From Daniel Oliver 14 April 1862
Summary
Discusses primrose ovules,
Atlantis paper [Nat. Hist. Rev. (1862): 149–70],
plant migrations;
Corydalis.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Apr 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 54–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3722 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … From Daniel Oliver 14 April 1862 …
- … DAR 101: 54–5 Daniel Oliver Kew 14 Apr 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … ovules, Atlantis paper [ Nat. Hist. Rev. (1862): 149–70], plant migrations; Corydalis . …
- … organs, which are never wholly separated. See letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] . …
- … Kew G. Monday. 14. IV . 1862 My dear Sir How very kind you are to write me at such …
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 6 (1862): 77–96. [ Collected papers 2: 45–63. ] Rehbock, …
- … See letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] . Walter Hood Fitch , a botanical artist at …
- … see letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ). Oliver had observed a difference in the …
- … of that described by Oliver (see letter from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 , and letter to …
- … Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ). Oliver refers to the manuscript of his review of …
- … See letter from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 . Oliver refers to Brongniart 1839 . In [ …
- … letter to Daniel Oliver, 15 April [1862] ). Oliver repeated his observations, apparently …
- … See letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] . Oliver refers to those who, like Louis …
- … specimens of Primula farinosa (see letter from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 and n. 9). …
From Daniel Oliver 4 September 1862
Summary
Sends flowers with anthers of two colours.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Sept 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3711 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Daniel Oliver 4 September 1862 …
- … DAR 173: 17 Daniel Oliver Kew 4 Sept 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1851 ). Hooker had left London for Scotland on 23 August 1862 (see letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 20 August 1862 ). See …
- … letter from Daniel Oliver, 13 September 1862 and n. 1. CD apparently intended to pay …
- … Royal Gardens Kew 4. IX. 1862 Dear Sir I have been looking amongst the herbaceous beds & …
- … letter to Daniel Oliver, 2 September [1862] , he asked Oliver to send him fresh flowers of …
- … coloured anthers (see letter to Daniel Oliver, 2 September [1862] ). In DAR 27.2 (ser. …
- … 2): 17, there are notes, dated 5 September 1862, describing a fresh flower of Lythrum …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 August 1862 ). Oliver was an assistant in the herbarium …
- … 3). See letter to Daniel Oliver, 2 September [1862] and n. 7. CD initially identified the …
From Daniel Oliver [4–8 February 1862]
Summary
Cites descriptions of melastomads in C. V. Naudin, Annales des Sciences Naturelles 3d ser., vols. 12–18.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4–8 Feb 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.8: 69 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2916 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From Daniel Oliver [4–8 February 1862] …
- … DAR 205.8: 69 Daniel Oliver unstated [4–8 Feb 1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bentham declined to help (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1862] , and letter to …
- … Asa Gray, 16 February [1862] ), but apparently communicated the enquiries to Oliver and …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1862] and n. 2). Oliver cites Naudin 1849–52. …
- … an earlier summary of his experimental findings dated 3 February 1862 (DAR 205.8: 46 v. ). …
- … the letter to George Bentham, 3 February [1862] (see n. 2, below), and to the letter to …
- … J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1862] , in which CD asked Hooker to thank Oliver for his ‘ …
- … short extract & references’. See also letter to Asa Gray, 16 February [1862] . In …
- … his letter to George Bentham, 3 February [1862] , CD had requested information concerning …
From Daniel Oliver 25 November 1862
Summary
Informs CD of possible dimorphism of Epilobium angustifolium.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Nov 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 111 (ser. 2): 61–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3828 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Daniel Oliver 25 November 1862 …
- … DAR 111 (ser. 2): 61–2 Daniel Oliver Kew 25 Nov 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 and] 20 November [1862] , and letter to …
- … Daniel Oliver, 23 [November 1862] . …
- … William Borrer died in January 1862, leaving his herbarium to the Royal Botanic Gardens, …
- … Hooker ( BUCOP ). See letter to Daniel Oliver, 23 [November 1862] and n. 10. Joseph …
- … Dalton Hooker . See letter to Daniel Oliver, 23 [November 1862] . See letter from C. …
- … C. Babington, 17 January 1862 , and letter to C. …
- … C. Babington, 20 January [1862] . These are references to additional articles on …
- … Library–CUL. See also letter to W. A. Leighton, 26 November [1862] . Wray 1861a . …
- … See letter to Daniel Oliver, 23 [November 1862] and n. 8. Oliver refers to Planchon 1847– …
From Daniel Oliver 23 April 1862
Summary
Distinguishes two kinds of floral dimorphism: that affecting sexual organs and that affecting outer envelopes.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Apr 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.1: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3515 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Daniel Oliver 23 April 1862 …
- … DAR 173.1: 14 Daniel Oliver Kew 23 Apr 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to Daniel Oliver, 20 [April 1862] and n. 2. …
- … relating to these specimens, dated 24 April 1862, in DAR 109 (ser. 2): 5. CD subsequently …
- … of flowers , pp. 181–3). [Oliver] 1862c. See letter to Daniel Oliver, 15 April [1862] . …
- … Kew. Wednesday | 23. Apr. 1862 Dear Sir Here are the flowers of Oxalis as requested. I do …
From Daniel Oliver 10 April 1862
Summary
Now believes flowers of Fumariaceae must be self-fertilised.
Planning a piece on dimorphism in the Natural History Review ["On the two forms, or dimorphic condition, in the species of Primula … by Charles Darwin", n.s. 2 (1862): 235–43].
Observations on Campanula dimorphism.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Apr 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.1: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3502 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Daniel Oliver 10 April 1862 …
- … See letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] . …
- … DAR 173.1: 13 Daniel Oliver Richmond 10 Apr 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … species of Primula … by Charles Darwin", n.s. 2 (1862): 235–43]. Observations on Campanula …
- … Richmond, SW. 10. IV . 1862 My dear Sir. It is very atrocious of me to trouble you espec …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 [April 1862] and n. 5). CD and Oliver had corresponded …
- … of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 6 (1862): 77–96. [ Collected papers 2: 45–63. ] Forms of …
- … 1861] , and 11 September [1861] ). See letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] and n. 4. …
- … also letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] . Hooker and Thomson 1858. Linnaeus 1792 . …
From Daniel Oliver 13 September 1862
Summary
Has given directions to save seeds of Lythrum hyssopifolium.
CD’s diagram of Lythrum salicaria is very remarkable. [See Collected papers 2: 107.]
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 111 (ser. 2): 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3718 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Daniel Oliver 13 September 1862 …
- … DAR 111 (ser. 2): 60 Daniel Oliver Kew 13 Sept 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to Daniel Oliver, [17 September 1862] and n. 10). The German dendrologist and …
- … Royal Gardens Kew 13. IX. 1862 My dear Sir I have given directions about saving seeds of …
- … Lythrum with his letter of 4 September 1862 , including the rare L. hyssopifolia , plants …
- … see letter to C. C. Babington, 2 September [1862] and n. 3). CD had written again, in a …
- … letter from Daniel Oliver, 4 September 1862 ). CD’s letter has not been found; however, …
- … salicaria in the letter to W. E. Darwin, [2–3 August 1862] , and in the letter to …
- … Asa Gray, [3–]4 September [1862] . Oliver refers to CD’s work on dimorphic and trimorphic …
From Daniel Oliver 28 July 1862
Summary
Sends orchids from W. H. Gower.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 July 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3668 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Daniel Oliver 28 July 1862 …
- … DAR 173: 16 Daniel Oliver Kew 28 July 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to Daniel Oliver, 24 July [1862] ; William Hugh Gower was a foreman at the …
- … the letter to Daniel Oliver, 24 July [1862] , CD had encouraged Oliver to write a review …
- … of postage of the plant specimens (see letter to Daniel Oliver, 29 [July 1862] and n. 7). …
- … and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. …
From Daniel Oliver 14 May 1862
Summary
Thanks for Orchids.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 May 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.1: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3546 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Daniel Oliver 14 May 1862 …
- … DAR 173.1: 15 Daniel Oliver Richmond 14 May 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Murray offered Orchids for sale on 15 May 1862 ( Freeman 1977 , p. 112). Oliver’s name …
- … Richmond, S.W. 14. May 1862 My dear Sir I must not defer thanking you for your very kind …
- … and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. …
From Daniel Oliver 16 September 1862
Summary
Envelope containing specimens (apparently mentioned in the letter from Daniel Oliver 27 February 1863 (S 4015)).
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Sept 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 142: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13891G |
From Daniel Oliver 22 January 1863
Summary
The number of "aquatic" flowers is reduced if one considers only those that expand under water.
Lecturing at Norwich.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Jan 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3937 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Bibliography Babington, Charles Cardale. 1862. Manual of British botany, containing the …
- … The course of ten lectures for advanced students began on 8 November 1862 ( Athenæum , …
- … 8 November 1862, p. 577). Oliver and Hanbury 1863. The reference is to the pharmacist …
- … creating new species and new names ( Bentham 1862 ). Bentham was referring to the recent …
- … s Manual of British botany ( Babington 1862 ) and the eighth edition of The British flora …
From Daniel Oliver 12 March 1877
Summary
Discusses the cleistogamous flowers of Oxalis. Thinks they may not be truly cleistogamous but merely arrested or imperfectly developed normal flowers.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 35 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10890 |
From Daniel Oliver [after 20 July 1863]
Summary
Gives a reference to a paper.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 20 July 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4366 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Daniel Oliver, 18 July [1863] . Duchartre 1862 described the enlargement of ovules under …
From Daniel Oliver 27 November 1863
Summary
Discusses the contraction of hygroscopic bundles in seed-pods,
and a paper by Hugo von Mohl ["Über dimorphe Blüthen", Bot. Ztg. (1863): 309–15, 321–8] in which he discusses Oxalis and determines that Fumaria is a necessarily self-fertilising plant.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Nov 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4349 |
From Daniel Oliver 14 April 1863
Summary
The ovule of Primula is amphitropous or what J. Georg Agardh calls apotropo-amphitropous [see Theoria systematis plantarum (1858), tab. 24, fig. 5–6].
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Apr 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4093 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Gnetaceæ. [Read 16 January and 18 December 1862. ] ]Transactions of the Linnean Society …
From Daniel Oliver 25 September 1860
Summary
His results with pure gum on Drosera spathulata entirely support CD’s opinion. Other observations on insectivorous plants.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept 1860 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 1–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2927 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … on 21 June 1860. The paper was published in 1862 ( Hooker 1862a ). Hooker 1855–60 . Alvan …
From Daniel Oliver 19 December 1874
Summary
Sends Utricularia montana and Byblis species.
Drosera census numbers 100 species.
Genlisea distinguished from Utricularia.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Dec 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 112–13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9765 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 2002. Oliver refers to Bentham and Hooker 1862 –83, 1: 662 ( Genera plantarum ), Bentham …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (17) |
| Oliver, Daniel | (17) |
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: 28 hits
- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
- … be so’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 and] 20 November [1862] ). I have not the least …
- … him from this view ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 [January 1862] ): 'no doubt you are right …
- … Huxley replied ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 January 1862 ): 'I entertain no doubt that …
- … but continued ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 18 December [1862] ): 'you say the answer to …
- … but complained ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1862] ): 'To get the degree of …
- … him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether taken …
- … is no common man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] ). Two sexual forms: …
- … with his study of Primula and escalated throughout 1862 as he searched for other cases of …
- … 1861, and was published in the society’s journal in March 1862. The paper described the two …
- … in almost daily’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). In a postscript, he mentioned his work …
- … telling Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 March [1862] ): ‘I am nearly sure that daylight is …
- … great’, he told Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] ), ‘I have lately counted one by one …
- … labour over them’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] ; see ML 2: 292–3). Other …
- … of dimorphism’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 12 [April 1862] ), and experimenting to test his …
- … sets of experiments’ ( letter to M. T. Masters, 24 July [1862] ). The materials that Darwin …
- … case he determined to experiment on Linum in 1862. Soon he was enthralled, especially by the …
- … be generically distinct’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] ). The case was so good that he …
- … Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his experiments in …
- … complex case—’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 29 [July 1862] ). The three forms had different lengths …
- … who exclaimed to Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 9 August [1862] ), ‘I am almost stark staring mad over …
- … the Linnean Society ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 October [1862] ). However, it was not until 1864 …
- … pleasure to ride’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). But he worried about the resulting …
- … the Book will sell’ ( letter to John Murray, 9 [February 1862] ). To his son, William, his …
- … every flower’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 8 June [1862] ). I never before felt half so …
- … he told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 [May 1862] ). But he did not have long to wait. ‘It is …
- … it ‘most valuable’ (letter from George Bentham, 15 May 1862). Orchids was published on 15 May, …
- … all, ‘a success’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 [June 1862] ). a flank-movement on the …
Origin: the lost changes for the second German edition
Summary
Darwin sent a list of changes made uniquely to the second German edition of Origin to its translator, Heinrich Georg Bronn. That lost list is recreated here.
Matches: 5 hits
- … In March 1862, Heinrich Georg Bronn wrote to Darwin stating his intention to prepare a …
- … edition (see letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ). Since the publication of the …
- … of importance’ (see letter to H. G. Bronn, 11 March [1862] ). Darwin had sent Bronn some of these …
- … in the new edition; in his letter to Bronn of 25 April [1862 ], he mentioned that he was sending …
- … from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). (No American edition incorporating …
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: 8 hits
- … in the mud. BEGINNING OF WAR IN AMERICA: 1861-1862 In which the start of the American …
- … cause. Tension. THE DARWIN BOYS: 1862 In which Darwin reports one …
- … 1856 33 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, 14 MARCH 1862 34 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, …
- … 1861 115 A GRAY TO CHARLES WRIGHT, 17 APRIL 1862 116 A GRAY TO RW CHURCH 7 MAY …
- … 10 JUNE 1861 121 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 31 MARCH 1862 122 JD HOOKER TO C …
- … 16 DEC 1861 124 A GRAY TO ENGELMANN, 20 FEB 1862 125 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 31 …
- … 7 JULY 1863 152 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, DECEMBER 1862 153 JD HOOKER TO C …
- … 1861 163 C Darwin TO A Gray, 16 OCTOBER 1862 164 C Darwin TO ASA GRAY, …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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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: 6 hits
- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
- … vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1862] , and volume 10, letter to Thomas Rivers, …
- … a construction suitable for tropical plants. In 1861 and 1862, while preparing Orchids , he was …
- … vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, Darwin purchased for …
- … over the previous two years. In a letter of 24 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10) …
- … Kent ( Post Office directory of the six home counties 1862). 3. Asclepias curassavica. …
I beg a million pardons: To John Lubbock, [3 September 1862]
Summary
Alison Pearn looks at a letter Darwin wrote to his neighbour and friend, John Lubbock, after making a mistake in his research on bees in 1862.
Matches: 1 hits
- … Lubbock, after making a mistake in his research on bees in 1862. …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
Summary
This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
Clémence Auguste Royer
Summary
Getting Origin translated into French was harder than Darwin had expected. The first translator he approached, Madame Belloc, turned him down on the grounds that the content was ‘too scientific‘, and then in 1860 the French political exile Pierre…
Women’s scientific participation
Summary
Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
Matches: 5 hits
- … Letter 3787 - Darwin, H. E. to Darwin, [29 October 1862] Henrietta Darwin provides …
- … Letter 3634 - Darwin to Gray, A., [1 July 1862] Darwin tells American naturalist Asa …
- … 3681 - Wedgwood, M. S. to Darwin, [before 4 August 1862] Darwin’s niece, Margaret, …
- … lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W. E. , (March, 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin …
- … - Darwin to Wedgwood, K. E. S, M. S. & L. C., [4 August 1862] Darwin thanks his “angel …
Floral Dimorphism
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Floral studies In 1877 Darwin published a book that included a series of smaller studies on botanical subjects. Titled The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, it consisted primarily of…
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…
Matches: 1 hits
- … 1 October [1861] To Charles Lyell, 1 April [1862] To Charles Lyell, 14 October …
Have you read the one about....
Summary
... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
Matches: 1 hits
- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Orchids
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A project to follow On the Origin of Species Darwin began to observe English orchids and collect specimens from abroad in the years immediately following the publication of On the Origin of Species. Examining…
Matches: 4 hits
- … SOURCES Books Darwin, Charles 1862. On the various contrivances by which …
- … 3421 —Charles Darwin to Joseph Dalton Hooker 30 January 1862 Darwin tells Hooker about a …
- … Letter 3662 —Charles Darwin to Asa Gray 23-4 July 1862 Darwin tells Asa Gray, a professor …
- … Darwin’s work with orchids and Chapter 1 of Darwin’s 1862 book On the various …
Forms of flowers
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Darwin’s book The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, published in 1877, investigated the structural differences in the sexual organs of flowers of the same species. It drew on and expanded five articles Darwin had published on the…
Matches: 6 hits
- … briefly mentioned in his Primula paper. In July 1862, Darwin explained to Gray, ‘ I have …
- … of the genus Linum ’, between 11 and 21 December 1862. The paper was read at a meeting of the …
- … to Lythrum , a genus that he had begun researching in 1862 after Hooker had supplied him with …
- … of Lythrum he had been working on since late July 1862. He told Oliver that, ‘ as each form has …
- … of the crossing experiments immediately, but by October 1862, he admitted to Hooker, ‘ I am rather …
- … 117: 50). Darwin released William from counting in November 1862, telling him, ‘ Next year I shall …
Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
Matches: 4 hits
- … on Verbascum. Darwin had suggested to Scott in 1862, when Scott was working at the Royal Botanic …
- … vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November [1862] ). Darwin had already written to Hooker of …
- … disturbing the serenity of the Christian world’ (Brewster 1862, p. 3). John Hutton Balfour, though …
- … vol. 10, letter from J. H. Balfour, 14 January 1862 ). According to Hooker, Balfour’s prejudice …
Darwin on race and gender
Summary
Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … [1859] Letter to Charles Kingsley, 6 February [1862] Letter from F. W. Farrar, …
Darwin and Fatherhood
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Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
Species and varieties
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection …so begins the title of Darwin’s most famous book, and the reader would rightly assume that such a thing as ‘species’ must therefore exist and be subject to description. But the title continues, …or…
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
Matches: 1 hits
- … lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W. E. , (March 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin …
Sexual selection
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Although natural selection could explain the differences between species, Darwin realised that (other than in the reproductive organs themselves) it could not explain the often marked differences between the males and females of the same species. So what…
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- … the Lords' ( to J. D. Hooker, 25 [and 26] January [1862] ) In 1869, Darwin …
