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To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   26 June 1874

Summary

Thanks for letter and seeds.

Asks that Hooker return references about plants eating insects.

Discusses Pinguicula.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  26 June 1874
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 14–15)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9515

Matches: 8 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   26 June 1874 …
  • Thiselton-Dyer, 25 June 1874 . See letter to W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, 9 June 1874 . See also letter from W.   …
  • … Erica tetralix (see letter from W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, 26 June 1874 ). For CD’s interest …
  • … Dalton Hooker . See letter to W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, 9 June 1874 . See letter to W.   …
  • Thiselton-Dyer, 4 April 1874  and n.  7. CD’s future daughter-in-law, Amy Ruck , had sent specimens of Pinguicula from Wales (see letter to W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, …
  • Thiselton-Dyer, 25 June 1874  and n.  7; Thiselton-Dyer’s reply to this point was presumably in the missing portion of that letter. Exalbuminous: having no albumen. John Ralfs ; see letter from W.  T.   Thiselton-Dyer, …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   15 April 1874

Summary

Thanks for the seeds and plants that he requested.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  15 Apr 1874
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 7)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9410

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   15 April 1874 …
  • … See letter to W.  H.  Thiselton-Dyer, 4 April 1874. See letter to W.  H.  Thiselton-Dyer, …

From W. T. Thiselton Dyer to Nature   [23–30 April 1874]

Summary

Cancelled: third-party letter.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Nature
Date:  [23-30 Apr 1874]
Classmark:  Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9424F

Matches: 2 hits

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   27 [June 1874]

Summary

Thanks for letter on Erica tetralix.

Identification of leaves digested by Pinguicula.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  27 [June 1874]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 18)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9566

Matches: 4 hits

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   31 January [1878]

Summary

Thanks for WTT-D’s help.

Burying action of seeds.

"Bloom" on ferns.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  31 Jan [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 106–7)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11340

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   31 January [1878] …
  • … ed. , pp. xi– xii. See letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 January 1878 and n. 16. Joseph …
  • … this letter and the letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 January 1878 . Daniel Oliver and …
  • … letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 January 1878 . George Bentham . See letter from W. T. …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   1 July 1874

Summary

Describes leaf movements of Pinguicula and Drosera in capturing prey. Notes effects of ammonium carbonate on leaves.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  1 July 1874
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Carnivorous Plants)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9527

Matches: 4 hits

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   4 June 1874

Summary

Discusses effects of water on movement of insectivorous plants.

Has just found that Pinguicula can digest albumen.

Asa Gray writes that Sarracenia secretes trail of fluid to attract insects [see 9455].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  4 June 1874
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 8–9)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9481

Matches: 4 hits

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   16 February [1878]

Summary

Wants Trifolium resupinatum for "bloom" experiment.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  16 Feb [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 110–11)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11362

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   16 February [1878] …
  • … this letter and the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 3 February [1878] . See letter to W. …
  • Thiselton-Dyer, 3 February [1878] . In 1877, CD had mentioned that the underside of only half the lateral leaflets of Trifolium resupinatum (Persian clover) had bloom on them and that the epidermal cells were of two different shapes on the upper and undersides of the leaf (see Correspondence vol. 25, letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [ …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   25 June [1878]

Summary

Asks WTT-D to identify a leaf.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  25 June [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 133–4)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11565

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   25 June [1878] …
  • … this letter and the postcard from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [27 June 1878] . CD’s gardener was …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   31 August [1878]

Summary

Movements of flower-stalks of Oxalis.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  31 Aug [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 148–9)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11682

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   31 August [1878] …
  • … Gardens, Kew). See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 30 August [1878] . CD had returned the …
  • … this letter and the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 30 August [1878] . CD had received …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   24 [June 1874]

Summary

Describes how Pinguicula captures insects.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  24 [June 1874]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 16–17)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9562

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   24 [June 1874] …
  • … this letter and the letter to W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, 23 June 1874 . According to his …
  • Thiselton-Dyer identified the leaf in an annotation to this letter as belonging to Erica tetralix (cross-leaved heath). See letter to W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   30 August [1878]

Summary

Heliotropism in roots.

Francis Darwin’s work on "bloom" and its relation to stomata.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  30 Aug [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 146–7)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11680

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   30 August [1878] …
  • … this letter and the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 24 August [1878] . The plant has not …
  • … clover) from Kew (see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 24 August [1878] ). CD and Francis …
  • W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 31 August [1878] ). CD had received plants of Bignonia capreolata (crossvine) from Kew and had tried to obtain more from the Veitch nursery, but they were unable to supply any (see letter to W. …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   18 June [1878]

Summary

Movements of cotyledons of Oxalis.

Francis Darwin at Würzburg with Julius Sachs.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  18 June [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 128–9)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11556

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   18 June [1878] …
  • … Correspondence vol. 27, letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 April 1879 . Oxalis incarnata …
  • … this letter and the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 2 June 1878 . For CD’s observations of …
  • … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 [May 1878] and n. 11. Harriet Anne Thiselton-Dyer ; see letter to W. …
  • … over the summer (see letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 2 June 1878 and n. 5). Arachis …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   19 [May 1878]

Summary

Germination of Cactaceae; CD wants seeds. Site of action of growth-stimuli.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  19 [May 1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 116–18)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11479

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   19 [May 1878] …
  • … this letter, the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 9 May [1878] , and the letter from W. …
  • … was caused by light ( letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 11 May 1878 and n. 3). CD had …
  • … or provision tree). See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 14 May 1878 and n. 5. See letter …
  • Thiselton-Dyer, 11 May 1878 . CD evidently wrote 19 April by mistake. CD had requested seeds and plants from Kew in his letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   22 December 1873

Summary

Concerning secretion of "bloom";

movements of Robinia.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  22 Dec 1873
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 3–4)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9189

Matches: 3 hits

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   5 April 1878

Summary

Review of Forms of flowers [Nature 17 (1878): 445–7].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  5 Apr 1878
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 114–15)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11464

Matches: 3 hits

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   30 October [1878]

Summary

Wants Impatiens seeds, in order to observe movements of cotyledons.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  30 Oct [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 189–90)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11731

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   30 October [1878] …
  • … between this letter and the letter to W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, 24 October [1878] . …
  • … 1981 , p. 75). See letter to W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, 24 October [1878] and n. 7. In …
  • Thiselton-Dyer has not been found but see the letter to W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer, 24 October [1878] and n. 2. Thiselton-Dyer and his wife, Harriet Anne, had recently returned from a month-long tour of Switzerland. See letter to W.   …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   14 July [1878]

Summary

Movement and sensitivity of flower parts; relationship to cross-fertilisation.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  14 July [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 135–6)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11605

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   14 July [1878] …
  • … this letter and the letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1878 . A plant of Thalia …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   20 [May 1878]

Summary

Will dispatch plants for Kew tomorrow.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  20 [May 1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 124–5)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11518

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
  • … Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. , Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: …
  • … Forms of flowers written by Thiselton-Dyer ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 April 1878 …
  • … To W.  T.  Thiselton-Dyer   20 [May 1878] …
  • … between this letter and the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 5 April 1878 , and by the day …
  • Thiselton-Dyer fruits of Araujia sericifera (common moth-vine or cruel plant) in January 1878 (see letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   15 September [1877]

Summary

Wants a Euphorbia to test for leaf movements.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  15 Sept [1877]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., 1873–81: ff. 95–6)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11141

Matches: 3 hits

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