To W. E. Darwin [27 October 1861]
Summary
Discusses affairs at Down and Southampton.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | [27 Oct 1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 82 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3302 |
To W. E. Darwin 17 [October 1861]
Summary
Discusses business matters relating to WED and the bank.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 17 [Oct 1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 79 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3287 |
To A. G. More 1 October [1861]
Summary
Discusses seed capsules [of Epipactis palustris?].
Sorry AGM is in bad health.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alexander Goodman More |
Date: | 1 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3273 |
From Daniel Oliver [after 8 October 1861]
Summary
Finds no trace of nectar in Stanhopea saccata.
Author: | Daniel Oliver |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 8 Oct 1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3280 |
To John Lindley 18 October [1861]
Summary
Thanks JL for identifying Catasetum saccatum.
Writes of his interest ("more than almost anything in my life") in orchids, but fears he is rash to publish.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Lindley |
Date: | 18 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 193) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3289 |
To W. E. Darwin 12 October [1861]
Summary
Asks whether WED has signed the articles of partnership in the bank.
Has been working at orchid drawings with G. B. Sowerby, Jr.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 12 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 78 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3284 |
To Daniel Oliver 8 October [1861]
Summary
Asks DO to look for nectar in Stanhopea saccata labellum. CD’s theory predicts nectar should be present, but afraid there is none.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
Date: | 8 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 31 (EH 88206014) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3279 |
To Lionel Smith Beale 26 October [1861]
Summary
Subscribes to present for Mrs J. T. Quekett only on condition that no public testimonial is planned for JTQ.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Lionel Smith Beale |
Date: | 26 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | Scripps College, Denison Library (Perkins Autograph Letter Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3300 |
To John Lindley 25 October [1861]
Summary
Sends thanks for an informative letter;
would be grateful for any orchids; names some he would particularly like.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Lindley |
Date: | 25 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 194) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3299 |
To Charles Lyell 20 October [1861]
Summary
Continued discussion of Jamieson’s Glen Roy theory. Mentions river erosion of glaciers. Quotes from old letter to CL [1116].
Is working hard on orchids; fears subject is too complex for the public.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 20 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.268) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3291 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Lyell, Charles …
- … r J. & you have come to. The whole Glacial Theory is really a magnificent subject. — I have been working terribly hard lately (for me) at Orchids. The subject is, I fear, too complex for the Public & I fear I have made a great mistake in not keeping to my first intention of sending it to Linnean Soc y . ; but it is now too late, & I must make the best of a bad job. — —Yours affec y | C. Darwin …
To W. E. Darwin 22 October [1861]
Summary
Tells of a shooting competition at Down.
Has been working hard at orchid drawings with G. B. Sowerby, Jr.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 22 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 80 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3294 |
To John Gould 6 October [1861]
Summary
Thanks for JG’s book [An introduction to the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds (1861)], which he has read carefully. Hopes someday to use the information on the close alliance of species in large genera.
CD repudiates hybridity of birds in nature.
Intends to extract the cases of "races" or doubtful species. They show that "determination of species is not a simple affair".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Gould |
Date: | 6 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (Add 4251/330) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3278 |
To Asa Gray [after 11 October 1861]
Summary
Thanks AG for notes on hollies.
Replies to an argument for design. Feels it monstrous to consider orchids created as they are now seen, since every part reveals modification on modification.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | [after 11 Oct 1861] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (51a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3283 |
To Charles Lyell 23 [October 1861]
Summary
Comments especially on the "intermediate shelf" problem of Glen Roy; views of Jamieson and Milne. CD "cannot help a sneaking hope that the sea might have formed the horizontal shelves".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 23 [Oct 1861] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.269) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3295 |
To J. D. Hooker 11 October [1861]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 11 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 117 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3281 |
To John Murray 3 October [1861]
Summary
Would JM object to size of Orchids being same as W. N. Hutchinson, Dog breeding [1850]? Prefers little book, not to look pretentious.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 3 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 110–111) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3275 |
To John Murray 5 October [1861]
Summary
Likes the idea of matching Orchids with Origin. Begs for large print and spacing so that the book will not look "ridiculously small".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 5 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | Private collection |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3276A |
To John Rogers 14 October [1861]
Summary
Would like to quote JR on the trigger mechanism of Catasetum in Orchids
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Rogers |
Date: | 14 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | Rogers family (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3285F |
To T. H. Huxley 22 October [1861]
Summary
Mr Campbell (recommended by H. Spencer) would be a treasure but doubts any man has patience to experiment at another’s suggestion.
Jocular comments about THH’s audacity in doubting Catasetum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 22 Oct [1861] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 177) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3293 |
To the Journal of Horticulture [before 22 October 1861]
Summary
Asks H. W. Newman whether the queen humble-bee is fertilised on the ground or in the air, and whether the fertilisation often takes place as late as September. [Newman’s reply follows CD’s letter.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Journal of Horticulture |
Date: | [before 22 Oct 1861] |
Classmark: | Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman n.s. 2 (1861–2): 76 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3778 |
letter | (37) |
Darwin, C. R. | (31) |
Gray, Asa | (1) |
Jamieson, T. F. | (1) |
Lyell, Charles | (1) |
Newman, H. W. | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (8) |
Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
Lyell, Charles | (3) |
Murray, John (b) | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (37) |
Hooker, J. D. | (8) |
Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
Lyell, Charles | (4) |
Murray, John (b) | (3) |