From J. D. Hooker 23 October 1875
Summary
Comments on Hermann Müller’s article on the structure of Gunnera flowers.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 42–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10215 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … 21 October [1875] and n. 2. CD sent Hooker a sheet of the letter from Fritz Müller, 12 …
- … from Fritz Müller, 12 September 1875 ). See letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 October [1875] and …
- … 12 September 1875 (see n. 1, above). CD had suggested to Hooker that the anomalous central flower in an umbel of wild carrot ( Daucus carota ) might be analogous to the terminal flower of Gunnera (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 …
From Fritz Müller 12 September 1875
Summary
Has read CD’s book on Drosera [Insectivorous plants] and found that it presents new material and is very interesting.
Has discovered that the parasites he thought he had found in Melipona nests are in fact true females. It is remarkable that they differ so greatly from the sterile females and males of their species.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Sept 1875 |
| Classmark: | Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 318; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (PrP 08-0011) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10155A |
From Quintino Sella 28 November 1875
Summary
Letter enclosing decree from the Accademia dei Lincei, with signatures dated 2 and 16 July 1875.
| Author: | Quintino Sella; Accademia dei Lincei |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Nov 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 229: 43, DAR 230: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10280F |
To Lyon Playfair 15 May [1875]
Summary
Discusses Vivisection Bill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews |
| Date: | 15 May [1875] |
| Classmark: | Bonhams (dealers) (10 November 2009); DAR 147: 245 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9980 |
From George Cupples 1 March 1875
Summary
Thanks for presentation copy of Descent, 2d ed.
| Author: | George Cupples |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 303 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9877 |
From John Lubbock 5 April [1875]
Summary
Expresses concern about the "coolness" between CD and [G. S.] Ffinden in regard to the Infant School.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Apr [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 198: 128 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9914F |
From W. E. Darwin [15? December 1875]
Summary
Asks CD whether it is worth sending money to prop up the Index.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15? Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 56) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10297F |
Document type
| letter | (7) |
Author
| Accademia dei Lincei | (1) |
| Cupples, George | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Playfair, Lyon | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Accademia dei Lincei | (1) |
| Cupples, George | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
