From G. C. Oxenden 4 June [1862]
Summary
Sends orchids.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.2: 53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3589 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden 4 June [1862] …
- … 173.2: 53 George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 4 June [1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … by the relationship to the letters from G. C. Oxenden, [before 30 May 1862] and …
- … 30 May [1862] . In …
- … his letters to CD of 26 May 1862 and …
- … 30 May [1862], Oxenden had offered to send CD specimens of Orchis hircina (a synonym of …
- … the lizard orchid); see also letter from G. C. Oxenden, 31 May [1862] . CD’s notes …
- … these specimens, dated 6 and 10 June 1862, are in DAR 70: 27–9. CD acknowledged Oxenden’s …
- … E. Darwin, [31 May 1862] ). Oxenden had sent CD a specimen of Monotropa hypopitys , the …
- … letter from G. C. Oxenden, 31 May [1862] ). The orchid Neottia nidus-avis is commonly …
- … notes on this species, dated 17 and 21 May 1862, in DAR 70: 73–4. CD later reported these …
- … and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. …
- … this specimen has been found. See letters from G. C. Oxenden, [before 30 May 1862] and …
- … 30 May [1862] . Oxenden refers to the species that CD called Gymnadenia albida in …
- … See letter from G. C. Oxenden, 15 May 1862 and n. 3. Epipactis latifolia is a synonym …
- … of Hammarbya paludosa , the bog orchid; see letters from G. C. Oxenden, 26 May 1862 and …
- … 30 May [1862] ; see also letter to W. …
From G. C. Oxenden 4 August [1862?]
Summary
Finds many beautiful Epipactis specimens.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Aug [1862?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3680 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden 4 August [1862? ] …
- … C. Oxenden, 17 September [1862] . …
- … 57 George Chichester Oxenden Crowhurst Park, Battle 4 Aug [1862? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … husband of Oxenden’s sister, Frances Margaret Papillon ( Burke’s landed gentry 1862). In …
- … letters written earlier in the summer of 1862, Oxenden discussed various species of …
- … send CD specimens later in the season (see letters from G. C. Oxenden, 15 May 1862 , 4 …
- … June [1862] , and [before …
- … 21 June 1862] ); Oxenden sent specimens of E. …
- … palustris with his letter of 8 July 1862 . See also letter from G. …
From G. C. Oxenden 17 September [1862]
Summary
Strongly recommends Condy’s "Ozonised Disinfectant" as a cure for scarlet fever.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Sept [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3728 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden 17 September [1862] …
- … 173: 59 George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 17 Sept [1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Condy, Henry Bollmann. 1862. Air and water: their impurities and …
- … a reply to Oxenden’s letter of 11 September 1862 , if he could send him some specimens of …
- … letter to C. C. Babington, 20 January [1862] and n. 3), CD had obtained a specimen of …
- … of whom became ill with scarlet fever in 1862 (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 10, …
- … also letter from G. C. Oxenden, 21 June 1862 . Condy’s ‘Ozonised Fluid’ was a solution …
- … and sanitary objects in general’ ( Condy 1862 , p. 69). CD took the fluid himself later …
- … in the year (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 10–12 November [1862] ). …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 [April 1862] ). In the summer of 1861, CD had sent Oxenden …
- … obtain specimens of E. palustris , see the letters from G. C. Oxenden, 15 May 1862 , 4 …
- … June [1862] , [before …
- … 21 June 1862] , and …
- … 8 July [1862] . Oxenden apparently refers to the illnesses of …
From G. C. Oxenden 31 May [1862]
Summary
Sends plants.
The disappearance of rare plants from localities where they have been abundant can be explained.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 May [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.2: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3581 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden 31 May [1862] …
- … 173.2: 51 George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 31 May [1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … from G. C. Oxenden, 30 May [ 1862] . Oxenden probably refers to his correspondence with …
- … has not been found, but see the letters from G. C. Oxenden, [before 30 May 1862] and …
- … 30 May [1862] . See letter from G. …
- … C. Oxenden, 4 June [1862] and n. 8. …
- … Dated by the relationship to the letters from G. C. Oxenden, 26 May 1862 and …
- … 30 May [1862] . Oxenden refers to Aceras anthropophorum (a synonym of Orchis …
- … an orchid. See also letter from G. C. Oxenden, 4 June [1862] and n. 8. See letter …
From G. C. Oxenden 21 June 1862
Summary
Yesterday found hundreds of [Ophrys] apifera and [Ophrys] arachnites in bloom in the same area. The two species grow in clumps and do not mix with each other.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 June 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.2: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3618 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden 21 June 1862 …
- … 173.2: 54 George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 21 June 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Condy, Henry Bollmann. 1862. Air and water: their impurities and …
- … s aid’ (see letter to A. G. More, 7 June 1862 and nn. 2 and 3). CD had asked Alexander …
- … made a similar enquiry of Oxenden. See also letter from G. C. Oxenden, 8 July 1862 . …
- … Broome June 21. 1862 Dear Sir I hope your Son is Convalescent — —If you were to place him …
- … see letter to W. E. Darwin, 13 [June 1862] ). ‘Condy’s fluid’ was a solution of alkaline …
- … and sanitary objects in general’ ( Condy 1862 , p. 69). Oxenden had sent CD specimens of …
- … send more in ‘a few more days’ (see letters from G. C. Oxenden, [before 30 May 1862] and …
- … 4 June [1862] ). CD’s replies to these letters …
- … found, but in his letter of [before 21 June 1862] , Oxenden expressed his regret at CD’s …
From G. C. Oxenden [before 21 June 1862]
Summary
Sad that CD is quitting his studies of orchids.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 21 June 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.2: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3584 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden [before 21 June 1862] …
- … 173.2: 52 George Chichester Oxenden unstated [before 21 June 1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … also letter from G. C. Oxenden, 8 July 1862 . Ophrys arachnites flowers from late June …
- … p. 97). In his letter of [before 30 May 1862] , Oxenden reported that it was too early …
- … Dated by the relationship to the letters from G. C. Oxenden, 4 June [1862] and …
- … 21 June 1862 , and by the references to the flowering season of Ophrys arachnites and …
- … Orchids (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 May [1862] and n. 5). Oxenden had assisted CD’s …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. Variation : The variation of animals and …
- … p. 31 n. ). In his letter of 4 June [1862] , Oxenden promised to send CD ‘good spikes ’ …
- … the late spider-orchid; see letter from G. C. Oxenden, 31 May [1862] ), but in his …
- … letter of 4 June [1862] , he expressed the hope of soon being able to send more. Epipactis …
From G. C. Oxenden 8 July [1862]
Summary
Has misplaced CD’s forwarding address.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 55 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3648 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden 8 July [1862] …
- … Bibliography Oxenden, George Chichester. 1862. Railway Horace. London. …
- … 173: 55 George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 8 July [1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the second edition of Orchids. Oxenden 1862 . Railway Horace was a parody of Horace, the …
- … below), and by the reference to Oxenden 1862 (see n. 4, below). CD’s letter has not been …
- … the letter trom G. C. Oxenden, 8 July 1862. George Buchanan Wollaston , a fern collector …
- … see letter from Frederick Currey, 3 July 1862 ). No such visit is recorded in Emma Darwin’ …
From G. C. Oxenden 30 May [1862]
Summary
Awaits instructions for sending lizard orchid.
Asks for a coloured plate of Malaxis paludosa so that he can find specimens for CD.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.2: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3577 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden 30 May [1862] …
- … 173.2: 50 George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 30 May [1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … from G. C. Oxenden, [before 30 May 1862] , in which Oxenden described his difficulty in …
- … to the letter from G. C. Oxenden, 26 May 1862 (see n. 2, below). Oxenden had offered to …
- … of Himantoglossum hircinum , the lizard orchid) in his letters to CD of 15 May 1862 and …
- … 26 May 1862. See also letter from G. …
- … C. Oxenden, 4 June [1862] and n. 2. The reference is to the American warships Merrimack …
- … clad warship, the Monitor . In March 1862, the two ships engaged in a famous encounter at …
- … 1, tab. 72. In his letter of 26 May 1862 , Oxenden had asked CD for a coloured drawing or …
From G. C. Oxenden 27 September [1862]
Summary
Thinks "ozonised fluid" is a pure solution of permanganate of soda. Sends dosage.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Sept [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.2: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3740 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden 27 September [1862] …
- … 173.2: 60 George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 27 Sept [1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Condy, Henry Bollmann. 1862. Air and water: their impurities and …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 10–12 November [1862] , CD mentioned that he had been taking ‘a …
- … of air and water, and sanitary objects in general’ ( Condy 1862 , p. 69). Oxenden …
- … Fluid’ to CD in his letter of 21 June 1862 , recommending it for the external treatment of …
- … However, in his letter of 17 September [1862] , Oxenden also recommended its use as a ‘ …
From G. C. Oxenden 13 July [1862]
Summary
Offers more Epipactis.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4565 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden 13 July [1862] …
- … 173: 65 George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 13 July [1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and the letter from G. C. Oxenden, 4 June [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). Oxenden had …
- … 10, letter from G. C. Oxenden, 4 June [1862] ). No further letter from Oxenden on E. …
- … papers 2: 147). In his letter of 21 June 1862 , Oxenden had recommended a treatment for …
- … fever (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from G. C. Oxenden, 21 June 1862 and n. 1). …
From George Chichester Oxenden 15 May 1862
Summary
Thanks for the book [Orchids].
Found thousands of Ophrys aranifera plants.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 May 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.2: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3553 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From George Chichester Oxenden 15 May 1862 …
- … 173.2: 48 George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 15 May 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … With many kind thanks & regards | G: Chichester Oxenden Broome May 15 | 1862— …
- … In DAR 70: 10–11 there are notes dated 24 May 1862, recording observations on specimens of …
- … and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. …
- … of this plant (see letter from C. W. Crocker, 13 March 1862 and n. 2). See also letter …
- … to A. G. More, 18 May 1862 , and letter from G. …
- … C. Oxenden, 4 June [1862] . CD had hoped to examine a specimen of the rare Orchis …
From G. C. Oxenden [before 30 May 1862]
Summary
Has looked for [Ophrys] arachnites for CD, but it is too early in the season.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 30 May 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.1: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3526 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden [before 30 May 1862] …
- … 173.1: 47 George Chichester Oxenden unstated [before 30 May 1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see n. 3, below). In his letter of 15 May 1862 , Oxenden asked whether there was any way …
- … and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. …
- … two forms (see n. 3, below, and letter to A. G. More, 7 June 1862 , letters from G. …
- … C. Oxenden, 21 June 1862 and …
- … 8 July 1862 , and letter to …
- … Daniel Oliver, 24 July [1862] ). In DAR 70: …
- … is an observational note, dated 30 May 1862, that states: 2 spikes of Arachnites sent me …
From G. C. Oxenden 26 May 1862
Summary
Reminisces about Andrew Knight, whom he knew as a young man.
Praises Orchids for its "analogies of Creation".
Will send lizard orchid.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 May 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.2: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3572 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden 26 May 1862 …
- … 173.2: 49 George Chichester Oxenden Broome, Canterbury 26 May 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter from G. C. Oxenden, 15 May 1862 and n. 4. Malaxis paludosa (a synonym of …
- … also letter from G. C. Oxenden, 15 May 1862 . Oxenden refers to Thomas Andrew Knight , …
- … Broome | Canterbury May 26. 1862. Dear Sir Each fresh page of the beautiful Book you sent …
- … and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. …
From George Chichester Oxenden 5 July [1862]
Summary
His gardener kept an all-night watch on Epipactis palustris but saw no insects visit.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4553 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From George Chichester Oxenden 5 July [1862] …
- … 173: 64 George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 5 July [1862] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter from G. C. Oxenden, 8 July 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). In June 1861, CD …
- … 10, letter from G. C. Oxenden, 8 July 1862 ). Oxenden’s assistance in supplying CD with …
From G. C. Oxenden 8 July 1862
Summary
Has not found insects visiting Epipactis palustris either at night or in the day.
Reality of hybrid plants and birds in nature is controversial.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 July 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3647 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From G. C. Oxenden 8 July 1862 …
- … DAR 173: 56 George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 8 July 1862 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Broome July 8. 1862 Dear Sir I do assure you, you expressed a desire to know if Insects …
- … forms of the same species (see letters from G. C. Oxenden, [before 30 May 1862] and …
- … 21 June 1862 , and letter to A. …
- … G. More, 7 June 1862 ). CD’s letters to Oxenden on this subject have not been found, but …
From G. C. Oxenden 11 September 1862
Summary
He collected Splachnum luteum north of Spitzbergen 40 years ago. Now an acquaintance has brought the plant back from the identical spot.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Sept 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3716 |
From George Chichester Oxenden 5 June [1862 or 1864?]
Summary
Sends musk orchid.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 June [1862 or 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4520 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From George Chichester Oxenden 5 June [1862 or 1864? ] …
- … George Chichester Oxenden Broome Canterbury 5 June 1862 5 June 1864 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. …
- … between CD and Oxenden that took place in 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10) and 1864 ( …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (17) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (17) |
| Oxenden, G. C. | (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
Summary
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
Summary
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…
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- … 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
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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…
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- … 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 …
