle [(1865): 267–8, 291–2].
Delighted with CD’s calm opinion of Origin. Has same view of some of his own papers.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Apr [1865] |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 17 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4812 |
From B. D. Walsh 12 November 1865
Summary
Acknowledges CD’s paper on "Climbing plants".
Mentions Asa Gray’s complimentary notice in Silliman’s Journal [Am. J. Sci. and Arts 2d ser. 40 (1865): 273–82].
His difficulty in understanding how males of Daphnia or any other genus can produce eggs. If there is no impregnation, how can there be sexual organs? Why call one form male and another female?
He has sent CD his paper on "the new Potato Bug".
Will soon send "On Phytophagi Species & Unity of Coloration". [phytophagic!?]
Complaints about practices of the English Post Office.
His current research and description of the rationale of his experiments.
Author: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Nov 1865 |
Classmark: | Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Riley bequest of 1948) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4934A |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From B. D. Walsh 12 November 1865 …
- … bequest of 1948) Benjamin Dann Walsh Rock Island, Ill. 12 Nov 1865 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … was inconclusive (see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from John Lubbock, 3 November …
- … Rock Island. Illinois U.S. Nov. 12, 1865 Chas. Darwin Esq. Dear Sir, I have not answered …
- … in Cynips in 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from B. D. Walsh, 29 April – 19 …
- … poda ) which hang on the tree more than 12 months, the particular boughs which bear the …
To T. H. Huxley 12 July [1865]
Summary
Thanks THH for reading Pangenesis MS. Will read Buffon and Bonnet (as he does not want to republish their views) and will try to persuade himself not to publish.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 12 July [1865] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 219) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4870 |
Matches: 4 hits
From Fritz Müller [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865]
Summary
FM’s comments on Climbing Plants.
Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 and 31 Aug 1865 and 10 Oct 1865 |
Classmark: | Notes on some of the climbing-plants near Desterro, in South Brazil. By Herr Fritz Müller, in a letter to C. Darwin. [Read 7 December 1865.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 9 (1866): 344–9. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4881F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Fritz Müller [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] …
- … 344–9. Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller 12 Aug 1865 31 Aug 1865 10 Oct 1865 Charles …
- … Dalton Hooker (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 …
- … 1865] . See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 , n. 11. In ‘Climbing plants’ , …
- … flexible, leafless branches, with numerous (12–25) internodes, armed with sharp, hard, …
- … on the derivation of tendrils, see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from Daniel Oliver , [ …
- … 28 January – 8 February 1864] , 12 March 1864 , and [before 31 March 1864] , letter to …
- … tendril in ‘Climbing plants’ , pp. 111–12. Müller refers to the description in Endlicher …
- … adhesive discs, see Correspondence vol. 12, letters to J. D. Hooker, 4 December [1864] …
To Fritz Müller 17 October [1865]
Summary
Is sending FM’s two letters on climbing plants as a paper to the Linnean Society ["Notes on some of the climbing plants near Desterro, in south Brazil", J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1867): 344–9].
Adaptations for pollination in Catasetum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 17 Oct [1865] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 3) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4916 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 2d ed. , pp. 205–6). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Hermann Crüger, 21 January …
- … s first letter on climbing plants was the letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 . …
- … See the letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] , for the …
- … this volume as the letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August and 10 October 1865] . See …
- … p. 344, and letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ). Only …
- … see Müller 1865b and letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] and …
- … Society ( Botany ); see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Hermann Crüger, 21 January …
To B. D. Walsh 19 December [1865]
Summary
Discusses a variety of subjects: Cynips, galls, potato bugs,
male Daphnia laying eggs.
His Primula experiment results differ from John Scott’s.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
Date: | 19 Dec [1865] |
Classmark: | Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (Walsh 6) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4952 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … obliged for your interesting letter of Nov. 12— I hope you will meet with the success …
- … See letter from B. D. Walsh, 12 November 1865 . In his paper on dimorphism in Cynips , …
- … other sexual ( Walsh 1864a ). In his letter of 12 November 1865 , he discussed his ongoing …
- … August 1866, p. 10, and 18 August 1866, p. 12, and in the letter from Alfred Newton, 15 …
- … Walsh 1865 . See letter from B. D. Walsh, 12 November 1865 and n. 8. According to Emma …
- … n. 14. See also letter from B. D. Walsh, 12 November 1865 . In his letter to CD of 1 …
- … and n. 9). See letter from B. D. Walsh, 12 November 1865 and n. 10. On John Scott’s …
From Thomas Henry Huxley 1 January 1865
Summary
Sends photograph.
THH wishes he could write the popular zoology but writing is a boring and slow process when he is not interested, and he is overburdened with lectures.
Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Jan 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 304 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4732 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Fritz Müller in 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Ernst Haeckel, 21 November [ …
- … See Correspondence vol. 12, letter to T. H. Huxley, 5 November [1864] . The photographs …
- … of 5 November [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD encouraged him to write a ‘Popular’ …
- … 5 November [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD included some remarks by Emma Darwin on …
- … to John Lubbock (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters to John Lubbock , 19 November [1864] …
- … and weakness (see Correspondence vol. 12). The reference is to Für Darwin ( Müller …
To Asa Gray 19 April [1865]
Summary
Congratulates AG on the "grand news of Richmond".
Still interested in dimorphism and would welcome new cases.
Working on Variation
and correcting proofs of Climbing plants.
Would like seed of AG’s dimorphic Plantago.
Cannot understand how the wind could fertilise reciprocally dimorphic flowers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 19 Apr [1865] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (77) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4467 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 1 September 1863 , and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] ). See …
- … and 11 July 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12). CD refers to A. Gray 1865a , Scott 1864b , …
- … vol. 10, letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] , Correspondence vol. 11, letter to …
- … 1863] and n. 6, and Correspondence vol. 12, letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 May [1864] , …
- … from B. D. Walsh, 1 March 1865 and n. 12. Gray acknowledged receiving a copy of ‘Three …
- … for this paper, see Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix III. CD refers to Variation (see …
- … habits of climbing plants’ was published on 12 June 1865 in a double issue of the Journal …
From J. D. Hooker [27 February 1865?]
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [27 Feb 1865?] |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4777 |
From Fritz Müller 10 October 1865
Summary
Thanks CD for his photograph.
Sends a paper ["Über das Holz einiger um Desterro wachsender Kletterpflanzen", Botanische Zeitung 24 (1866): 57–60, 65–9].
Believes species of sponge with different mineral spiculae are descended from a form with organic spiculae.
Reports observations on motions of Linum stalks following the sun.
Regards Anelasma as a connecting form between cirripedes and Rhizocephala.
Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Oct 1865 |
Classmark: | Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 74–6. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4912A |
Matches: 7 hits
- … See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 , n. 1. For a translation of this letter, …
- … Appendix I. See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 , n. 1. For a transcription of …
- … section of the letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 ; see, however, the letter to …
- … as the frontispiece to Correspondence vol. 12. CD had offered Müller a copy of the German …
- … Müller, 9 December [1865] ). In a letter of 12 December 1865, Müller asked Schultze to try …
- … article is reproduced as the letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October …
- … 1865] ; see also letter from Fritz Müller, 12 August 1865 , n. 11. Rosa Müller . Müller …
letter | (157) |
Darwin, C. R. | (62) |
Hooker, J. D. | (17) |
Müller, Fritz | (5) |
Huxley, T. H. | (4) |
Tegetmeier, W. B. | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (91) |
Hooker, J. D. | (19) |
Huxley, T. H. | (4) |
Müller, Fritz | (4) |
Gray, Asa | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (153) |
Hooker, J. D. | (36) |
Müller, Fritz | (9) |
Huxley, T. H. | (8) |
Gray, Asa | (6) |

Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874
Summary
You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…
Matches: 1 hits
- … barely understand a word. Writing in French on 12 November 1874 to thank Darwin for the …

Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, …
- … Stove [that is, cool hothouse]’ ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March …
- … of different temperatures’ (letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March [1869] , Calendar no. 6661) …
- … 100 yards’ to the greenhouses ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 January …
- … in mid-February (see letter from L. C. Treviranus, 12 February 1863 ). The second list is …
- … Anoectochilus argenteus 12 5 s . …
- … punctatum. 11. Mormodes aurantiaca 12. ‘Anoectochilus argenteus 5 s .’ deleted in …
- … Bolbophyllum barbigerum 12 major …
- … Ampelidae. 11. Alloplectus chrysanthus. 12. Bulbophyllum barbigerum. 13. …

Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … Seventy years old Darwin’s seventieth birthday on 12 February was a cause for international …
- … and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ). The masters of …
- … ). The botanist and schoolteacher Hermann Müller wrote on 12 February to wish Darwin a ‘long and …
- … well, and with little fatigue’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 , and letter from Leonard …
- … ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was little …
- … Thiselton-Dyer, 5 June 1879 , and letter to G. H. Darwin, 12 July 1879 ). Darwin’s final task …
- … inn ‘ very comfortable’, but told Leonard Darwin on 12 August that there were ‘too many human …
- … not to have come up when the Darwins lunched with him on 12 August (Darwin’s ‘Journal’). Nor did …
- … the world. At the end of the year he was awarded a prize of 12,000 francs by the Turin Academy of …
- … which greatly pleased Darwin ( letter from Grant Allen, 12 February 1879 ). One of Allen’s targets …
- … engagement being made public ( letter from T. H. Farrer, 12 October 1879 ). Darwin’s response not …
- … accurate in its treatment’ ( letter from Francis Galton, 12 November 1879 ). The comment that …

Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … (letters from George Cupples, 21 February 1874 and 12 March 1874 ); the material was …
- … the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii; letters from T. N. Staley, 12 February 1874 and 20 February 1874 …
- … was published in November 1874 ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Though containing …
- … print runs would be very good ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 November 1874 ). Darwin's …
- … Review & in the same type’ ( letter from John Murray, 12 August 1874 ). George’s letter …
- … he finally wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any …
- … & snugness’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ). More …
- … vicar of Deptford ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ), but to her …
- … mechanism that Darwin agreed with ( letter to F. J. Cohn, 12 October 1874 ). Darwin’s American …
- … bank with enormous tips to his ears ( letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 ). The Manchester …
- … excellent, & as clear as light’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 12 August [1874] ). Hooker …
1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait
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< Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more may once have existed. In a letter of 1873 an old Shrewsbury friend, Arthur Mostyn Owen, offered to send Darwin a watercolour sketch of him, painted many years…
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- … < Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more …

Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … made a small omission ’. Stephen’s reply on 12 January was flattering, reassuring, and …
- … books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 May he described …
- … Darwin had difficulty in obtaining mature plants. On 12 April, he reported to Müller , ‘I have …
- … to make me happy & contented,’ he told Wallace on 12 July , ‘but life has become very …
- … fight’ (letters to J. D. Hooker, 6 August 1881 and 12 August 1881 ). Darwin may have …
- … else’s judgment on the subject ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 12 July 1881 ). However, some requests …

Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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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…
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- … Hooker: ‘he is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual …
- … of the year, he wrote to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ): ‘my notions on …
- … least 3 classes of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to …
- … passed so miserable a nine months’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 12 September [1862] ). A family …
- … ‘Botany is a new subject to me’ ( letter to John Scott, 12 November [1862] ), but, impressed by …
- … into Tyndall’s ears’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10–12 November [1862] ). Another of Darwin’s …
German and Dutch photograph albums
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Darwin Day 2018: To celebrate Darwin's 209th birthday, we present two lavishly produced albums of portrait photographs which Darwin received from continental admirers 141 years ago. These unusual gifts from Germany and the Netherlands are made…
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- … their generous sympathy. ( Letter to A. A. van Bemmelen, 12 February 1877 ) View the …

Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … than insectivorous plants. As he confessed to Hooker on 12 December , ‘I have not felt so angry …
- … from his family, he sent a curt note to Mivart on 12 January , breaking off all future …
- … of a bill that was presented to the House of Commons on 12 May, one week after a rival bill based on …
- … The author, Fritz Schultze, contacted Darwin himself on 12 June , describing the aims of his book …
- … scientific Socy. has done in my time,’ he told Hooker on 12 December . ‘I wish that I knew what …

Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Rubiaceae with enclosures containing bud samples, 12 May 1878 G. H. Darwin's …

Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…

The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…

Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…

Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…

Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…

Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…