To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 15 April 1880
Summary
Wants Ipomoea seeds for observing germination.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 15 Apr 1880 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 205–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12576 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 7 August 1877
Summary
Requests plants that show movement, and any with "bloom" living near the sea.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1877 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 80–1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11094 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 16 September 1876
Summary
Discusses the death of his daughter-in-law.
Plans to visit Southampton.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 16 Sept 1876 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 47–8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10602 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 3 February 1879
Summary
Heliotropic movements. Is giving up experiments until the spring.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 158–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11857 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 3 February 1879 …
- … See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 January [1879] and n. 4. CD was returning the …
- … to Kew ( ibid. , letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 30 August [1878] ). CD had received …
- … Correspondence vol. 25, letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 16 July 1877 . CD had observed …
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [after 20 October 1873?]
Summary
Composition of the residue left on evaporation of the fluid in Nepenthes.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 20 Oct 1873?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 60.2: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9792 |
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 26 June 1874
Summary
Identifies seeds adhering to leaves of Pinguicula [see Insectivorous plants, p. 369].
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 June 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 67–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9516 |
Matches: 3 hits
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 25 July 1877
Summary
Is acquiring some "maritime and glaucous" plants for CD.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11071 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 15 January 1880
Summary
Thanks for cotton seeds.
Germination of Megarrhiza.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 15 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 199–200) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12424 |
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 25 August 1877
Summary
CD’s curious observations on Trifolium resupinatum.
Describes a Maranta remarkable for its leaf asymmetry: its leaves are elliptical on one side and oblong on the other.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Aug 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11111 |
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [20 January 1879]
Summary
H. N. Moseley says [in "Notes on plants collected and observed at the Admiralty Islands", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 77] pigeons eject seeds in fit state for germination. He regards pigeons as providing most efficient means of transport in Malayan Archipelago.
CD’s collected notes on geographical distribution would make a good book.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Jan 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 260 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10341 |
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [before 3 February 1878]
Summary
The amphicarpic habit.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 3 Feb 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5825 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [20–4 August 1877]
Summary
Discusses plants sent for experiments and "bloom" on leaves of Trifolium.
Sends enclosure for R. I. Lynch.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | [20–4 Aug 1877] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 87–8) (Image reproduced with the kind permission of the Board of Trustees) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11086 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 5 June 1879
Summary
Has been writing life of Erasmus Darwin.
Wants plants with heliotropic aerial roots. Has proved root apex governs nature of flexure in upper part of root.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 5 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 173–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12086 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 5 June 1879 …
- … from CD to either Thiselton-Dyer or Joseph Dalton Hooker is the letter to W. T. Thiselton- …
- … Thiselton-Dyer had evidently sent seeds of the monotypic genus Drosophyllum (Portuguese sundew or dewy pine) in January 1879 (see letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [ …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [after 26] July [1879]
Summary
Has failed with his experiments on aerial roots.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | [after 26] July [1879] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 180–1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12129 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 29 October 1879
Summary
Wants cryptogam identified; has been observing its movements.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 29 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 187–8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12275 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. …
- … To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 29 October 1879 …
- … Thiselton-Dyer’s previous letter has not been found. See letters to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, …
- … Thiselton-Dyer’s letter to CD has not been found. CD had asked Joseph Dalton Hooker , the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for seeds of Delphinium nudicaule (red larkspur; see letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 October [1879] ); Thiselton-Dyer was the assistant director. CD also wanted seeds of Ipomoea leptophylla (bush morning-glory) and Megarrhiza californica (a synonym of Marah fabacea , the California manroot); see letter to Asa Gray, 24 October 1879 . See letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 21 March [1881]
Summary
Wants plants with two sets of anthers of different colours. Fritz Müller letter [13041a] has made him wish to renew experiments and observations carried out 20 years ago.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1881] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 212–13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13094 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 13 March 1879
Summary
Thanks for seeds and for kindness to Frank Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 165) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11929 |
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [21 October 1877]
Summary
Hooker, just returned from U. S., says Pinus nordmanniana leaves are spread horizontally in the morning and rise during the day.
| Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 189 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11161 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 July [1877]
Summary
Asks for advice on how to care for previously sent species.
Occurrence of "bloom".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 9 July [1877] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 67–8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11043 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 30 September 1875
Summary
CD obliged about the Schrankia
and thanks WTT-D for details of last number of Gardeners’ Chronicle.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 30 Sept 1875 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 27–8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10177 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (185) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (37) |
| Darwin, Francis | (15) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (13) |
| Lynch, R. I. | (3) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (111) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (87) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (22) |
| Darwin, Francis | (12) |
| Müller, Fritz | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (272) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (148) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (35) |
| Darwin, Francis | (27) |
| Müller, Fritz | (8) |
